The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 / (From Barbarossa to Dante)
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This is Volume VI of a complete set of The Great Events by Famous Historians.
Issued Strictly as a Limited Edition. In Volume I of this Set will be found the Official Certificate, under the Seal of the National Alumni, as to the Limitation of the Edition, the Registered Number, and the Name of the Owner.
BINDING - Vol. VI
The binding of this volume is a facsimile of the original on exhibition in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris.
It was executed by Geoffroy Tory, and presented by him to King Francis I.
The broken vase so cleverly worked into the tooled design was the device of Tory, which, as explained in his book, Champfleury , represents our frail body—a vessel of clay.
Tory was professor of philosophy and literature in several colleges. In 1518 he set up a printing-press, from whence he brought out beautiful editions of the Greek and Latin authors, translated and annotated by himself. In 1530 he was appointed Printer to King Francis I.
LITERARY EDITORS CHARLES F. HORNE, Ph.D. JOHN RUDD, LL.D.
With a staff of specialists VOLUME VI
The National Alumni
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AN OUTLINE NARRATIVE
TRACING BRIEFLY THE CAUSES, CONNECTIONS, AND CONSEQUENCES OF GREAT EVENTS (FROM BARBAROSSA TO DANTE)
FREDERICK BARBAROSSA
CITIES AND KINGS
BEGINNINGS OF MODERN GOVERNMENT
THE PAPACY
THE LATER CRUSADES
POPE AND EMPEROR
THE TARTARS
PROGRESS OF CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT
[FOR THE NEXT SECTION OF THIS GENERAL SURVEY SEE VOLUME VII.]
ARCHIEPISCOPATE OF THOMAS BECKET
THE PEACE OF CONSTANCE SECURES THE LIBERTIES OF THE LOMBARD CITIES
SALADIN TAKES JERUSALEM FROM THE CHRISTIANS
THE THIRD CRUSADE
THE TEUTONIC KNIGHTS
PHILIP OF FRANCE WINS THE FRENCH DOMAINS OF THE ENGLISH KINGS
FOUNDING OF THE MONGOL EMPIRE BY GENGHIS KHAN
VENETIANS AND CRUSADERS TAKE CONSTANTINOPLE
LATIN EMPIRE OF THE EAST
INNOCENT III EXALTS THE PAPAL POWER
SIGNING OF MAGNA CHARTA
THE GOLDEN BULL, "HUNGARY'S MAGNA CHARTA," SIGNED
RUSSIA CONQUERED BY THE TARTAR HORDES
THE SIXTH CRUSADE
RISE OF THE HANSEATIC LEAGUE
MAMELUKES USURP POWER IN EGYPT
THE "MAD PARLIAMENT"
LOUIS IX LEADS THE LAST CRUSADE
HEIGHT OF THE MONGOL POWER IN CHINA
FOUNDING OF THE HOUSE OF HAPSBURG
EDWARD I CONQUERS WALES
JAPANESE REPEL THE TARTARS
THE SICILIAN VESPERS
EXPULSION OF JEWS FROM ENGLAND
EXPLOITS AND DEATH OF WILLIAM WALLACE, THE "HERO OF SCOTLAND"
FIRST GREAT JUBILEE OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
CHRONOLOGY OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY
CHRONOLOGY OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY
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END OF VOLUME VI.