Prescribed Texts:
A paper based on a text or texts in one of the following languages: Classical Greek, Latin, French, German, Italian, Russian. Candidates will be required to comment on passages from the texts, but translations will not be required.

Note: Students are advised that an existing reading knowledge of the language is desirable. Opportunities to begin or improve a language are provided by the University Language Centre, but teaching will not be specifically directed to learning these texts. Individual colleges may be able to offer additional help.

(i)	Herodotus
(ii)	Einhard and Asser
(iii)	Tocqueville
(iv)	Friedrich Meinecke and Eckart Kehr
(v)	Machiavelli
(vi)	Juan Diaz del Moral
(vii)	Leon Trotsky

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