The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: and a View of the Progress of Society, from the Rise of the Modern Kingdoms to the Peace of Paris, in 1763, Volume 1

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William Young Birch and Abraham Small, 1802 - Europe
 

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33 Again abandoned by his army he is deposed and clothed
33
He dies after dividing his dominions between his two sons
44
They apply to the Romans but without effect and ulti
45
The seven kingdoms of the Heptarchy formed in
51
The absurdities of the ordeal ibid
57
He concludes a treaty with the Saxons whom he had van
59
Makes an expedition into Spain and takes Pampeluna
65
And is invested with the imperial ensigns by that pontiff
71
Associates his eldest son Lothario with him in the
77
34 Obtains absolution and is restored to his dignity
81
Pope Nicholas I endeavours to force him to take her back
88
They pillage Rouen and burn Paris
95
Throws off that disguise
101
A Do Page
107
Empire of Charlemagne and the Church from the Death
109
He is deposed in a Diet of the Empire
112
The Huns ravage the Empire ibid
118
Leaves only a shadow of royalty to his son Lothario ibid
123
Otho enters Italy a third time and quells a new revolt
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Edwy the son of Edmund who succeeds to the crown
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He dies amid those disorders
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He visits Denmark
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Harold obtains the crown of England on the death of
166
Spain the Arabs and the Empire of Constantinople during
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The African Governors shake off their dependence on
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His widow Eudoxia whom he had left regent during
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Disorders of the Monks and Nuns
201
Henry composes the disorders there and is crowned
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Gregory having taken refuge in the castle of St Angelo
220
Charles the Simple deposed and Robert Duke of France
222
He marches into Italy a second time and enters Rome
226
He returns and humbles the insurgents ibid
235
His son Robert rebels against him in Normandy
242
She marries Henry Plantagenet duke of Normandy
281
Obtains the succession of the kingdom of Transjurane
284
Extensive continental dominions of Henry II
287
Henry II sends ambassadors to Rome to maintain
300
Philip Augustus succeeds to the crown of France
306
Acts there with extreme rigour
313
Frederic Barbarossa crosses the Helespont with a great
319
Conquers Poland and erects it into a tributary kingdom
323
His kingdom is laid under an interdict by the Pope
334
The English barons have recourse to arms and extort from
340
Attempts to render the imperial crown hereditary in
346
New crusade under Baldwin count of Flanders ibid
348
Progress of the adventurers
354
The Pope absolves king John from the oath which he
363
Lewis obliged to evacuate the kingdom ibid
367
The king restored
376
He returns and makes many wise regulations for
378
His brother establishes himself on the throne of Sicily
384
His regal dignity confirmed by the see of Rome ibid
390
Academical titles and honours invented
397
The Welsh revolt and are again subdued
403
A B Page
411
The English forces driven out of Scotland
418
The Scots ravage the northern counties of England
425
Edward concludes a truce with Scotland ibid
428
Establishes the grandeur of his family in Austria ibid
434
He resolves to establish the Imperial authority in Italy
441
Fails in that enterprize and dies at Perpignan
447
Philip IV succeeded by his son Lewis X
454
The States of the kingdom by a solemn decree declare
455
Philip III at the instigation of the Pope undertakes
456
They favour the cause of Edward
463
Calais taken by Edward
471
Institutes the order of the Garter
472
John unable to fulfil the articles of the treaty honourably
479
Restored by an English army under the Black Prince
482
Lewis lands near the city of Damietta in Egypt at
484
The Pope declares his election void ibid
488
The Emperor Charles IV having settled the affairs
494

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TitleThe History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: and a View of the Progress of Society, from the Rise of the Modern Kingdoms to the Peace of Paris, in 1763, Volume 1
Issue 3033 of Early American imprints
The History of Modern Europe, William Russell
The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: and a View of the Progress of Society, from the Rise of the Modern Kingdoms to the Peace of Paris, in 1763, William Russell
AuthorWilliam Russell
Edition2
PublisherWilliam Young Birch and Abraham Small, 1802
Original fromHarvard University
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