The Project Gutenberg e-Book of A Modern History, from the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon; Author: John Lord, A.M

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Author

Lord, John, 1810-1894

Title

A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges

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Produced by David Edwards, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)

Language

English

LoC Class

D: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere

Subject

History, Modern

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eBook-No.

24598

Project Gutenberg

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Release Date

February 13, 2008

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A MODERN HISTORY, FROM THE TIME OF LUTHER TO THE FALL OF NAPOLEON.
2. 2.JOHN LORD, A.M.,
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.CONTENTS. — MODERN HISTORY.
5. 5.CHAPTER I. — STATE OF EUROPEAN SOCIETY IN THE FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH CENTURIES.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. — MARTIN LUTHER AND HIS ASSOCIATES.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. — THE EMPEROR CHARLES V.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. — HENRY VIII.
9. 9.CHAPTER V. — EDWARD VI. AND MARY.
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. — ELIZABETH.
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. — FRANCIS II. , CHARLES IX. , HENRY III. , AND HENRY IV.
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. — PHILIP II. AND THE AUSTRIAN PRINCES OF SPAIN.
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. — THE JESUITS, AND THE PAPAL POWER IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.
14. 14.CHAPTER X. — THIRTY YEARS WAR.
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. — ADMINISTRATIONS OF CARDINALS RICHELIEU AND MAZARIN.
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. — THE REIGNS OF JAMES I. AND CHARLES I.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. — PROTECTORATE OF OLIVER CROMWELL.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. — THE REIGN OF CHARLES II.
19. 19.CHAPTER XV. — REIGN OF JAMES II.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. — LOUIS XIV.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. — WILLIAM AND MARY.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. — PETER THE GREAT, AND RUSSIA.
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX. — GEORGE I. , AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF SIR ROBERT WALPOLE.
24. 24.CHAPTER XX. — THE COLONIZATION OF AMERICA AND THE EAST INDIES.
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI. — THE REIGN OF GEORGE II.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII. — LOUIS XV.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII. — FREDERIC THE GREAT.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV. — MARIA THERESA AND CATHARINE II.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXV. — CALAMITIES OF POLAND.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI. — THE DECLINE OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII. — REIGN OF GEORGE III. TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF WILLIAM PITT.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII. — THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXIX. — ADMINISTRATION OF WILLIAM PITT.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXX. — THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXI. — NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXII. — EUROPE ON THE FALL OF NAPOLEON.
37. 37.APPENDIX. — CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE FROM THE FALL OF NAPOLEON. — PRIME MINISTERS OF ENGLAND SINCE THE ACCESSION OF HENRY VIII. — TABLE OF THE MONARCHS OF EUROPE DURING THE SIXTEENTH, SEVENTEENTH, EIGHTEENTH, AND NINETEENTH CENTURIES. — GENEALOGICAL TABLE OF THE ROYAL FAMILY OF GREAT BRITAIN † denotes date of decease. — GENEALOGICAL TABLE OF THE BOURBONS. † denotes date of decease.

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