The Great Events of World History - Volume 5

The epic unfolding of the Great Events of World History continues with Volume 5! Featuring: FEUDALISM: ITS FRANKISH BIRTH AND ENGLISH DEVELOPMENT, by William Stubbs DECAY OF THE FRANKISH EMPIRE & THE DIVISION INTO MODERN FRANCE, GERMANY, AND ITALY, by Francois Guizot CAREER OF ALFRED THE GREAT, by Hughes & Green HENRY THE FOWLER FOUNDS THE SAXON LINE OF GERMAN KINGS & THE ORIGIN OF THE GERMAN BURGHERS OR MIDDLE CLASSES, by Wolfgang Menzel CONQUEST OF EGYPT BY THE FATIMITES, by Stanley Lane-Poole GROWTH AND DECADENCE OF CHIVALRY, by Leon Gautier CONVERSION OF VLADIMIR THE GREAT & THE INTRODUCTION OF CHRISTIANITY INTO RUSSIA, by A.N. Mouravieff LEIF ERICSON DISCOVERS AMERICA, by Charles Rafn MAHOMETANS IN INDIA & THE BLOODY INVASIONS UNDER MAHMUD CANUTE BECOMES KING OF ENGLAND, BY David Hume HENRY III DEPOSES THE POPES & THE THE GERMAN EMPIRE CONTROLS THE PAPACY, by Ferdinand Gregorovius & Joseph Darras DISSENSION AND SEPARATION OF THE GREEK AND ROMAN CHURCHES, by Henry Tozer & Joseph Deharbe NORMAN CONQUEST OF ENGLAND & THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS, by Edward Creasy TRIUMPHS OF HILDEBRAND & HENRY IV BEGS FOR MERCY AT CANOSSA, by Arthur Pennington & Artaud de Montor COMPLETION OF THE DOMESDAY BOOK, by Charles Knight DECLINE OF THE MOORISH POWER IN SPAIN, by S.A. Dunham THE FIRST CRUSADE, by George Cox FOUNDATION OF THE ORDER OF KNIGHTS TEMPLARS, by Charles Addison STEPHEN USURPS THE ENGLISH CROWN, by Charles Knight ANTIPAPAL DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT: ARNOLD OF BRESCIA & ST. BERNARD AND THE SECOND CRUSADE, by Johann Neander DECLINE OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE: RAVAGES OF ROGER OF SICILY, by George Finlay

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