Outlines of Universal History, Designed as a Text-book and for Private Reading

OUTLINES OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY

C. R. F. - PREFACE.

G. P. F. - PREFACE TO REVISED EDITION.

PART II. MEDIAEVAL HISTORY.

INTRODUCTION - PERIOD I. TO THE CARLOVINGIAN LINE OF FRANK RULERS (A.D. 375-751). - CHAPTER I.—CAUSES OF THE FALL OF THE WESTERN EMPIRE: THE TEUTONIC CONFEDERACIES - CHAPTER II.—THE TEUTONIC MIGRATIONS AND KINGDOMS - CHAPTER III.—THE EASTERN EMPIRE - CHAPTER IV.—MOHAMMEDANISM AND THE ARABIC CONQUESTS - PERIOD II. FROM THE CARLOVINGIAN LINE OF FRANK KINGS TO THE ROMANO-GERMANIC EMPIRE (A.D. 751-962). - CHAPTER I.—THE CARLOVINGIAN EMPIRE TO THE DEATH OF CHARLEMAGNE (A.D. 814) - CHAPTER II.—DISSOLUTION OF CHARLEMAGNE'S EMPIRE: RISE OF THE KINGDOMS OF FRANCE, GERMANY, AND ITALY - CHAPTER III.—INVASIONS OF THE NORTHMEN AND OTHERS: THE FEUDAL SYSTEM - PERIOD III. FROM THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ROMANO-GERMANIC EMPIRE TO THE END OF THE CRUSADES (A.D. 962-1270). - CHAPTER I.—THE CHURCH AND THE EMPIRE: PREDOMINANCE OF THE EMPIRE: TO THE CRUSADES (A.D. 1096) - CHAPTER II.—THE CHURCH AND THE EMPIRE: PREDOMINANCE OF THE CHURCH: TO THE END OF THE CRUSADES (A.D. 1270) - CHAPTER III.—ENGLAND AND FRANCE: THE FIRST PERIOD OF THEIR RIVALSHIP (A.D. 1066-1217) - CHAPTER IV.—RISE OF THE BURGHER CLASS: SOCIETY IN THE ERA OF THE CRUSADES - PERIOD IV. FROM THE END OF THE CRUSADES TO THE FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE (A.D. 1270-1453): THE DECLINE OF ECCLESIASTICAL AUTHORITY: THE GROWTH OF THE NATIONAL SPIRIT AND OF MONARCHY. - INTRODUCTION - CHAPTER I.—ENGLAND AND FRANCE: SECOND PERIOD OF RIVALSHIP: THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR (A.D. 1339-1453) - CHAPTER II.—GERMANY: ITALY: SPAIN: THE SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES: POLAND AND RUSSIA: HUNGARY: OTTOMAN TURKS: THE GREEK EMPIRE - CHAPTER III.—THE COUNTRIES OF EASTERN ASIA - PART III. MODERN HISTORY.

INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION - CHAPTER I.—FRANCE: ENGLAND: SPAIN: GERMANY: ITALY: THE OTTOMAN TURKS: RUSSIA: THE INVASIONS OF ITALY - CHAPTER II.—INVENTION AND DISCOVERY: THE RENAISSANCE - PERIOD II. THE ERA OF THE REFORMATION (1517-1648). - INTRODUCTION - CHAPTER I.—THE REFORMATION IN GERMANY: TO THE TREATY OF NUREMBERG (1517-1532) - CHAPTER II.—THE REFORMATION IN TEUTONIC COUNTRIES: SWITZERLAND, DENMARK, SWEDEN, ENGLAND - CHAPTER III.—THE REFORMATION IN GERMANY, FROM THE PEACE OF NUREMBERG TO THE PEACE OF AUGSBURG (1532-1555) - CHAPTER IV.—CALVINISM IN GENEVA: BEGINNING OF THE CATHOLIC COUNTER-REFORMATION - CHAPTER V.—PHILIP II., AND THE REVOLT OF THE NETHERLANDS - CHAPTER VI.—THE CIVIL WARS IN FRANCE, TO THE DEATH OF HENRY IV. (1610) - CHAPTER VII.—THE THIRTY-YEARS' WAR, TO THE PEACE OF WESTPHALIA (1618-1648) - CHAPTER VIII.—SECOND STAGE OF THE REFORMATION IN ENGLAND: TO THE DEATH OF ELIZABETH (1547-1603) - CHAPTER IX.—THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION AND THE COMMONWEALTH (1603-1658) - CHAPTER X.—COLONIZATION IN AMERICA: ASIATIC NATIONS: CULTURE AND LITERATURE (1517-1648)

