The Story of Liberty From Magna Carta to the American Revolution: Faith, Freedom, and the Rise of Constitutional Government
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Sprache:Englisch
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Verlag:Sharp Ink
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Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
18.11.2023
Verlag
Sharp InkSeitenzahl
360
Maße (L/B/H)
22,9/15,2/2 cm
Gewicht
522 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-80-283-3149-8
The Story of Liberty is a sweeping historical narrative tracing the long contest between oppression and self-government, from medieval struggles against arbitrary power through the Reformation, English constitutional conflict, and the emergence of modern democratic ideals. Written in clear, vigorous prose for a broad reading public, it combines moral earnestness with episodic storytelling, reflecting the nineteenth-century tradition of popular Protestant history. Coffin frames liberty not merely as a political achievement but as a providential, hard-won inheritance shaped by conscience, sacrifice, and civic courage. Charles Carleton Coffin was an American journalist, lecturer, and historian best known for his vivid Civil War correspondence under the pen name Carleton. His experiences reporting on conflict, nationalism, and emancipation sharpened his belief in republican institutions and moral progress. A New England Protestant sensibility informs his interpretation of history, linking religious freedom, education, and representative government as mutually sustaining forces. Readers interested in accessible historical synthesis, the intellectual roots of Anglo-American liberty, or nineteenth-century civic education will find this work rewarding. Though marked by the assumptions of its age, it remains a compelling example of history written to instruct, inspire, and defend freedom.
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