The View of the Revolutions of Europe by M. Koch, has been long known and highly esteemed on the Continent as a work of incontestable merit, and entitled to hold the first rank among productions of its kind. It occupied the labours and researches of thirty years of the author's life; and had the benefit of receiving, at different intervals, several additions and improvements from his own hand. As a concise, luminous, and accurate summary of general history, it stands unrivalled. The principal events and vicissitudes of more than fourteen hundred years are here condensed within an incredibly small space; bringing, as it were, under one view, the successive changes and destinies of Europe, from the fall of the Roman Empire, in the fifth century, to the restoration of the Bourbons in France. The countries which the different nations from time to time have occupied their laws and institutions-their progress from barbarism to refinement, the revival of arts and sciences, the origin of inventions and discoveries, and the wonderful revolutions, both moral and political, to which they gave birth, are here detailed at once with brevity and perspicuity. The author has restricted himself as it were to the pure elements or essence of useful knowledge, discarding from his narrative everything that did not minister to solid instruction. His book has been compared to a sort of chart or genealogical tree of history, where only the grand and prominent events have been recorded, stript of all their secondary and subordinate circumstances, which often distract the attention without adding in the least to the interest or elucidation of the subject. His researches have thrown a new light on some of the difficulties and obscurities of the Middle Ages, particularly with regard to Chronology and Geography. His veracity and precision are unimpeachable; and, though his style has been thought inelegant, his candour, judgment, and erudition have never been called in question. - Summary by Andrew Crichton
Chapters
1 Introduction Part 1 18 min 2 Introduction Part 2 26 min 3 Introduction Part 3 32 min 4 From the invasion of the Roman Empire in the West, by the Barbarians, to the time of Charlemagne, A. D. 406 to 800 Part 1 37 min 5 From the invasion of the Roman Empire in the West, by the Barbarians, to the time of Charlemagne, A. D. 406 to 800 Part 2 24 min 6 From the invasion of the Roman Empire in the West, by the Barbarians, to the time of Charlemagne, A. D. 406 to 800 Part 3 31 min 7 From Charlemagne to Otto the Great, A. D. 800 to 962 Part 1 30 min 8 From Charlemagne to Otto the Great, A. D. 800 to 962 Part 2 31 min 9 From Otto the Great to Gregory the Great, A. D. 962 to 1074 Part 1 27 min 10 From Otto the Great to Gregory the Great, A. D. 962 to 1074 Part 2 23 min 11 From Otto the Great to Gregory the Great, A. D. 962 to 1074 Part 3 38 min 12 From Pope Gregory VIII. to Boniface VIII, A. D. 1074 to 1300 Part 1 34 min 13 From Pope Gregory VIII. to Boniface VIII, A. D. 1074 to 1300 Part 2 29 min 14 From Pope Gregory VIII. to Boniface VIII, A. D. 1074 to 1300 Part 3 32 min 15 From Pope Gregory VIII. to Boniface VIII, A. D. 1074 to 1300 Part 4 35 min 16 From Pope Gregory VIII. to Boniface VIII, A. D. 1074 to 1300 Part 5 32 min 17 From Pope Gregory VIII. to Boniface VIII, A. D. 1074 to 1300 Part 6 30 min 18 From Pope Gregory VIII. to Boniface VIII, A. D. 1074 to 1300 Part 7 40 min 19 From Pope Boniface VIII. to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, A. D. 1300 to 1453 Part 1 27 min 20 From Pope Boniface VIII. to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, A. D. 1300 to 1453 Part 2 31 min 21 From Pope Boniface VIII. to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, A. D. 1300 to 1453 Part 3 28 min 22 From Pope Boniface VIII. to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, A. D. 1300 to 1453 Part 4 30 min 23 From Pope Boniface VIII. to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, A. D. 1300 to 1453 Part 5 34 min 24 From the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, to the peace of Westphalia, A. D., 1453 to 1648 Part 1 27 min 25 From the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, to the peace of Westphalia, A. D., 1453 to 1648 Part 2 36 min 26 From the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, to the peace of Westphalia, A. D., 1453 to 1648 Part 3 31 min 27 From the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, to the peace of Westphalia, A. D., 1453 to 1648 Part 4 30 min 28 From the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, to the peace of Westphalia, A. D., 1453 to 1648 Part 5 34 min 29 From the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, to the peace of Westphalia, A. D., 1453 to 1648 Part 6 27 min 30 From the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, to the peace of Westphalia, A. D., 1453 to 1648 Part 7 36 min 31 From the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, to the peace of Westphalia, A. D., 1453 to 1648 Part 8 29 min 32 From the Peace of Westphalia to that of Utrecht, A. D., 1648 to 1713 Part 1 34 min 33 From the Peace of Westphalia to that of Utrecht, A. D., 1648 to 1713 Part 2 28 min 34 From the Peace of Westphalia to that of Utrecht, A. D., 1648 to 1713 Part 3 39 min 35 From the Peace of Westphalia to that of Utrecht, A. D., 1648 to 1713 Part 4 32 min 36 From the Peace of Westphalia to that of Utrecht, A. D., 1648 to 1713 Part 5 22 min 37 From the Peace of Westphalia to that of Utrecht, A. D., 1648 to 1713 Part 6 33 min 38 From the Peace of Utrecht to the French Revolution, A. D., 1713 to 1789 Part 1 33 min 39 From the Peace of Utrecht to the French Revolution, A. D., 1713 to 1789 Part 2 30 min 40 From the Peace of Utrecht to the French Revolution, A. D., 1713 to 1789 Part 3 34 min 41 From the Peace of Utrecht to the French Revolution, A. D., 1713 to 1789 Part 4 25 min 42 From the Peace of Utrecht to the French Revolution, A. D., 1713 to 1789 Part 5 38 min 43 From the Peace of Utrecht to the French Revolution, A. D., 1713 to 1789 Part 6 24 min 44 From the Peace of Utrecht to the French Revolution, A. D., 1713 to 1789 Part 7 28 min 45 From the Peace of Utrecht to the French Revolution, A. D., 1713 to 1789 Part 8 33 min 46 From the Peace of Utrecht to the French Revolution, A. D., 1713 to 1789 Part 9 35 min 47 From the commencement of the French Revolution to the downfall of Buonaparte, A. D., 1789 to 1815 Part 1 26 min 48 From the commencement of the French Revolution to the downfall of Buonaparte, A. D., 1789 to 1815 Part 2 20 min 49 From the commencement of the French Revolution to the downfall of Buonaparte, A. D., 1789 to 1815 Part 3 24 min 50 From the commencement of the French Revolution to the downfall of Buonaparte, A. D., 1789 to 1815 Part 4 21 min 51 From the commencement of the French Revolution to the downfall of Buonaparte, A. D., 1789 to 1815 Part 5 25 min 52 From the commencement of the French Revolution to the downfall of Buonaparte, A. D., 1789 to 1815 Part 6 23 min 53 From the commencement of the French Revolution to the downfall of Buonaparte, A. D., 1789 to 1815 Part 7 30 min 54 The Military Predominance of France, under the sway of Napoleon Buonaparte, A. D. 1802 to 1810 Part 1 26 min 55 The Military Predominance of France, under the sway of Napoleon Buonaparte, A. D. 1802 to 1810 Part 2 29 min 56 The Military Predominance of France, under the sway of Napoleon Buonaparte, A. D. 1802 to 1810 Part 3 31 min 57 The Military Predominance of France, under the sway of Napoleon Buonaparte, A. D. 1802 to 1810 Part 4 28 min 58 The Military Predominance of France, under the sway of Napoleon Buonaparte, A. D. 1802 to 1810 Part 5 22 min 59 The Military Predominance of France, under the sway of Napoleon Buonaparte, A. D. 1802 to 1810 Part 6 26 min 60 The Military Predominance of France, under the sway of Napoleon Buonaparte, A. D. 1802 to 1810 Part 7 17 min 61 The decline and downfall of the Empire of Buonaparte, A. D., 1810 to 1815 Part 1 20 min 62 The decline and downfall of the Empire of Buonaparte, A. D., 1810 to 1815 Part 2 27 min 63 The decline and downfall of the Empire of Buonaparte, A. D., 1810 to 1815 Part 3 30 min 64 The decline and downfall of the Empire of Buonaparte, A. D., 1810 to 1815 Part 4 28 min 65 The decline and downfall of the Empire of Buonaparte, A. D., 1810 to 1815 Part 5 32 min 66 France from the second Restoration of the Bourbons, A. D., 1815, including the Revolution of July, 1830, to the Revolution of February, 1848 Part 1 21 min 67 France from the second Restoration of the Bourbons, A. D., 1815, including the Revolution of July, 1830, to the Revolution of February, 1848 Part 2 32 min 68 France from the second Restoration of the Bourbons, A. D., 1815, including the Revolution of July, 1830, to the Revolution of February, 1848 Part 3 18 min 69 Revolution in Belgium, A. D. 1830 4 min 70 Revolution in Poland, A. D. 1830 30 min 71 Revolution in Greece, A. D. 1821 to 1827 Part 1 22 min 72 Revolution in Greece, A. D. 1821 to 1827 Part 2 17 min 73 Revolution in Greece, A. D. 1821 to 1827 Part 3 25 min 74 War between Russia and Turkey, A. D. 1828 to 1828 13 min 75 England, from A. D. 1816 to A. D. 1848 Part 1 16 min 76 England, from A. D. 1816 to A. D. 1848 Part 2 18 min 77 England, from A. D. 1816 to A. D. 1848 Part 3 20 min 78 French Revolution of February, 1848, Part 1 26 min 79 French Revolution of February, 1848, Part 2 21 min 80 French Revolution of February, 1848, Part 3 25 min 81 French Revolution of February, 1848, Part 4 24 min 82 Revolutions in Germany, A. D. 1848 Part 1 16 min 83 Revolutions in Germany, A. D. 1848 Part 2 17 min 84 Revolutions in Italy, A. D. 1848 31 min
