Early European History
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- EARLY EUROPEAN HISTORY
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- LIST OF MAPS
- LIST OF PLATES
- SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER STUDY
- PERIODICALS
- SYLLABI
- GENERAL WORKS
- PREHISTORIC TIMES
- ORIENTAL HISTORY
- GREEK AND ROMAN HISTORY
- MEDIEVAL HISTORY
- TRANSITION TO MODERN TIMES
- CHAPTER I
- 1. THE STUDY OF HISTORY
- 2. PREHISTORIC PEOPLES
- 3. DOMESTICATION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS
- 4. WRITING AND THE ALPHABET
- 5. PRIMITIVE SCIENCE AND ART
- 6. HISTORIC PEOPLES
- STUDIES
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER II
- 7. PHYSICAL ASIA
- 8. BABYLONIA AND EGYPT
- 9. THE BABYLONIANS AND THE EGYPTIANS
- 10. THE PHOENICIANS AND THE HEBREWS
- 11. THE ASSYRIANS
- 12. THE WORLD EMPIRE OF PERSIA
- STUDIES
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER III
- 13. SOCIAL CLASSES
- 14. ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
- 15. COMMERCE AND TRADE ROUTES
- 16. LAW AND MORALITY
- 17. RELIGION
- 18. LITERATURE AND ART
- 19. SCIENCE AND EDUCATION
- STUDIES
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER IV
- 20. PHYSICAL EUROPE
- 21. GREECE AND THE AEGEAN
- 22. THE AEGEAN AGE (TO ABOUT 1100 B.C.)
- 23. THE HOMERIC AGE (ABOUT 1100-750 B.C.)
- 24. EARLY GREEK RELIGION
- 25. RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS: ORACLES AND GAMES
- 26. THE GREEK CITY-STATE
- 27. THE GROWTH OF SPARTA (TO 500 B.C.)
- 29. COLONIAL EXPANSION OF GREECE (ABOUT 750-500 B.C.)
- 30. BONDS OF UNION AMONG THE GREEKS
- STUDIES
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER V
- 31. THE PERILS OF HELLAS
- 32. EXPEDITIONS OF DARIUS AGAINST GREECE
- 33. XERXES AND THE GREAT PERSIAN WAR
- 34. ATHENS UNDER THEMISTOCLES, ARISTIDES, AND CIMON
- 35. ATHENS UNDER PERICLES
- 36. THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR, 431-404 B.C.
- 37. THE SPARTAN AND THEBAN SUPREMACIES, 404-362 B.C.
- 38. DECLINE OF THE CITY-STATE
- STUDIES
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER VI
- 39. PHILIP AND THE RISE OF MACEDONIA
- 40. DEMOSTHENES AND THE END OF GREEK FREEDOM
- 41. ALEXANDER THE GREAT
- 42. CONQUEST OF PERSIA AND THE FAR EAST, 334-323 B.C.
- 43. THE WORK OF ALEXANDER
- 44. HELLENISTIC KINGDOMS AND CITIES
- 45. THE HELLENISTIC AGE
- 46. THE GRAECO-ORIENTAL WORLD
- STUDIES
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER VII
- 47. ITALY AND SICILY
- 48. THE PEOPLES OF ITALY
- 49. THE ROMANS
- 50. EARLY ROMAN SOCIETY
- 51. ROMAN RELIGION
- 52. THE ROMAN CITY-STATE
- 53. EXPANSION OF ROME OVER ITALY, 509(?)-264 B.C.
- 54. ITALY UNDER ROMAN RULE
- 55. THE ROMAN ARMY
- STUDIES
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER VIII
- 56. THE RIVALS: ROME AND CARTHAGE, 264-218 B.C.
- 57. HANNIBAL AND THE GREAT PUNIC WAR, 218-201 B.C.
- 58. ROMAN SUPREMACY IN THE WEST AND IN THE EAST, 201-133 B.C.
