The book Story of Government From Savagery to Civilization was written by author Henry Austin Here you can read free online of Story of Government From Savagery to Civilization book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Story of Government From Savagery to Civilization a good or bad book?
What reading level is Story of Government From Savagery to Civilization book?
To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
They are probably only paralleled by those perpetrated on the Catholics of Ireland. All the Christian states of Europe, Protestant as well as Catholic, enforced vigorously the laws against heresy, and even the early settlers of New England who fled from persecution themselves pursued heretics, Quakers and witches with zeal almost equal to that of the Spaniards who persecuted Moors, Jews and other unbelievers. But one of the most singular features of the Spanish Inquisition consists in the fact ...that its machinery was quite often directed against some who had attained high rank in the Church and despite the wish of the Pope him- self. It laid hands upon and imprisoned for some time in Alcala Saint Ignatius, of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits, and some of his companions on suspicion of heresy. When the General Coun- cil of Trent was in session, Bartholomew Caranza, Archbishop of Toledo, was arrested by the Inquisition and confined in prison on a charge of heresy. Neither the interference of Pope Pius IV.
User Reviews: