History of European Morals from Augustus to Charlemagne, Volume 2Longmans, Green, and Company, 1877 - Ethics |
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... slavery 62 The Church discipline and services brought master and slave together . 66 Consecration of the servile virtues 68 Impulse given to manumission Serfdom • 69 70 Ransom of captives 72 Charity . Measures of the Pagans for the ...
... slavery 62 The Church discipline and services brought master and slave together . 66 Consecration of the servile virtues 68 Impulse given to manumission Serfdom • 69 70 Ransom of captives 72 Charity . Measures of the Pagans for the ...
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... slaves , and willing slaves , in both their actions and their thoughts , immersed in sensuality and in the most frivolous pleasures , the people only emerged from their listlessness when some theological subtilty , or some rivalry in ...
... slaves , and willing slaves , in both their actions and their thoughts , immersed in sensuality and in the most frivolous pleasures , the people only emerged from their listlessness when some theological subtilty , or some rivalry in ...
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... slaves ; the Spaniards , in their dealings with Indians ; nearly all colonists removed from European supervision , in their dealings with an inferior race ; an im- mense proportion of the nations of antiquity , in their dealings with ...
... slaves ; the Spaniards , in their dealings with Indians ; nearly all colonists removed from European supervision , in their dealings with an inferior race ; an im- mense proportion of the nations of antiquity , in their dealings with ...
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... slaves ; Pliny , who applauded the games of the arena ; the old generals , who made their prisoners slaves or gladia- tors , as well as the modern generals , who refuse to impose upon them any degrading labour ; the old legislators ...
... slaves ; Pliny , who applauded the games of the arena ; the old generals , who made their prisoners slaves or gladia- tors , as well as the modern generals , who refuse to impose upon them any degrading labour ; the old legislators ...
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... Slavery in the Early and Middle Ages of Christianity , and in most ecclesiastical histories . 1It must not , however , be in- ferred from this that infanticide increases in direct proportion to the unchastity of a nation . Prob- ably ...
... Slavery in the Early and Middle Ages of Christianity , and in most ecclesiastical histories . 1It must not , however , be in- ferred from this that infanticide increases in direct proportion to the unchastity of a nation . Prob- ably ...
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