- 59. THE MEDITERRANEAN WORLD UNDER ROMAN RULE
- 60. THE GRACCHI
- 61. MARIUS AND SULLA
- 62. POMPEY AND CAESAR
- 63. THE WORK OF CAESAR
- 64. ANTONY AND OCTAVIAN
- 65. THE END OF AN EPOCH
- STUDIES
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER IX
- 67. THE SUCCESSORS OF AUGUSTUS, 14-96 A.D.
- 68. THE "GOOD EMPERORS," 96-180 A.D.
- 69. THE PROVINCES OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
- 70. THE ROMAN LAW AND THE LATIN LANGUAGE
- 71. THE MUNICIPALITIES OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
- 72. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS IN THE FIRST AND SECOND CENTURIES
- 73. THE GRAECO-ROMAN WORLD
- STUDIES
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER X
- 74. THE "SOLDIER EMPERORS," 180-284 A.D.
- 75. THE "ABSOLUTE EMPERORS," 284-395 A.D.
- 76. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH CENTURIES
- 77. THE PREPARATION FOR CHRISTIANITY
- 78. RISE AND SPREAD OF CHRISTIANITY
- 79. THE PERSECUTIONS
- 80. TRIUMPH OF CHRISTIANITY
- 81. CHRISTIAN INFLUENCE ON SOCIETY
- STUDIES
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER XI
- 82. GERMANY AND THE GERMANS
- 83. BREAKING OF THE DANUBE BARRIER
- 84. BREAKING OF THE RHINE BARRIER
- 85. INROADS OF THE HUNS
- 86. END OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE IN THE WEST, 476 A.D.
- 87. GERMANIC INFLUENCE ON SOCIETY
- STUDIES
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER XII
- 88. THE CLASSICAL CITY
- 89. EDUCATION AND THE CONDITION OF CHILDREN
- 90. MARRIAGE AND THE POSITION OF WOMEN
- 91. THE HOME AND PRIVATE LIFE
- 92. AMUSEMENTS
- 93. SLAVERY
- 94. GREEK LITERATURE
- 95. GREEK PHILOSOPHY
- 96. ROMAN LITERATURE
- 97. GREEK ARCHITECTURE
- 98. GREEK SCULPTURE
- 99. ROMAN ARCHITECTURE AND SCULPTURE
- 100. ARTISTIC ATHENS
- 101. ARTISTIC ROME
- STUDIES
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER XIII
- 102. THE OSTROGOTHS IN ITALY, 488-553 A.D.
- 103. THE LOMBARDS IN ITALY, 568-774 A.D.
- 104. THE FRANKS UNDER CLOVIS AND HIS SUCCESSORS
- 105. THE FRANKS UNDER CHARLES MARTEL AND PEPIN THE SHORT
- 106. THE REIGN OF CHARLEMAGNE, 768-814 A.D.
- 107. CHARLEMAGNE AND THE REVIVAL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, 800 A.D.
- 108. DISRUPTION OF CHARLEMAGNE'S EMPIRE, 814-870 A.D.
- 109. GERMANY UNDER THE SAXON KINGS, 919-973 A.D.
- 110. OTTO THE GREAT AND THE RESTORATION OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, 962 A.D.
- 111. THE ANGLO-SAXONS IN BRITAIN, 449-839 A.D.
- 112. CHRISTIANITY IN THE BRITISH ISLES
- 113. THE FUSION OF GERMANS AND ROMANS
- STUDIES
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER XIV
- 114. THE ROMAN EMPIRE IN THE EAST
- 115. THE REIGN OF JUSTINIAN, 527-565 A.D.
- 116. THE EMPIRE AND ITS ASIATIC FOES
- 117. THE EMPIRE AND ITS FOES IN EUROPE
- 118. BYZANTINE CIVILIZATION
- 119. CONSTANTINOPLE
- STUDIES
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER XV
- 120. DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
- 121. EASTERN CHRISTIANITY
- 122. WESTERN CHRISTIANITY: RISE OF THE PAPACY
- 123. GROWTH OF THE PAPACY
- 124. MONASTICISM
- 125. LIFE AND WORK OF THE MONKS
- 126. SPREAD OF CHRISTIANITY OVER EUROPE
- 127. SEPARATION OF EASTERN AND WESTERN CHRISTIANITY
- 128. THE GREEK CHURCH
- 129. THE ROMAN CHURCH
- STUDIES
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER XVI
- 130. ARABIA AND THE ARABS
- 131. MOHAMMED: PROPHET AND STATESMAN, 622-632 A.D.
