TAILIEUCHUNG - The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume VI.

It was during the period of about one hundred fifty years, extending from the middle of the twelfth to the close of the thirteenth century, that the features of our modern civilization began to assume a recognizable form. The age was characterized by the decline of feudalism, and by the growth of all the new influences which combined to create a new state of society. With the decay of the great lords came the rise of the great cities, the increased power and importance of the middle classes, the burghers or "citizens," who dominate the world to-day. In opposition to these there came also an unforeseen. | The Great Events by Famous Historians 1 The Great Events by Famous Historians The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Great Events by Famous Historians Volume VI. by Various This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title The Great Events by Famous Historians Volume VI. Author Various Release Date December 5 2004 EBook 14260 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GREAT EVENTS Produced by Juliet Sutherland Keith M. Eckrich and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team The Great Events by Famous Historians 2 This is Volume VI of a complete set of The Great Events by Famous Historians. Issued Strictly as a Limited Edition. In Volume I of this Set will be found the Official Certificate under the Seal of the National Alumni as to the Limitation of the Edition the Registered Number and the Name of the Owner. BINDING - Vol. VI The binding of this volume is a facsimile of the original on exhibition in the Bibliotheque Nationale Paris. It was executed by Geoffroy Tory and presented by him to King Francis I. The broken vase so cleverly worked into the tooled design was the device of Tory which as explained in his book Champfleury represents our frail body--a vessel of clay. Tory was professor of philosophy and literature in several colleges. In 1518 he set up a printing-press from whence he brought out beautiful editions of the Greek and Latin authors translated and annotated by himself. In 1530 he was appointed Printer to King Francis I. Illustration Illustration Tragic death of Archbishop Thomas A. Becket at the alter of the Cathedral of Canterbury Painting by A. Dawant. THE GREAT EVENTS BY FAMOUS HISTORIANS A COMPREHENSIVE AND READABLE ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD S HISTORY EMPHASIZING THE MORE IMPORTANT EVENTS AND .

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