INTRODUCTION - CHAPTER I.—THE PREPONDERANCE OF FRANCE: FIRST PART OF THE REIGN OF LOUIS XIV. (TO THE PEACE OF RYSWICK, 1697): THE RESTORATION OF THE STUARTS: THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION OF 1688 - CHAPTER II.—WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION (TO THE PEACE OF UTRECHT, 1713): DECLINE OF THE POWER OF FRANCE: POWER AND MARITIME SUPREMACY OF ENGLAND - CHAPTER III.—THE GREAT NORTHERN WAR: THE FALL OF SWEDEN: GROWTH OF THE POWER OF RUSSIA - CHAPTER IV.—WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION: GROWTH OF THE POWER OF PRUSSIA: THE DESTRUCTION OF POLAND - CHAPTER V.—CONTEST OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE IN AMERICA: WAR OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE: THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES - CHAPTER VI.—LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND RELIGION - PERIOD IV. THE ERA OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION (1789-1815). - INTRODUCTION - CHAPTER I.—FROM THE ASSEMBLING OF THE STATES-GENERAL TO THE EXECUTION OF LOUIS XVI. (1789-1793) - CHAPTER II.—FROM THE EXECUTION OF LOUIS XVI. TO THE FALL OF ROBESPIERRE (JAN. 21, 1793-JULY 27, 1794) - CHAPTER III.—FROM THE FALL OF ROBESPIERRE TO THE EMPIRE OF NAPOLEON (1794-1804) - CHAPTER IV.—FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE EMPIRE TO THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN (1804-1812) - CHAPTER V.—FROM THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN (1812) TO THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA (1814-15) - CHAPTER VI.—AMERICAN HISTORY IN THIS PERIOD (1789-1815) - CHAPTER VII.—LITERATURE, ART, AND SCIENCE (1789-1815) - PERIOD V. FROM THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA (1815) TO THE PRESENT TIME. - INTRODUCTION - CHAPTER I.—EUROPE, FROM THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA (1815) TO THE FRENCH REVOLUTION OF 1830 - CHAPTER II.—EUROPE, FROM THE REVOLUTION OF 1830 TO THE REVOLUTIONARY EPOCH OF 1848 - CHAPTER III.—EUROPE, FROM THE REVOLUTIONS OF 1848 TO THE AUSTRO-PRUSSIAN WAR (1866) - CHAPTER IV.—EUROPE, FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE AUSTRO-PRUSSIAN WAR TO THE END OF THE FRANCO-GERMAN WAR (1866-1871) - CHAPTER V.—EUROPE, FROM THE THIRD FRENCH REPUBLIC, AND THE UNION OF ITALY (1871) - CHAPTER VI.—THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1815: THE SOUTH AMERICAN STATES: EASTERN ASIA - CHAPTER VII.—THE LAST DECADE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY - CHAPTER VIII.—DISCOVERY AND INVENTION: SCIENCE AND LITERATURE: PROGRESS OF HUMANE SENTIMENT: PROGRESS TOWARDS THE UNITY OF MANKIND - LIST OF MAPS. - THE WORLD AS KNOWN TO THE ANCIENTS - PHYSICAL FEATURES OF ASIA - ANCIENT EGYPT - ANCIENT PALESTINE - PHYSICAL FEATURES OF EUROPE - ANCIENT GREECE AND THE AEGEAN ISLANDS - GREEK AND PHOENICIAN COLONIES - EMPIRE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT - KINGDOMS OF THE SUCCESSORS OF ALEXANDER - ANCIENT ITALY (NORTHERN PART) - ANCIENT ITALY (SOUTHERN PART) - ANCIENT ROMAN EMPIRE - THE NEW NATIONS AFTER THE GREAT MIGRATIONS (ABOUT A.D. 500) - EMPIRE OF THE SARACENS (ABOUT A.D. 750) - EMPIRE OF CHARLEMAGNE - EMPIRE OF CHARLEMAGNE A.D. 843 - EMPIRE OF CHARLEMAGNE A.D. 887 - CENTRAL EUROPE ABOUT A.D. 980 - MEDITERRANEAN LANDS AT THE TIME OF THE CRUSADES - FRANCE AND ENGLAND, A.D. 1154-1189 - CENTRAL EUROPE, A.D. 1360 - CENTRAL EUROPE, A.D. 1660 - ITALY ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF IHE SIXTEENTH CENTURY - EUROPE AT THE TIME OF NAPOLEON'S GREATEST POWER (ABOUT A.D. 1810) - CENTRAL EUROPE IN 1815 - EUROPE AFTER 1878 - AUSTRO-HUNGARY SINCE 1878 - FRANCE SINCE 1871 - GERMAN EMPIRE SINCE 1871 - TURKISH EMPIRE, GREECE, ETC., SINCE 1878 - TERRITORIAL GROWTH OF THE UNITED STATES - ASIA AT THE PRESENT TIME - UNIVERSAL HISTORY. - INTRODUCTION.

Produced by Charles Aldarondo, Tiffany Vergon,

PART I. ANCIENT HISTORY. - FROM THE BEGINNING OF AUTHENTIC HISTORY TO THE MIGRATIONS OF THE TEUTONIC TRIBES (A.D. 375).