The Story of Switzerland

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Author

Stead, Richard, 1846-1911

Title

The story of Switzerland

Credits

Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net.

Language

English

LoC Class

DQ: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Switzerland

Subject

Switzerland -- History

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Text

eBook-No.

39695

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39695

Release Date

May 14, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Story of the Nations — THE STORY OF SWITZERLAND — BY
2. 2.RICHARD STEAD
3. 3.THE STORY OF THE NATIONS — 12MO, ILLUSTRATED. PER VOL., $1.50 — THE EARLIER VOLUMES ARE
4. 4.PREFACE.
5. 5.CONTENTS. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII. — VIII. — IX. — X. — XI. — XII. — XIII. — XIV. — XV. — XVI. — XVII. — XVIII. — XIX. — XX. — XXI. — XXII. — XXIII. — XXIV. — XXV. — XXVI. — XXVII. — XXVIII. — XXIX. — XXX. — XXXI. — XXXII. — XXXIII. — XXXIV.
6. 6.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
7. 7.TABLE — SHOWING NAMES (GERMAN AND FRENCH), AREAS, AND POPULATIONS OF CANTONS. — FOOTNOTES:
8. 8.THE STORY OF SWITZERLAND.
9. 9.I. — THE LAKE DWELLERS. — FOOTNOTES:
10. 10.II. — THE HELVETIANS. — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.III. — HELVETIA UNDER THE ROMANS. — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.IV. — THE ANCESTORS OF THE SWISS NATION. — THE ALAMANNI; BURGUNDIANS; FRANKS; MEROVINGIANS. — FOOTNOTES:
13. 13.V. — THE CAROLINGIANS—CHARLEMAGNE. — FOOTNOTES:
14. 14.VI. — THE KINGDOM OF BURGUNDY; THE DUCHY OF SWABIA; AND THE GERMAN EMPIRE. — (843-1100.) — GENEALOGICAL TABLES. — I. The Carlowingians (so far as they concern this history). — II. Descent of the Saxon Emperors. — FOOTNOTES:
15. 15.VII. — BURGUNDY AND SWABIA UNDER THE GERMAN EMPERORS.
16. 16.VIII. — THE REIGN OF THE HOUSE OF ZAERINGEN. — (1050-1218.) — FOOTNOTES:
17. 17.IX. — THE HOUSES OF KYBURG, SAVOY, AND HABSBURG. — (1218-1273.) — FOOTNOTES:
18. 18.X. — THE CONFEDERATION, OR EIDGENOSSENSCHAFT. — (1231-1291.) — FOOTNOTES:
19. 19.XI. — THE BATTLE OF MORGARTEN. — (1315.)
20. 20.XII. — THE LEAGUE OF THE EIGHT STATES. — (1332-68.) — FOOTNOTES:
21. 21.XIII. — ZURICH AN EXAMPLE OF A SWISS TOWN IN THE MIDDLE AGES. — (853-1357.) — FOOTNOTES:
22. 22.XIV. — BERN CRUSHES THE NOBILITY: GREAT VICTORY OF LAUPEN, 1339. — FOOTNOTES:
23. 23.XV. — THE BATTLES OF SEMPACH, 1386, AND NAEFELS, 1388.
24. 24.XVI. — HOW SWITZERLAND CAME TO HAVE SUBJECT LANDS. — (1400-1450.) — FOOTNOTES:
25. 25.XVII. — WAR BETWEEN ZURICH AND SCHWYZ. — (1436-1450.)
26. 26.XVIII. — BURGUNDIAN WARS. — (1474-1477.) — FOOTNOTES:
27. 27.XIX. — MEETING AT STANZ, 1481, &C.
28. 28.XX. — THE LEAGUE OF THE THIRTEEN CANTONS COMPLETED. — (1513.) — FOOTNOTES:
29. 29.XXI. — THE GREAT COUNCILS; THE LANDSGEMEINDE AND TAGSATZUNG, OR DIET; LITERATURE IN THE HEROIC AGE. — FOOTNOTES:
30. 30.XXII. — THE REFORMATION IN GERMAN SWITZERLAND. — (1484-1531.) — FOOTNOTES:
31. 31.XXIII. — THE REFORMATION IN WEST SWITZERLAND. — (1530-1536.) — FOOTNOTES:
32. 32.XXIV. — GENEVA AND CALVIN. — (1536-1564.) — FOOTNOTES:
33. 33.XXV. — THE CATHOLIC REACTION. — FOOTNOTES:
34. 34.XXVI. — THE ARISTOCRATIC PERIOD. — (1600-1712.) — FOOTNOTES:
35. 35.XXVII. — POLITICAL MATTERS IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. — FOOTNOTES:
36. 36.XXVIII. — SWITZERLAND AND THE RENAISSANCE. INFLUENCE OF VOLTAIRE AND ROUSSEAU. — FOOTNOTES:
37. 37.XXXI. — THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND SWITZERLAND. — (1790-1798.) — FOOTNOTES:
38. 38.XXX. — THE "ONE AND UNDIVIDED HELVETIC REPUBLIC." — (1798-1803.) — FOOTNOTES:
39. 39.XXXI. — THE MEDIATION ACT AND NAPOLEON. — (1803-15.) — FOOTNOTES:
40. 40.XXXII. — SWITZERLAND UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF 1815-48. — FOOTNOTES:
41. 41.XXXIII. — UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF 1848. — FOOTNOTES:
42. 42.XXXIV. — INDUSTRY, COMMERCE, RAILWAYS, EDUCATION THE "RIGHT OF ASYLUM." — Imports. — Exports. — The End. — FOOTNOTES:
43. 43.INDEX.
44. 44.The Story of the Nations.

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