A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon / For the Use of Schools and Colleges
by John Lord
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- A MODERN HISTORY, FROM THE TIME OF LUTHER TO THE FALL OF NAPOLEON.
- JOHN LORD, A.M.,
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- MODERN HISTORY.
- CHAPTER I.
- STATE OF EUROPEAN SOCIETY IN THE FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH CENTURIES.
- CHAPTER II.
- MARTIN LUTHER AND HIS ASSOCIATES.
- CHAPTER III.
- THE EMPEROR CHARLES V.
- CHAPTER IV.
- HENRY VIII.
- CHAPTER V.
- EDWARD VI. AND MARY.
- CHAPTER VI.
- ELIZABETH.
- CHAPTER VII.
- FRANCIS II., CHARLES IX., HENRY III., AND HENRY IV.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- PHILIP II. AND THE AUSTRIAN PRINCES OF SPAIN.
- CHAPTER IX.
- THE JESUITS, AND THE PAPAL POWER IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.
- CHAPTER X.
- THIRTY YEARS WAR.
- CHAPTER XI.
- ADMINISTRATIONS OF CARDINALS RICHELIEU AND MAZARIN.
- CHAPTER XII.
- THE REIGNS OF JAMES I. AND CHARLES I.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- PROTECTORATE OF OLIVER CROMWELL.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- THE REIGN OF CHARLES II.
- CHAPTER XV.
- REIGN OF JAMES II.
- CHAPTER XVI.
- LOUIS XIV.
- CHAPTER XVII.
- WILLIAM AND MARY.
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- PETER THE GREAT, AND RUSSIA.
- CHAPTER XIX.
- GEORGE I., AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF SIR ROBERT WALPOLE.
- CHAPTER XX.
- THE COLONIZATION OF AMERICA AND THE EAST INDIES.
- CHAPTER XXI.
- THE REIGN OF GEORGE II.
- CHAPTER XXII.
- LOUIS XV.
- CHAPTER XXIII.
- FREDERIC THE GREAT.
- CHAPTER XXIV.
- MARIA THERESA AND CATHARINE II.
- CHAPTER XXV.
- CALAMITIES OF POLAND.
- CHAPTER XXVI.
- THE DECLINE OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE.
- CHAPTER XXVII.
- REIGN OF GEORGE III. TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF WILLIAM PITT.
- CHAPTER XXVIII.
- THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
- CHAPTER XXIX.
- ADMINISTRATION OF WILLIAM PITT.
- CHAPTER XXX.
- THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.
- CHAPTER XXXI.
- NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.
- CHAPTER XXXII.
- EUROPE ON THE FALL OF NAPOLEON.
- APPENDIX.
- CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE FROM THE FALL OF NAPOLEON.
- PRIME MINISTERS OF ENGLAND SINCE THE ACCESSION OF HENRY VIII.
- TABLE OF THE MONARCHS OF EUROPE DURING THE SIXTEENTH, SEVENTEENTH, EIGHTEENTH, AND NINETEENTH CENTURIES.
- GENEALOGICAL TABLE OF THE ROYAL FAMILY OF GREAT BRITAIN † denotes date of decease.
- GENEALOGICAL TABLE OF THE BOURBONS. † denotes date of decease.
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