The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 / (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa)
The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 5, by Various, Edited by Rossiter Johnson
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
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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
SUPERVISING EDITOR
ROSSITER JOHNSON, LL.D.
LITERARY EDITORS
CHARLES F. HORNE, Ph.D.
JOHN RUDD, LL.D.
DIRECTING EDITOR
WALTER F. AUSTIN, LL.M.
With a staff of specialists
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THE GREAT EVENTS BY FAMOUS HISTORIANS
CONTENTS
AN OUTLINE NARRATIVE
FEUDALISM: ITS FRANKISH BIRTH AND ENGLISH DEVELOPMENT
DECAY OF THE FRANKISH EMPIRE
CAREER OF ALFRED THE GREAT
HENRY THE FOWLER FOUNDS THE SAXON LINE OF GERMAN KINGS
CONQUEST OF EGYPT BY THE FATIMITES
GROWTH AND DECADENCE OF CHIVALRY
CONVERSION OF VLADIMIR THE GREAT
LEIF ERICSON DISCOVERS AMERICA
MAHOMETANS IN INDIA
CANUTE BECOMES KING OF ENGLAND
HENRY III DEPOSES THE POPES
DISSENSION AND SEPARATION OF THE GREEK AND ROMAN CHURCHES
NORMAN CONQUEST OF ENGLAND
TRIUMPHS OF HILDEBRAND
COMPLETION OF THE DOMESDAY BOOK
DECLINE OF THE MOORISH POWER IN SPAIN
THE FIRST CRUSADE
FOUNDATION OF THE ORDER OF KNIGHTS TEMPLARS
STEPHEN USURPS THE ENGLISH CROWN
ANTIPAPAL DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT: ARNOLD OF BRESCIA
DECLINE OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE: RAVAGES OF ROGER OF SICILY
CHRONOLOGY OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY