TAILIEUCHUNG - The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 1-20

Philip II succeeded his father Charles V on the throne of Spain. The vast extent of his domains, the absoluteness of his authority, and, above all, the enormous wealth that poured into his coffers from the Spanish conquests in America, made him the most powerful monarch of his time, the central figure of the age. It was largely because of Philip's personal character that the great religious struggle of the Reformation entered upon a new phase, became far more sinister, more black and deadly, extended over all Europe, and bathed the civilized world in blood. England stood forth as the centre of opposition against Philip,. | The Great Events by Famous Historians Vol. 1 Part II chap xxxi of em Don Quixote em where there is a passage Part I published. See The Great Events by Famous Historians Vol. The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Great Events by Famous Historians Vol. 1-20 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 Vol. 1-20 Author Various Editor Rossiter Johnson Charles Horne and John Rudd Release Date November 21 2006 EBook 19893 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GREAT EVENTS Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http The Great Events by Famous Historians Vol. 2 Illustration Murder of the favorite Rizzio at the feet of Mary Stuart by her husband and associate conspirators Painting by Eug. Siberdt. 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 X The National Alumni COPYRIGHT 1905 By THE NATIONAL ALUMNI CONTENTS VOLUME X PAGE An Outline Narrative of the Great Events xiii CHARLES F. HORNE England Loses Her Last French Territory . 1558 Battle of St. Quentin 1 CHARLES KNIGHT The Great Events .

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