TAILIEUCHUNG - The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07

Fifty years ago the term "renaissance" had a very definite meaning to scholars as representing an exact period toward the close of the fourteenth century when the world suddenly reawoke to the beauty of the arts of Greece and Rome, to the charm of their gayer life, the splendor of their intellect. We know now that there was no such sudden reawakening, that Teutonic Europe toiled slowly upward through long centuries, and that men learned only gradually to appreciate the finer side of existence, to study the universe for themselves, and look with their own eyes upon the life around them and the life beyond. Thus. | The Great Events by Famous Historians 1 UM THE GREAT E sW FAMOUS HISTORIANS Various luihors The Great Events by Famous Historians The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Great Events by Famous Historians Volume 07 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 07 Author Various Editor Rossiter Johnson Charles Horne John Rudd Release Date December 18 2008 EBook 27562 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GREAT EVENTS VOLUME 07 Produced by Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http Illustration Jeanne d Arc stands banner in hand during the coronation of Charles VII before the high altar at Rheims. The Great Events by Famous Historians Painting by J. E. Lenepveu. 2 THE GREAT EVENTS BY FAMOUS HISTORIANS ------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------- EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ROSSITER JOHNSON . ASSOCIATE EDITORS CHARLES F. HORNE . JOHN RUDD . With a staff of specialists VOLUME VII The National Alumni COPYRIGHT 1905 BY THE NATIONAL ALUMNI CONTENTS VOLUME VII page An Outline Narrative of the Great Events xiii CHARLES F. .

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