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Title: The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07
Author: Various
Editor: Rossiter Johnson
Charles Horne
John Rudd
Release Date: December 18, 2008 [EBook #27562]
Language: English
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THE GREAT EVENTS
BY
FAMOUS HISTORIANS
A COMPREHENSIVE AND READABLE ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD'S HISTORY, EMPHASIZING THE MORE IMPORTANT EVENTS, AND PRESENTING THESE AS COMPLETE NARRATIVES IN THE MASTER-WORDS OF THE MOST EMINENT HISTORIANS
NON-SECTARIAN
NON-PARTISAN
NON-SECTIONAL
ON THE PLAN EVOLVED FROM A CONSENSUS OF OPINIONS GATHERED FROM THE MOST DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS OF AMERICA AND EUROPE, INCLUDING BRIEF INTRODUCTIONS BY SPECIALISTS TO CONNECT AND EXPLAIN THE CELEBRATED NARRATIVES, ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY, WITH THOROUGH INDICES, BIBLIOGRAPHIES, CHRONOLOGIES, AND COURSES OF READING
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
ROSSITER JOHNSON, LL.D.
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
CHARLES F. HORNE, Ph.D.
JOHN RUDD, LL.D.
With a staff of specialists
VOLUME VII
The National Alumni
COPYRIGHT, 1905,
By
THE NATIONAL ALUMNI
CONTENTS
VOLUME VII
page
An Outline Narrative of the Great Events
,
xiii
CHARLES F. HORNE
Dante Composes the Divina Commedia (a.d. 1300-1318),
1
RICHARD WILLIAM CHURCH
Third Estate Joins in the Government of France (a.d. 1302),
17
HENRI MARTIN
War of the Flemings with Philip the Fair of France (a.d. 1302),
23
EYRE EVANS CROWE
First Swiss Struggle for Liberty (a.d. 1308),
28
F. GRENFELL BAKER
Battle of Bannockburn (a.d. 1314),,
41
ANDREW LANG
Extinction of the Order of Knights Templars
Burning of Grand Master Molay (a.d. 1314),
51
F. C. WOODHOUSE
HENRY HART MILMAN
James van Artevelde Leads a Flemish Revolt
Edward III of England Assumes the Title of King of France,(a.d. 1337-1340)
68
FRANÇOIS P. G. GUIZOT
Battles of Sluys and Crécy (a.d. 1340-1346),
78
SIR JOHN FROISSART
Modern Recognition of Scenic Beauty
Crowning of Petrarch at Rome (a.d. 1341),
93
JACOB BURCKHARDT
Rienzi's Revolution in Rome (a.d. 1347),
104
RICHARD LODGE
Beginning and Progress of the Renaissance (Fourteenth to Sixteenth Century),
110
JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS
The Black Death Ravages Europe (a.d. 1348),
130
J. F. C. HECKER
GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO
First Turkish Dominion in Europe Turks Seize Gallipoli (a.d. 1354),
147
JOSEPH VON HAMMER-PURGSTALL
Conspiracy and Death of Marino Falieri at Venice (d.d. 1355),
154
MRS. MARGARET OLIPHANT
Charles IV of Germany Publishes His Golden Bull (a.d. 1356),
160
SIR ROBERT COMYN
Insurrection of the Jacquerie in France (a.d. 1358),
164
SIR JOHN FROISSART
Conquests of Timur the Tartar (a.d. 1370-1405),
169
EDWARD GIBBON
Dancing Mania of the Middle Ages (a.d. 1374),
187
J. F. C. HECKER
Election of Antipope Clement VII
Beginning of the Great Schism (a.d. 1378),
201
HENRY HART MILMAN
Genoese Surrender to Venetians (a.d. 1380),
213
HENRY HALLAM
Rebellion of Wat Tyler (a.d. 1381),
217
JOHN LINGARD
Wycliffe Translates the Bible into English (A.D. 1382),
227
J. PATERSON SMYTH
The Swiss Win Their Independence Battle of Sempach (a.d. 1386-1389),
238
F. GRENFELL BAKER
Union of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway (a.d. 1397),
243
PAUL C. SINDING
Discovery of the Canary Islands and the African Coast
Beginning of Negro Slave Trade (a.d. 1402),
266
SIR ARTHUR HELPS
Council of Constance (a.d. 1414),
284
RICHARD LODGE
Trial and Burning of John Huss
The Hussite Wars (a.d. 1415),
294
RICHARD CHENEVIX TRENCH
The House of Hohenzollern Established in Brandenburg (a.d. 1415),