The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volumes VII-VIII

This edition features
• two complete books
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes

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 NON-SECTARIAN NON-PARTISAN NON-SECTIONAL 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

CONTENTS
VOLUME VII
An Outline Narrative of the Great Events,
CHARLES F. HORNE
Dante Composes the Divina Commedia (a.d. 1300-1318),
RICHARD WILLIAM CHURCH
Third Estate Joins in the Government of France (a.d. 1302),
HENRI MARTIN
War of the Flemings with Philip the Fair of France (a.d. 1302),
EYRE EVANS CROWE
First Swiss Struggle for Liberty (a.d. 1308),
F. GRENFELL BAKER
Battle of Bannockburn (a.d. 1314),
ANDREW LANG
Extinction of the Order of Knights Templars
Burning of Grand Master Molay (a.d. 1314),
F. C. WOODHOUSE
HENRY HART MILMAN
James van Artevelde Leads a Flemish Revolt
Edward III of England Assumes the Title of King of France,(a.d. 1337-1340)
FRANÇOIS P. G. GUIZOT
Battles of Sluys and Crécy (a.d. 1340-1346),
SIR JOHN FROISSART
Modern Recognition of Scenic Beauty
Crowning of Petrarch at Rome (a.d. 1341),
JACOB BURCKHARDT
Rienzi's Revolution in Rome (a.d. 1347),
RICHARD LODGE
Beginning and Progress of the Renaissance (Fourteenth to Sixteenth Century),
JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS
The Black Death Ravages Europe (a.d. 1348),
J. F. C. HECKER
GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO
First Turkish Dominion in Europe Turks Seize Gallipoli (a.d. 1354),
JOSEPH VON HAMMER-PURGSTALL
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