A History of Freedom of Thought / / J. B. Bury.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Bury, J. B.,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2002]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (0 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; CHAPTER I. FREEDOM OF THOUGHT AND THE FORCES AGAINST IT. INTRODUCTORY --; CHAPTER II. REASON FREE (GREECE AND ROME) --; CHAPTER III. REASON IN PRISON (THE MIDDLE AGES) --; CHAPTER IV. PROSPECT OF DELIVERANCE (THE RENAISSANCE AND THE REFORMATION) --; CHAPTER V. RELIGIOUS TOLERATION --; CHAPTER VI. THE GROWTH OF RATIONALISM (SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES) --; CHAPTER VII. THE PROGRESS OF RATIONALISM (NINETEENTH CENTURY) --; CHAPTER VIII. THE JUSTIFICATION OF LIBERTY OF THOUGHT --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463208998; 9783111024141; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463208998
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: J. B. Bury.

This is a classic book on the history of freedom of thought, covering ancient Greece and Rome, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance. In addition, this early monograph deals with the Reformation, followed by the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries.