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. This is volume 9 of 22, covering from 1517-1556 AD . - Summary Adapted from the Title Page
Chapters
1 Narrative Outline 47 min 2 Luther Begins the Reformation in Germany (AD 1517) by Julius Koestlin, part 1 36 min 3 Luther Begins the Reformation in Germany (AD 1517) by Julius Koestlin, part 2 40 min 4 Luther Begins the Reformation in Germany (AD 1517) by Jean M. V. Audin 29 min 5 Negro Slavery in America (AD 1517) by Sir Arthur Helps 11 min 6 First Circumnavigation of the Globe (AD 1519) by Joan Baptista 39 min 7 First Circumnavigation of the Globe (AD 1519) by Antonio Pigafetta 6 min 8 The Field of the Cloth of Gold (AD 1520) by J S Brewer 34 min 9 Cortes Captures the City of Mexico (AD 1521) by William H. Prescott 19 min 10 Liberation of Sweden (AD 1523) by Eric Gustave Geijer 44 min 11 The Peasants' War in Germany (AD 1524) by J. H. Merle D'Aubigne 55 min 12 France Loses Italy (AD 1525) by William Robertson 29 min 13 Sack of Rome by the Imperial Troops (AD 1527) by Benvenuto Cellini 13 min 14 Sack of Rome by the Imperial Troops (AD 1527), by T. Adolphus Trollope 23 min 15 Great Religious Movement in England (AD 1529) by John Richard Green, part 1 31 min 16 Great Religious Movement in England (AD 1529) by John Richard Green, part 2 30 min 17 Pizarro Conquers Peru (AD 1532) by Hernando Pizarro 32 min 18 Pizarro Conquers Peru (AD 1532) by William H. Prescott 20 min 19 Calvin is Driven from Paris (AD 1533) by A. M. Fairbairn 41 min 20 Calvin is Driven from Paris (AD 1533) by Jean M. V. Audin 41 min 21 England Breaks with the Roman Church (AD 1534) by John Richard Green, part 1 29 min 22 England Breaks with the Roman Church (AD 1534) by John Richard Green, part 2 33 min 23 England Breaks with the Roman Church (AD 1534) by John Richard Green, part 3 28 min 24 Cartier Explores Canada (AD 1534) by H. H. Miles 45 min 25 Mendoza Settles Buenos Aires (AD 1535) by Robert Southy 18 min 26 Founding of the Jesuits (AD 1540) by Isaac Taylor 46 min 27 De Soto Discovers the Mississippi (AD 1541) by John S. C, Abbott 19 min 28 Revolution of Astronomy by Copernicus (AD 1543) by Sir Robert Stawell Ball 18 min 29 The Council of Trent and the Counter-Reformation (AD 1545) by Adolphus W. Ward, part 1 29 min 30 The Council of Trent and the Counter-Reformation (AD 1545) by Adolphus W. Ward, part 2 26 min 31 Protestant Struggle Against Charles V ( AD 1546) by Edward Armstrong 26 min 32 Introduction of Christianity into Japan (AD 1549) by John H. Gubbins 32 min 33 Collapse of the Power of Charles V (AD 1552) by Lady C.C. Jackson 27 min 34 The Religious Peace of Augsburg (AD 1555) by William Robertson 36 min 35 Akbar Establishes the Mogul Empire in India (AD 1556) by J. Talboys Wheeler 52 min
