The Great Events by Famous Historians

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Editor

Rudd, John, LL. D.

Title

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07

Credits

Produced by Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

D: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere

Subject

World history

Category

Text

eBook-No.

27562

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27562

Release Date

December 18, 2008

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE GREAT EVENTS
2. 2.FAMOUS HISTORIANS — 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
3. 3.CONTENTS — VOLUME VII
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — VOLUME VII
5. 5.AN OUTLINE NARRATIVE — THE GREAT EVENTS — CHARLES F. HORNE — INCREASING POWER OF FRANCE — THE PERIOD OF DISASTER — THE COUNCIL OF CONSTANCE — LATTER HALF OE THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR
6. 6.DANTE COMPOSES THE "DIVINA COMMEDIA" — RICHARD WILLIAM CHURCH
7. 7.THIRD ESTATE JOINS IN THE GOVERNMENT OF FRANCE — HENRI MARTIN 44
8. 8.WAR OF THE FLEMINGS WITH PHILIP THE FAIR OF FRANCE — EYRE EVANS CROWE
9. 9.FIRST SWISS STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY — F. GRENFELL BAKER
10. 10.BATTLE OF BANNOCKBURN — ANDREW LANG
11. 11.EXTINCTION OF THE ORDER OF KNIGHTS TEMPLARS — BURNING OF GRAND MASTER MOLAY — F. C. WOODHOUSE H. H. MILMAN — F. C. WOODHOUSE — HENRY HART MILMAN
12. 12.JAMES VAN ARTEVELDE LEADS A FLEMISH REVOLT — EDWARD III OF ENGLAND ASSUMES THE TITLE OF KING OF FRANCE — FRANÇOIS P. G. GUIZOT
13. 13.BATTLES OF SLUYS AND CRÉCY — SIR JOHN FROISSART 47 — BATTLE OF SLUYS — BATTLE OF CRÉCY
14. 14.MODERN RECOGNITION OF SCENIC BEAUTY — CROWNING OF PETRARCH AT ROME — JACOB BURCKHARDT
15. 15.RIENZI'S REVOLUTION IN ROME — R. LODGE
16. 16.BEGINNING AND PROGRESS OF THE RENAISSANCE — JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS
17. 17.THE BLACK DEATH RAVAGES EUROPE — J. F. C. HECKER 51 GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO — J. F. C. HECKER — GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO
18. 18.FIRST TURKISH DOMINION IN EUROPE — TURKS SEIZE GALLIPOLI — JOSEPH VON HAMMER-PURGSTALL 53
19. 19.CONSPIRACY AND DEATH OF MARINO FALIERI AT VENICE — MRS. MARGARET OLIPHANT
20. 20.CHARLES IV OF GERMANY PUBLISHES HIS GOLDEN BULL — SIR ROBERT COMYN
21. 21.INSURRECTION OF THE JACQUERIE IN FRANCE — SIR JOHN FROISSART
22. 22.CONQUESTS OF TIMUR THE TARTAR — EDWARD GIBBON
23. 23.DANCING MANIA OF THE MIDDLE AGES — J. F. C. HECKER 59
24. 24.ELECTION OF ANTIPOPE CLEMENT VII — BEGINNING OF THE GREAT SCHISM — HENRY HART MILMAN
25. 25.GENOESE SURRENDER TO VENETIANS — HENRY HALLAM
26. 26.REBELLION OF WAT TYLER — JOHN LINGARD
27. 27.WYCLIFFE TRANSLATES THE BIBLE INTO ENGLISH — J. PATERSON SMYTH
28. 28.THE SWISS WIN THEIR INDEPENDENCE — BATTLE OF SEMPACH — F. Grenfell Baker
29. 29.UNION OF DENMARK, SWEDEN, AND NORWAY — PAUL C. SINDING
30. 30.DEPOSITION OF RICHARD II — HENRY IV BEGINS THE LINE OF LANCASTER — JOHN LINGARD
31. 31.DISCOVERY OF THE CANARY ISLANDS AND THE AFRICAN COAST — BEGINNING OF NEGRO SLAVE TRADE — SIR ARTHUR HELPS
32. 32.COUNCIL OF CONSTANCE — RICHARD LODGE
33. 33.TRIAL AND BURNING OF JOHN HUSS — THE HUSSITE WARS — RICHARD CHENEVIX TRENCH
34. 34.THE HOUSE OF HOHENZOLLERN ESTABLISHED IN BRANDENBURG — THOMAS CARLYLE
35. 35.BATTLE OF AGINCOURT — ENGLISH CONQUEST OF FRANCE — JAMES GAIRDNER
36. 36.JEANNE D'ARCS VICTORY AT ORLEANS — Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy
37. 37.TRIAL AND EXECUTION OF JEANNE D'ARC — Jules Michelet
38. 38.CHARLES VII ISSUES HIS PRAGMATIC SANCTION — EMANCIPATION OF THE GALLICAN CHURCH — W. H. JERVIS R. F. ROHRBACHER — W. HENLEY JERVIS — RENÉ FRANÇOIS ROHRBACHER 84
39. 39.CHRONOLOGY OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY — EMBRACING THE PERIOD COVERED IN THIS VOLUME — A.D. 1301-1438 — JOHN RUDD, LL.D. — FOOTNOTES — END OF VOLUME VII

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