- 132. ISLAM AND THE KORAN
- 133. EXPANSION OF ISLAM IN ASIA AND EGYPT
- 134. EXPANSION OF ISLAM IN NORTH AFRICA AND SPAIN
- 135. THE CALIPHATE AND ITS DISRUPTION, 632-1058 A.D.
- 136. ARABIAN CIVILIZATION
- 137. THE INFLUENCE OF ISLAM
- STUDIES
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER XVII
- 138. SCANDINAVIA AND THE NORTHMEN
- 139. THE VIKING AGE
- 140. SCANDINAVIAN HEATHENISM
- 141. THE NORTHMEN IN THE WEST
- 142. THE NORTHMEN IN THE EAST
- 145. NORMAN CONQUEST OF ENGLAND; WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR
- 146. RESULTS OF THE NORMAN CONQUEST
- 147. NORMAN CONQUEST OF SOUTHERN ITALY AND SICILY
- 148. THE NORMANS IN EUROPEAN HISTORY
- STUDIES
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER XVIII
- 149. RISE OF FEUDALISM
- 150. FEUDALISM AS A SYSTEM OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- 151. FEUDAL JUSTICE
- 152. FEUDAL WARFARE
- 153. THE CASTLE AND LIFE OF THE NOBLES
- 154. KNIGHTHOOD AND CHIVALRY
- 155. FEUDALISM AS A SYSTEM OF LOCAL INDUSTRY
- 156. THE VILLAGE AND LIFE OF THE PEASANTS
- 157. SERFDOM
- 158. DECLINE OF FEUDALISM
- STUDIES
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER XIX
- 159. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MEDIEVAL CHURCH
- 160. CHURCH DOCTRINE AND WORSHIP
- 161. CHURCH JURISDICTION
- 162. THE SECULAR CLERGY
- 163. THE REGULAR CLERGY
- 164. THE FRIARS
- 165. POWER OF THE PAPACY
- 166. POPES AND EMPERORS, 962-1122 A.D.
- 167. POPES AND EMPERORS, 1122-1273 A.D.
- 168. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MEDIEVAL CHURCH
- STUDIES
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER XX
- 169. CAUSES OF THE CRUSADES
- 170. FIRST CRUSADE, 1095-1099 A.D.
- 171. CRUSADERS' STATES IN SYRIA
- 172. SECOND CRUSADE, 1147-1149 A.D., AND THIRD CRUSADE, 1189-1192 A.D.
- 173. FOURTH CRUSADE AND THE LATIN EMPIRE OF CONSTANTINOPLE, 1202-1261 A.D.
- 174. RESULTS OF THE CRUSADES
- STUDIES
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER XXI
- 175. THE MONGOLS
- 176. CONQUESTS OF THE MONGOLS, 1206-1405 A.D.
- 177. THE MONGOLS IN CHINA AND INDIA
- 178. THE MONGOLS IN EASTERN EUROPE
- 179. THE OTTOMAN TURKS AND THEIR CONQUESTS, 1227-1453 A.D.
- 180. THE OTTOMAN TURKS IN SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE
- STUDIES
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER XXII
- 181. GROWTH OF THE NATIONS
- 182. ENGLAND UNDER WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR, 1066-1087 A.D.; THE NORMAN KINGSHIP
- 183. ENGLAND UNDER HENRY II, 1154-1189 A.D.; ROYAL JUSTICE AND THE COMMON LAW
- 184. THE GREAT CHARTER, 1215 A.D.
- 185. PARLIAMENT DURING THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY
- 186. EXPANSION OF ENGLAND UNDER EDWARD I, 1272-1307 A.D.
- 187. UNIFICATION OF FRANCE, 987-1328 A.D.
- 188. THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR BETWEEN FRANCE AND ENGLAND, 1337-1453 A.D.
