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THE GREAT EVENTS
BY
FAMOUS HISTORIANS
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
ROSSITER JOHNSON, LL.D.
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
CHARLES F. HORNE, Ph.D.
JOHN RUDD, LL.D.
With a staff of specialists
VOLUME IV
The National Alumni
1905
CONTENTS
VOLUME IV
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
VOLUME IV
AN OUTLINE NARRATIVE
TRACING BRIEFLY THE CAUSES, CONNECTIONS, AND CONSEQUENCES OF
THE GREAT EVENTS
(FROM THE FALL OF ROME TO THE EMPIRE OF CHARLEMAGNE)
CHARLES F. HORNE
FOOTNOTES:
VISIGOTHS PILLAGE ROME
A.D. 410
EDWARD GIBBON
FOOTNOTE:
HUNS INVADE THE EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE
ATTILA DICTATES A TREATY OF PEACE
A.D. 441
EDWARD GIBBON
FOOTNOTES:
THE ENGLISH CONQUEST OF BRITAIN
A.D. 449-579
JOHN R. GREEN
CHARLES KNIGHT
JOHN R. GREEN
CHARLES KNIGHT
ATTILA INVADES WESTERN EUROPE
BATTLE OF CHÂLONS
A.D. 451
CREASY
GIBBON
SIR EDWARD SHEPHERD CREASY
EDWARD GIBBON
FOOTNOTES:
FOUNDATION OF VENICE
A.D. 452
THOMAS HODGKIN
JOHN RUSKIN
THOMAS HODGKIN
JOHN RUSKIN
CLOVIS FOUNDS THE KINGDOM OF THE FRANKS: IT BECOMES CHRISTIAN
A.D. 486-511
FRANÇOIS P.G. GUIZOT
PUBLICATION OF THE JUSTINIAN CODE
A.D. 529-534
EDWARD GIBBON
FOOTNOTES:
AUGUSTINE'S MISSIONARY WORK IN ENGLAND
A.D. 597
THE VENERABLE BEDE[43]
JOHN RICHARD GREEN
THE VENERABLE BEDE
JOHN RICHARD GREEN
FOOTNOTES:
THE HEGIRA
CAREER OF MAHOMET: THE KORAN: AND MAHOMETAN CREED
A.D. 622
IRVING
OCKLEY
WASHINGTON IRVING
SIMON OCKLEY
FOOTNOTES:
THE SARACEN CONQUEST OF SYRIA
A.D. 636
SIMON OCKLEY
FOOTNOTES:
SARACENS CONQUER EGYPT
DESTRUCTION OF THE LIBRARY AT ALEXANDRIA
A.D. 640
WASHINGTON IRVING
EVOLUTION OF THE DOGESHIP IN VENICE
A.D. 697
WILLIAM CAREW HAZLITT
FOOTNOTES:
SARACENS IN SPAIN: BATTLE OF THE GUADALETE
A.D. 711
AHMED IBN MAHOMET AL-MAKKARI
BATTLE OF TOURS
A.D. 732
SIR EDWARD SHEPHERD CREASY
FOOTNOTES:
FOUNDING OF THE CARLOVINGIAN DYNASTY
PÉPIN THE SHORT USURPS THE FRANKISH CROWN
A.D. 751
FRANÇOIS P.G. GUIZOT
CAREER OF CHARLEMAGNE
A.D. 772-814
FRANÇOIS P.G. GUIZOT
EGBERT BECOMES KING OF THE ANGLO-SAXON HEPTARCHY
A.D. 827
DAVID HUME
FOOTNOTES:
CHRONOLOGY OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY
EMBRACING THE PERIOD COVERED IN THIS VOLUME
A.D. 410-842
JOHN RUDD, LL.D.
FOOTNOTES:
END OF VOLUME IV
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