A comprehensive and readable account of the Renaissance, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the words of eminent historians.
Contents include:
MODERN RECOGNITION OF SCENIC BEAUTY
BEGINNING AND PROGRESS OF THE RENAISSANCE
THE BLACK DEATH RAVAGES EUROPE
CHARLES IV OF GERMANY PUBLISHES HIS GOLDEN BULL
CONQUESTS OF TIMUR THE TARTAR
DANCING MANIA OF THE MIDDLE AGES
THE GREAT SCHISM
WYCLIFFE TRANSLATES THE BIBLE INTO ENGLISH
THE SWISS WIN THEIR INDEPENDENCE
BEGINNING OF THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE
THE HUSSITE WARS
BATTLE OF AGINCOURT
JOAN OF ARC
TRIAL AND EXECUTION OF JOAN OF ARC
ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF PRINTING
REBUILDING OF ROME BY NICHOLAS V, THE "BUILDER-POPE"
END OF THE EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE
WAR OF THE ROSES
IVAN THE GREAT UNITES RUSSIA
LORENZO DE' MEDICI RULES IN FLORENCE
INQUISITION ESTABLISHED IN SPAIN
COLUMBUS DISCOVERS AMERICA
SAVONAROLA'S REFORMS AND DEATH
AMERIGO VESPUCCI IN AMERICA
RISE AND FALL OF THE BORGIAS
THE SPLENDOR OF RENAISSANCE ART UNDER MICHELANGELO
LUTHER BEGINS THE REFORMATION IN GERMANY
AFRICAN SLAVERY IN AMERICA
FIRST CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THE GLOBE
CORTÉS CAPTURES THE CITY OF MEXICO
THE PEASANTS' WAR IN GERMANY
PIZARRO CONQUERS PERU
CALVIN IS DRIVEN FROM PARIS
REVOLUTION OF ASTRONOMY BY COPERNICUS
THE COUNTER-REFORMATION
REIGN OF ELIZABETH
BUILDING OF THE FIRST THEATRE IN ENGLAND
DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH ARMADA
CULMINATION OF DRAMATIC LITERATURE IN "HAMLET"
THE GUNPOWDER PLOT
CERVANTES' "DON QUIXOTE" REFORMS LITERATURE
SETTLEMENT OF VIRGINIA
Contents include:
MODERN RECOGNITION OF SCENIC BEAUTY
BEGINNING AND PROGRESS OF THE RENAISSANCE
THE BLACK DEATH RAVAGES EUROPE
CHARLES IV OF GERMANY PUBLISHES HIS GOLDEN BULL
CONQUESTS OF TIMUR THE TARTAR
DANCING MANIA OF THE MIDDLE AGES
THE GREAT SCHISM
WYCLIFFE TRANSLATES THE BIBLE INTO ENGLISH
THE SWISS WIN THEIR INDEPENDENCE
BEGINNING OF THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE
THE HUSSITE WARS
BATTLE OF AGINCOURT
JOAN OF ARC
TRIAL AND EXECUTION OF JOAN OF ARC
ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF PRINTING
REBUILDING OF ROME BY NICHOLAS V, THE "BUILDER-POPE"
END OF THE EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE
WAR OF THE ROSES
IVAN THE GREAT UNITES RUSSIA
LORENZO DE' MEDICI RULES IN FLORENCE
INQUISITION ESTABLISHED IN SPAIN
COLUMBUS DISCOVERS AMERICA
SAVONAROLA'S REFORMS AND DEATH
AMERIGO VESPUCCI IN AMERICA
RISE AND FALL OF THE BORGIAS
THE SPLENDOR OF RENAISSANCE ART UNDER MICHELANGELO
LUTHER BEGINS THE REFORMATION IN GERMANY
AFRICAN SLAVERY IN AMERICA
FIRST CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THE GLOBE
CORTÉS CAPTURES THE CITY OF MEXICO
THE PEASANTS' WAR IN GERMANY
PIZARRO CONQUERS PERU
CALVIN IS DRIVEN FROM PARIS
REVOLUTION OF ASTRONOMY BY COPERNICUS
THE COUNTER-REFORMATION
REIGN OF ELIZABETH
BUILDING OF THE FIRST THEATRE IN ENGLAND
DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH ARMADA
CULMINATION OF DRAMATIC LITERATURE IN "HAMLET"
THE GUNPOWDER PLOT
CERVANTES' "DON QUIXOTE" REFORMS LITERATURE
SETTLEMENT OF VIRGINIA
