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The Story of the Renaissance and Reformation by Christine Miller (Author), H. A. Guerber (Author)

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A narrative history of the Renaissance and Reformation taken largely from the writings of H. A. Guerber.
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  • Resource Type: Book
  • Print Status: In Print
  • Chapters: 99
  • Pages: 298
  • Suggested Grade Level: 6th - 12th
  • Geographical Setting: Italy, Spain, England, France, Germany
  • Historical Setting: 452 - 1660
  • Subjects: History
  • Publisher: Nothing New Press
  • Copyright: 2004
  • Written: 1896
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Chapter Details
  • 1 — Medieval Europe
  • 2 — The Italian City States
  • 3 — Marco Polo visits China
  • 4 — The Babylonian Captivity of the Church
  • 5 — The Morning Star of the Reformation
  • 6 — The Council of Constance
  • 7 — Changes in the East
  • 8 — The Fall of Constantinople
  • 9 — The Italian Renaissance
  • 10 — The Medici of Florence
  • 11 — The Sforza of Milan
  • 12 — A Wonderful Invention
  • 13 — Ferdinand and Isabella
  • 14 — The Conquest of Granada
  • 15 — The Fall of the Alhambra
  • 16 — The Spanish Inquisition
  • 17 — Maximilian of Austria
  • 18 — Two Pretenders
  • 19 — A Grasping King
  • 20 — The First Italian War
  • 21 — The Bonfire of the Vanities
  • 22 — The Borgia of Rome
  • 23 — The Second Italian War
  • 24 — The First Renaissance Man
  • 25 — The Pope and the Artist
  • 26 — Death of Louis XII
  • 27 — Francis I of France
  • 28 — Rivalry of Kings
  • 29 — Struggle for the Balance of Power
  • 30 — Achievement of Francis I
  • 31 — The Founder of the Old Regime
  • 32 — The New Opinions
  • 33 — The Man Who Laid the Egg
  • 34 — Three Narrow Escapes
  • 35 — The Monk's Discovery
  • 36 — The Paper on the Door
  • 37 — A Thunderstorm Breaks
  • 38 — The Diet at Worms
  • 39 — The Peasants' War
  • 40 — The Ottoman Empire
  • 41 — The Defender of Faith
  • 42 — Death of Wolsey and More
  • 43 — Henry's Wives
  • 44 — The King and the Painter
  • 45 — Ulrich Zwingli and the Swiss Reformation
  • 46 — Menno Simons and the Anabaptists
  • 47 — John Calvin and the Huguenots
  • 48 — Ignatius Loyola and the Jesuits
  • 49 — The Council of Trent
  • 50 — A Boy King
  • 51 — The Ten-Days' Reign
  • 52 — Mary and the Protestants
  • 53 — The Death of Charles V
  • 54 — The Death of Francis I
  • 55 — The Reign of Henry II
  • 56 — A Young King and Queen
  • 57 — Catherine's Regency
  • 58 — The Forced Wedding
  • 59 — The Massacre of the Huguenots
  • 60 — The Death of Charles IX
  • 61 — A Clever Queen
  • 62 — Elizabeth's Suitors
  • 63 — John Knox and the Scots Covenanters
  • 64 — Mary, Queen of Scots
  • 65 — Captivity of Mary Stuart
  • 66 — Philip II of Spain and the Provinces
  • 67 — The Revolt of the Provinces
  • 68 — The Siege of Leyden
  • 69 — The Wreck of the Spanish Armada
  • 70 — An Effeminate King
  • 71 — The Battle of Coutras
  • 72 — The Murder of Guises
  • 73 — Winning a Crown
  • 74 — Conversion of Henry IV
  • 75 — Henry IV and Marie de' Medici
  • 76 — Death of Henry IV
  • 77 — The Elizabethan Age
  • 78 — Death of Elizabeth
  • 79 — A Scottish King
  • 80 — The Gunpowder Plot
  • 81 — Sir Walter Raleigh
  • 82 — The Dawn of the Seventeenth Century
  • 83 — The Beginning of the Thirty Years' War
  • 84 — The Revolt of Bohemia
  • 85 — The Minority of Louis XIII
  • 86 — The Rule of Favorites
  • 87 — The Edict of Restitution
  • 88 — Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
  • 89 — France Enters the War
  • 90 — The Peace of Westphalia
  • 91 — The End of Louis XIII's Reign
  • 92 — The New Science
  • 93 — King and Parliament
  • 94 — Cavaliers and Roundheads
  • 95 — "Remember"
  • 96 — The Royal Oak
  • 97 — The Commonwealth
  • 98 — The Restoration
  • 99 — The Advances of Liberty