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The Cambridge Modern History Collection

by John Bagnell Bury, Mandell Creighton, Robert A. Nisbet, George Prothero, Adolphus Ward ...

Explore the sweeping story of the modern world with The Cambridge Modern History Collection, one of the most ambitious works of historical scholarship ever produced. First published in the early 20th century, this landmark series was written by leading historians of the time to provide a comprehensive account of modern history—covering politics, revolutions, science, religion, empires, and the ... Read more

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Explore the sweeping story of the modern world with The Cambridge Modern History Collection, one of the most ambitious works of historical scholarship ever produced. First published in the early 20th century, this landmark series was written by leading historians of the time to provide a comprehensive account of modern history—covering politics, revolutions, science, religion, empires, and the
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The Cambridge Modern History

The Definitive Chronicle of Global Transformation

by Adolphus Ward, John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, D. H. Lawrence ...

The Cambridge Modern History stands as one of the most ambitious and scholarly surveys of world history ever published. Conceived by Lord Acton and compiled by a distinguished group of historians, this monumental work presents a comprehensive exploration of political, social, religious, and intellectual developments from the Renaissance to the dawn of the 20th century. Covering Europe, Asia, and ... Read more

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The Cambridge Modern History stands as one of the most ambitious and scholarly surveys of world history ever published. Conceived by Lord Acton and compiled by a distinguished group of historians, this monumental work presents a comprehensive exploration of political, social, religious, and intellectual developments from the Renaissance to the dawn of the 20th century. Covering Europe, Asia, and
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The Cambridge Modern History Collection

by John Bagnell Bury, Mandell Creighton, R. Nisbet Bain, Adolphus Ward, Lord Acton, Henri Barbusse ...

The ultimate scholarly chronicle of the modern world. The Cambridge Modern History—conceived by Lord Acton and edited by Adolphus Ward—is one of the most authoritative and ambitious historical works ever published. Spanning centuries of global change, this monumental 12-volume series presents a panoramic view of the political, social, economic, and cultural forces that shaped the modern era. From ... Read more

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The ultimate scholarly chronicle of the modern world. The Cambridge Modern History—conceived by Lord Acton and edited by Adolphus Ward—is one of the most authoritative and ambitious historical works ever published. Spanning centuries of global change, this monumental 12-volume series presents a panoramic view of the political, social, economic, and cultural forces that shaped the modern era. From
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The Cambridge Modern History Collection

A Comprehensive Scholarly Survey of Global Events from the Renaissance to the Twentieth Century

by J.B. Bury, Mandell Creighton, Robert Nisbet Bain, Adolphus Ward, George Gordon Byron ...

Explore the turning points that shaped the modern world—through the most respected historical chronicle of its kind. The Cambridge Modern History Collection is the ultimate reference work in historical scholarship, originally conceived by Lord Acton and written by leading historians of the time. This definitive edition spans from the Reformation to the post-Napoleonic era, offering detailed ... Read more

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Explore the turning points that shaped the modern world—through the most respected historical chronicle of its kind. The Cambridge Modern History Collection is the ultimate reference work in historical scholarship, originally conceived by Lord Acton and written by leading historians of the time. This definitive edition spans from the Reformation to the post-Napoleonic era, offering detailed
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The Wars of Religion in Europe

by Adolphus Ward, Martin Hume ...

THE present volume, as its title imports, relates a complicated series of conflicts of which the origin or the pretext has for the most part to be sought in the great religious schism of Christianity. But the cause of the restoration of Catholic unity in the West was, in the minds of both the supporters and the opponents of that cause, inextricably interwoven with the purposes of dynastic ambition ... Read more

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THE present volume, as its title imports, relates a complicated series of conflicts of which the origin or the pretext has for the most part to be sought in the great religious schism of Christianity. But the cause of the restoration of Catholic unity in the West was, in the minds of both the supporters and the opponents of that cause, inextricably interwoven with the purposes of dynastic ambition
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Dickens

by Adolphus Ward ...

Charles Dickens, the eldest son, and the second of the eight children, of John and Elizabeth Dickens, was born at Landport, a suburb of Portsea, on Friday, February 7, 1812. His baptismal names were Charles John Huffham. His father, at that time a clerk in the Navy Pay Office, and employed in the Portsmouth Dock-yard, was recalled to London when his eldest son was only two years of age; and two ... Read more

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Charles Dickens, the eldest son, and the second of the eight children, of John and Elizabeth Dickens, was born at Landport, a suburb of Portsea, on Friday, February 7, 1812. His baptismal names were Charles John Huffham. His father, at that time a clerk in the Navy Pay Office, and employed in the Portsmouth Dock-yard, was recalled to London when his eldest son was only two years of age; and two
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Dickens

by Adolphus Ward ...

At the close of a letter addressed by Dickens to his friend John Forster, but not to be found in the English editions of the Life, the writer adds to his praises of the biography of Goldsmith these memorable words: I desire no better for my fame, when my personal dustiness shall be past the control of my love of order, than such a biographer and such a critic. Dickens was a man of few close ... Read more

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At the close of a letter addressed by Dickens to his friend John Forster, but not to be found in the English editions of the Life, the writer adds to his praises of the biography of Goldsmith these memorable words: I desire no better for my fame, when my personal dustiness shall be past the control of my love of order, than such a biographer and such a critic. Dickens was a man of few close
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The Counter-reformation (Unabridged)

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The Counter-Reformation, also called the Catholic Reformation, and remembered for its infamous Inquisition, was the period of Catholic resurgence which was initiated in response to the Protestant Reformation. Adolphus Ward writes, that it was "a movement pursuing two objects...the regeneration of the Church of Rome, and the recovery of the losses inflicted upon her by the early successes of ... Read more

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The Counter-Reformation, also called the Catholic Reformation, and remembered for its infamous Inquisition, was the period of Catholic resurgence which was initiated in response to the Protestant Reformation. Adolphus Ward writes, that it was "a movement pursuing two objects...the regeneration of the Church of Rome, and the recovery of the losses inflicted upon her by the early successes of
... Read more

A History of Germany in the Middle Ages

by Ernest F. Henderson ...

"The fortunes and misfortunes of a Charlemagne and Henry IV., of a Barbarossa, a Henry VI. and an Emperor Frederick II... The rise and fall of the mediæval German Empire is in itself a subject boundlessly interesting, boundlessly important. ...See how Europe has come to be what it is, and how near it came to being something quite different! If Italy had remained under the sway of Germany, if ... Read more

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"The fortunes and misfortunes of a Charlemagne and Henry IV., of a Barbarossa, a Henry VI. and an Emperor Frederick II... The rise and fall of the mediæval German Empire is in itself a subject boundlessly interesting, boundlessly important. ...See how Europe has come to be what it is, and how near it came to being something quite different! If Italy had remained under the sway of Germany, if
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A Short History of Germany - From the Earliest Times to the Peace of Westphalia

by Ernest Henderson ...

GERMANY stands in the centre of Europe, and on her soil all the great international struggles have been fought, – the Thirty Years' War, the early campaigns of the Spanish Succession War, the Seven Years' War, the gigantic wars against Napoleon. It is the custom for modern educators to recommend the study of the history of France as a guiding thread through the intricacies of general European ... Read more

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GERMANY stands in the centre of Europe, and on her soil all the great international struggles have been fought, – the Thirty Years' War, the early campaigns of the Spanish Succession War, the Seven Years' War, the gigantic wars against Napoleon. It is the custom for modern educators to recommend the study of the history of France as a guiding thread through the intricacies of general European
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The History of Medieval Europe

by Lynn Thorndike ...

THIS book aims to trace the development of Europe and its civilization, from the decline of the Roman Empire to the opening of the sixteenth century, for the benefit of the college student and the general reader. It is almost needless to say that such a work makes little claim to originality in method and still less in subject-matter, which it has shamelessly borrowed from numerous sources. Indeed ... Read more

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THIS book aims to trace the development of Europe and its civilization, from the decline of the Roman Empire to the opening of the sixteenth century, for the benefit of the college student and the general reader. It is almost needless to say that such a work makes little claim to originality in method and still less in subject-matter, which it has shamelessly borrowed from numerous sources. Indeed
... Read more
The Eighty Years War

by George Edmundson ...

The last duke of the ancient Capetian house of Burgundy dying in 1361 without heirs male, the duchy fell into the possession of the French crown, and was by King John II bestowed upon his youngest son, Philip the Hardy, Duke of Touraine, as a reward, it is said, for the valour he displayed in the battle of Poictiers. The county of Burgundy, generally known as Franche-Comté, was not included in ... Read more

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The last duke of the ancient Capetian house of Burgundy dying in 1361 without heirs male, the duchy fell into the possession of the French crown, and was by King John II bestowed upon his youngest son, Philip the Hardy, Duke of Touraine, as a reward, it is said, for the valour he displayed in the battle of Poictiers. The county of Burgundy, generally known as Franche-Comté, was not included in
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