CONTENTS

VOLUME VII

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An Outline Narrative of the Great Events,[xiii]
CHARLES F. HORNE

Dante Composes the Divina Commedia (a.d. 1300-1318),

[1]
RICHARD WILLIAM CHURCH

Third Estate Joins in the Government of France (a.d.1302),

[17]
HENRI MARTIN

War of the Flemings with Philip the Fair of France(a.d. 1302),

[23]
EYRE EVANS CROWE

First Swiss Struggle for Liberty (a.d. 1308),

[28]
F. GRENFELL BAKER

Battle of Bannockburn (a.d. 1314),,

[41]
ANDREW LANG

Extinction of the Order of Knights Templars

Burning of Grand Master Molay (a.d. 1314),

[51]
F. C. WOODHOUSE
HENRY HART MILMAN

James van Artevelde Leads a Flemish Revolt

Edward III of England Assumes the Title of King ofFrance,(a.d. 1337-1340)

[68]
FRANÇOIS P. G. GUIZOT

Battles of Sluys and Crécy (a.d. 1340-1346),

[78]
SIR JOHN FROISSART

Modern Recognition of Scenic Beauty

Crowning of Petrarch at Rome (a.d. 1341),

[93]
JACOB BURCKHARDT

Rienzi's Revolution in Rome (a.d. 1347),

[104]
RICHARD LODGE

Beginning and Progress of the Renaissance (Fourteenthto Sixteenth Century),

[110]
JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS

The Black Death Ravages Europe (a.d. 1348),

[130]
J. F. C. HECKER
GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO

First Turkish Dominion in EuropeTurks Seize Gallipoli (a.d. 1354),

[147]
JOSEPH VON HAMMER-PURGSTALL

Conspiracy and Death of Marino Falieri at Venice(d.d. 1355),

[154]
MRS. MARGARET OLIPHANT

Charles IV of Germany Publishes His Golden Bull(a.d. 1356),

[160]
SIR ROBERT COMYN

Insurrection of the Jacquerie in France (a.d. 1358),

[164]
SIR JOHN FROISSART

Conquests of Timur the Tartar (a.d. 1370-1405),

[169]
EDWARD GIBBON

Dancing Mania of the Middle Ages (a.d. 1374),

[187]
J. F. C. HECKER

Election of Antipope Clement VII

Beginning of the Great Schism (a.d. 1378),

[201]
HENRY HART MILMAN

Genoese Surrender to Venetians (a.d. 1380),

[213]
HENRY HALLAM

Rebellion of Wat Tyler (a.d. 1381),

[217]
JOHN LINGARD

Wycliffe Translates the Bible into English (A.D.1382),

[227]
J. PATERSON SMYTH

The Swiss Win Their IndependenceBattle of Sempach (a.d. 1386-1389),

[238]
F. GRENFELL BAKER

Union of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway (a.d.1397),

[243]
PAUL C. SINDING

Discovery of the Canary Islands and the AfricanCoast

Beginning of Negro Slave Trade (a.d. 1402),

[266]
SIR ARTHUR HELPS

Council of Constance (a.d. 1414),

[284]
RICHARD LODGE

Trial and Burning of John Huss

The Hussite Wars (a.d. 1415),

[294]
RICHARD CHENEVIX TRENCH

The House of Hohenzollern Established in Brandenburg(a.d. 1415),

[305]
THOMAS CARLYLE

Battle of Agincourt

English Conquest of France (a.d. 1415),

[320]
JAMES GAIRDNER

Jeanne d'Arc's Victory at Orleans (a.d. 1429),

[333]
SIR EDWARD S. CREASY

Trial and Execution of Jeanne d'Arc (a.d. 1431),

[350]
JULES MICHELET

Charles VII Issues His Pragmatic Sanction

Emancipation of the Gallican Church (a.d. 1438),

[370]
W. HENLEY JERVIS
RENÉ F. ROHRBACHER

Universal Chronology (A.D. 1301-1438),

[385]
JOHN RUDD

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

VOLUME VII

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Jeanne d'Arc stands, banner in hand, during thecoronation of Charles VII, before the high altarat Rheims (page 347),

[Frontispiece]
Painting by J. E. Lenepveu.

Richard II resigns the crown of England to Henry,Duke of Lancaster, son of John of Gaunt, atLondon,

[262]
Painting by Sir John Gilbert.