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 7 of 22, covering from 1300-1438 AD . - Summary Adapted from the Title Page
Chapters
1 An Outline Narrative 29 min 2 Dante Composes the Divina Commedia, AD 1300-1318 by Richard William Church 46 min 3 Third Estate Joins in the Government of France, AD 1302 by Henri Martin 14 min 4 War of the Flemings with Philip the Fair of France, AD 1302 by Eyre Evans Crowe 16 min 5 First Swiss Struggle for Liberty, AD 1308 by F. Grenfell Baker 32 min 6 Battle of Bannockburn, AD 1314 by Andrew Lang 23 min 7 Extinction of the Order of the Knights Templar, AD 1314 by F.C. Woodhouse 32 min 8 Burning of the Grand Master Molay, AD 1314 by Henry Hart Milman 8 min 9 James van Artevelde Leads a Flemish Revolt, AD 1337-1340, Francois P.G. Guizot 20 min 10 Battles of Sluys and Crecy, AD 1340-1346 by Sir John Froissart 32 min 11 Modern Recognition of Scenic Beauty, AD 1341 by Jacob Burckhardt 32 min 12 Rienzi's Revolution in Rome, AD 1347 by Richard Lodge 14 min 13 Beginning and Progress of the Renaissance (Fourteenth to Sixteenth Centuries) by John Addington Symonds, part 1 28 min 14 Beginning and Progress of the Renaissance (Fourteenth to Sixteenth Centuries) by John Addington Symonds, part 2 31 min 15 The Black Death Ravages Europe, AD 1348 by J. F. C. Hecker 36 min 16 The Black Death Ravages Europe, AD 1348 by Giovanni Boccaccio 7 min 17 First Turkish Dominion in Europe, AD 1354 by Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall 16 min 18 Conspiracy and Death of Marino Falieri at Venice, AD 1355 by Mrs. Margaret Oliphant 17 min 19 Charles IV of Germany Publishes His Golden Bull, AD 1356 by Sir Robert Comyn 9 min 20 Insurrection of the Jacquerie in France, AD 1358 by Sir John Froissart 13 min 21 Conquests of Timur the Tartar, AD 1370-1405 by Edward Gibbon, part 1 20 min 22 Conquests of Timur the Tartar, AD 1370-1405 by Edward Gibbon, part 2 20 min 23 Dancing Mania of the Middle Ages, AD 1374 by J.F.C. Hecker 36 min 24 Election of Antipope Clement VII, AD 1378 by Henry Hart Milman 28 min 25 Genoese Surrender to the Venetians, AD 1380 by Henry Hallam 10 min 26 Rebellion of Wat Tyler, AD 1381 by John Lingard 23 min 27 Wycliffe Translates the Bible into English, AD 1382 by J. Paterson Smyth 27 min 28 Swiss Win Their Independence, AD 1386-1389 by F. Grenfell Baker 12 min 29 Union of Denmark, Sweden and Norway, AD 1397 by Paul C. Sinding 21 min 30 Deposition of Richard II, AD 1399 by John Lingard 38 min 31 Discovery of the Canary Islands and the African Coast, AD 1402 by Sir Arthur Helps, part 1 23 min 32 Discovery of the Canary Islands and the African Coast, AD 1402 by Sir Arthur Helps, part 2 21 min 33 Council of Constance, AD 1414 by Richard Lodge 27 min 34 Trial and Burning of John Huss, AD 1415 by Richard Chenevix Trench 29 min 35 The House of Hohenzollern Established in Brandenburg, AD 1415 by Charles Carlyle 38 min 36 Battle of Agincourt, AD 1415 by James Gairdner 35 min 37 Jeanne d'Arc's Victory at Orlean, AD 1429 by Sir Edward S. Creasy 38 min 38 Trial and Execution of Jeanne d'Arc, AD 1431 by Jules Michelet, part 1 28 min 39 Trial and Execution of Jeanne d'Arc, AD 1431 by Jules Michelet, part 2 27 min 40 Charles VII Issues His Pragmatic Sanction, AD 1438 by W. Henley Jervis 24 min 41 Charles VII Issues His Pragmatic Sanction, AD 1438 by Rene Francois Rohrbacher 18 min
