The Historical Geography of Europe. Vol. I

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Author

Freeman, Edward A. (Edward Augustus), 1823-1892

Title

The Historical Geography of Europe, Vol. I, Text

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Produced by Susan Skinner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

D: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere

Subject

Europe -- Historical geography

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 61375

Release Date

February 11, 2020

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF EUROPE VOL. I.
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS.
5. 5.HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF EUROPE.
6. 6.CHAPTER I. — § 1. Geographical Aspect of Europe. — § 2. Effect of Geography on History. — § 3. Geographical Distribution of Races.
7. 7.CHAPTER II. — § 1. The Eastern or Greek Peninsula. — § 2. Insular and Asiatic Greece. — § 3. Ethnology of the Eastern Peninsula. — § 4. The Earliest Geography of Greece and the Neighbouring Lands. — § 5. Change from Homeric to Historic Greece. — § 6. The Greek Colonies. — § 7. Growth of Macedonia and Epeiros. — § 8. The later Geography of Independent Greece.
8. 8.CHAPTER III. — § 1. The Inhabitants of Italy and Sicily. — § 2. Growth of the Roman power in Italy. — § 3. The Western Provinces. — § 4. The Eastern Provinces. — § 5. Conquests under the Empire.
9. 9.CHAPTER IV. — § 1. The Later Geography of the Empire. — § 2. The Division of the Empire. — § 3. The Teutonic Settlements within the Empire. — § 4. Settlement of the English in Britain. — § 5. The Eastern Empire.
10. 10.CHAPTER V. — § 1. The Reunion of the Empire. — § 2. Settlement of the Lombards in Italy. — § 3. Rise of the Saracens. — § 4. Settlements of the Slavonic Nations. — § 5. The Transfer of the Western Empire to the Franks. — § 6. Northern Europe.
11. 11.CHAPTER VI. — § 1. The Division of the Frankish Empire. — § 2. The Eastern Empire. — § 3. Origin of the Spanish Kingdoms. — § 4. Origin of the Slavonic States. — § 5. Northern Europe.
12. 12.CHAPTER VII. — § 1. The Great Patriarchates. — § 2. The Ecclesiastical Divisions of Italy. — § 3. The Ecclesiastical Divisions of Gaul and Germany. — § 4. The Ecclesiastical Divisions of Spain. — § 5. The Ecclesiastical Divisions of the British Islands. — § 6. The Ecclesiastical Divisions of Northern and Eastern Europe.
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. — § 1. The Kingdom of Germany. — § 2. The Confederation and Empire of Germany. — § 3. The Kingdom of Italy. — § 4. The Later Geography of Italy. — § 5. The Kingdom of Burgundy. — § 6. The Swiss Confederation. — § 7. The State of Savoy. — § 8. The Duchy of Burgundy and the Low Countries. — § 9. The Dominions of Austria.
14. 14.CHAPTER IX. — § 1. Incorporation of the Vassal States. — § 2. Foreign Annexations of France. — § 3. The Colonial Dominion of France. — § 4. Acquisitions of France during the Revolutionary Wars.
15. 15.CHAPTER X. — § 1. Changes in the Frontier of the Empire. — § 2. The Kingdom of Sicily. — § 3. The Crusading States. — § 4. The Eastern Dominion of Venice and Genoa. — § 5. The Principalities of the Greek Mainland. — § 6. The Slavonic States. — § 7. The Kingdom of Hungary. — § 8. The Ottoman Power. — § 9. The Liberated States.
16. 16.CHAPTER XI. — § 1. The Scandinavian Lands after the Separation of the Empires. — § 2. The Lands East and South of the Baltic at the Separation of the Empires. — § 3. The German Dominion on the Baltic. — § 4. The Growth of Russia and Sweden. — § 5. The Decline of Sweden and Poland. — § 6. The Modern Geography of the Baltic Lands.
17. 17.CHAPTER XII. — § 1. The Foundation of the Spanish Kingdoms. — § 2. Growth and Partition of the Great Spanish Monarchy. — § 3. The Colonial Dominion of Spain and Portugal.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. — § 1. The Kingdom of Scotland. — § 2. The Kingdom of England. — § 3. Ireland. — § 4. Outlying European Possessions of England. — § 5. The American Colonies of England. — § 6. Other Colonies and Possessions of England.
19. 19.INDEX.

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