- 189. UNIFICATION OF SPAIN (TO 1492 A.D.)
- 190. AUSTRIA AND THE SWISS CONFEDERATION, 1273-1499 A.D.
- 191. EXPANSION OF GERMANY
- STUDIES
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER XXIII
- 192. GROWTH OF THE CITIES
- 194. CIVIC INDUSTRY: THE GUILDS
- 195. TRADE AND COMMERCE
- 196. MONEY AND BANKING
- 197. ITALIAN CITIES
- 198. GERMAN CITIES: THE HANSEATIC LEAGUE
- 199. THE CITIES OF FLANDERS
- STUDIES
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER XXIV
- 200. FORMATION OF NATIONAL LANGUAGES
- 201. DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL LITERATURES
- 202. ROMANESQUE AND GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE; THE CATHEDRALS
- 203. EDUCATION; THE UNIVERSITIES
- 204. SCHOLASTICISM
- 205. SCIENCE AND MAGIC
- 206. POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS
- 207. POPULAR AMUSEMENTS AND FESTIVALS
- 208. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS
- STUDIES
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER XXV
- 209. MEANING OF THE RENAISSANCE
- 210. REVIVAL OF LEARNING IN ITALY
- 211. PAPER AND PRINTING
- 212. REVIVAL OF ART IN ITALY
- 213. REVIVAL OF LEARNING AND ART BEYOND ITALY
- 214. THE RENAISSANCE IN LITERATURE
- 215. THE RENAISSANCE IN EDUCATION
- 216. THE SCIENTIFIC RENAISSANCE
- 217. THE ECONOMIC RENAISSANCE
- STUDIES
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER XXVI
- 218. MEDIEVAL GEOGRAPHY
- 219. AIDS TO EXPLORATION
- 220. TO THE INDIES EASTWARD: PRINCE HENRY AND DA GAMA
- 221. THE PORTUGUESE COLONIAL EMPIRE
- 222. TO THE INDIES WESTWARD: COLUMBUS AND MAGELLAN
- 223. THE INDIANS
- 224. SPANISH EXPLORATIONS AND CONQUESTS IN AMERICA
- 226. ENGLISH AND FRENCH EXPLORATIONS IN AMERICA
- 227. THE OLD WORLD AND THE NEW
- STUDIES
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER XXVII
- 228. DECLINE OF THE PAPACY
- 229. HERESIES AND HERETICS
- 230. MARTIN LUTHER AND THE BEGINNING OF THE REFORMATION IN GERMANY, 1517- 1522 A.D.
- 231. CHARLES V AND THE SPREAD OF THE GERMAN REFORMATION, 1519-1556 A.D.
- 232. THE REFORMATION IN SWITZERLAND; ZWINGLI AND CALVIN
- 233. THE ENGLISH REFORMATION, 1533-1658 A.D.
- 234. THE PROTESTANT SECTS
- 235. THE CATHOLIC COUNTER REFORMATION
- 236. SPAIN UNDER PHILIP II, 1556-1598 A.D.
- 237. REVOLT OF THE NETHERLANDS
- 238. ENGLAND UNDER ELIZABETH, 1558-1603 A.D.
- 239. THE HUGUENOT WARS IN FRANCE
- 240. THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR, 1618-1648 A.D.
- STUDIES
- FOOTNOTES
- CHAPTER XXVIII
- 241. THE DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS
- 242. THE ABSOLUTISM OF LOUIS XIV, 1661-1715 A.D.
- 243. FRANCE UNDER LOUIS XIV
- 244. THE WARS OF LOUIS XIV
- 245. THE ABSOLUTISM OF THE STUARTS, 1603-1642 A.D.
- 246. OLIVER CROMWELL AND THE CIVIL WAR, 1642-1649 A.D.
- 247. THE COMMONWEALTH AND THE PROTECTORATE, 1649-1660 A.D.
- 248. THE RESTORATION AND THE "GLORIOUS REVOLUTION," 1660-1689 A.D.
- 249. ENGLAND IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
- STUDIES
- FOOTNOTES
- APPENDIX
- TABLE OF EVENTS AND DATES
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