The Cultures of Mankind, in Eight Volumes: Greek Culture: The Adventure of the Human Spirit; Roman Culture: Weapons and the Man; Medieval Culture: The Image and the City; Renaissance Culture: A New Sense of Order; The Age of Reason: The Culture of the Se…

Complete in eight volumes, covering the evolution of culture from ancient Greece through the mid-twentieth century, though focusing entirely on the Western world. Numerous examples of literature and poetry from each period, covering works from Homer to Simone Weil, and dozens of illustrations in each volume. Includes: Greek Culture: The Adventure of the Human Spirit; Roman Culture: Weapons and the Man; Medieval Culture: The Image and the City; Renaissance Culture: A New Sense of Order; The Age of Reason: The Culture of the Seventeenth Century; The Enlightenment: The Culture of the Eighteenth Century; Romanticism: The Culture of the Nineteenth Century; Twentieth-Century Culture: The Breaking Up.