World History as the History of Foundations, 3000 BCE to 1500 CE

In World History as the History of Foundations, 3000 BCE to 1500 CE, Michael Borgolte investigates the origins and development of foundations from Antiquity to the end of the Middle Ages. In his survey foundations emerge not as mere legal institutions, but rather as "e;total social phenomena"e; which touch upon manifold aspects, including politics, the economy, art and religion of the cultures in ...