The Story of the Middle Ages

Chapters

• 1 Europe Long Ago
• 2 Early Times in England
• 3 How the Gauls Came into Europe
• 4 The Priests of the Gauls
• 5 Gallic Society
• 6 Sailor Stories
• 7 Conquests of the Gauls
• 8 Two Great Battles
• 9 The Tin Islands
• 10 Caesar in Gaul and Britain
• 11 Europe under the Romans
• 12 Revolts Against the Romans
• 13 Queen Boadicea
• 14 The First Christian Martyrs
• 15 The Patron Saint of France
• 16 The Early Germans
• 17 How the Franks Came into Gaul
• 18 The Coming of the Barbarians
• 19 The First Kings
• 20 Theodoric the Ostrogoth
• 21 The Emperor Justinian
• 22 Clovis, King of the Franks
• 23 Conversion and Conquests of Clovis
• 24 Clotaire and His Relatives
• 25 The Great Walls
• 26 The Bishop of Ireland
• 27 The Anglo-Saxons
• 28 Brave King Arthur
• 29 The Story of St. Augustine
• 30 Gergory the Great
• 31 Four Great Men
• 32 Two Rival Queens
• 33 Good King Dagobert and His Successors
• 34 The Coming of the Saracens
• 35 The Saracens Checked
• 36 The End of the Merovingians
• 37 Charlemagne's Wars
• 38 Charlemagne's Manner of Life
• 39 Charlemagne, Emperor
• 40 Feudalism
• 41 Medieval Castles
• 42 Troublesome Sons
• 43 The Strassburg Oath
• 44 The Coming of the Northmen
• 45 The Saxons and the Danes
• 46 King Alfred and the Cakes
• 47 Alfred Conquers the Danes
• 48 A King's Narrow Escape
• 49 The King and the Outlaw
• 50 The Monasteries
• 51 An Unlucky Couple
• 52 Edward the Martyr
• 53 The Normans Besiege Paris
• 54 The Last of the Carolingians
• 55 Henry the Fowler
• 56 Otto the Great
• 57 The Year One Thousand
• 58 Robert's Two Wives
• 59 The Saxon Emperors
• 60 The Wealth of the Clergy
• 61 King Canute and the Waves
• 62 A Saxon Nobleman
• 63 The Story of Macbeth
• 64 The Christians and Moors in Spain
• 65 The Spanish Christians Martyred
• 66 The Legend of El Cid
• 67 The Battle of Hastings
• 68 The Norman Conquest
• 69 Death of William
• 70 Troubles in Rome and Germany
• 71 The First Crusade
• 72 The Brothers' Quarrel
• 73 Arms and Armor
• 74 A Love Story
• 75 The White Ship
• 76 Matilda's Narrow Escapes
• 77 The Welfs and Waiblings
• 78 The Second Crusade
• 79 Henry Plantagenet and Eleanor of Aquitaine
• 80 Thomas a Becket
• 81 The Murder of Thomas a Becket
• 82 Frederick Barbarossa
• 83 Frederick Barbarossa, continued
• 84 St. Francis and the Birds
• 85 Richard the Lion-Hearted
• 86 The Fall of Jerusalem
• 87 Richard and the Saracens
• 88 The Faithful Minstrel
• 89 Death of Richard
• 90 More Crusades
• 91 The Murder of Arthur
• 92 The Battle of Bouvines
• 93 The Great Charter
• 94 Regency of Blanche of Castile
• 95 The Seventh Crusade
• 96 The Reign of Louis IX
• 97 Effect of the Crusades
• 98 The Sicilian Vespers
• 99 Free Imperial Cities
• 100 The Weak Rule of Henry III
• 101 A Race
• 102 Persecution of the Jews
• 103 The Conquest of Wales
• 104 France and England Quarrel
• 105 William Wallace and Robert the Bruce
• 106 The Insolent Favorite
• 107 The Bruce and the Spider
• 108 The House of Hapsburg
• 109 Rudolf and the Baker's Wife
• 110 The Apple and the Arrow
• 111 The Battle of the Spurs
• 112 Death of the Knights Templar
• 113 Death of Edward II
• 114 The Murderers Punished
• 115 The Beginning of the Hundred Years' War
• 116 The Battle of Crecy
• 117 The Siege of Calais
• 118 The Age of Chivalry
• 119 The Battle of the Thirty
• 120 The Battle of Poitiers
• 121 Seven Years of Misery
• 122 The Brave Du Guesclin
• 123 The Achievements of Charles V
• 124 Changes in England
• 125 The Regency of the Uncles
• 126 Richard's Presence of Mind
• 127 Charles VI of France
• 128 The Insane King
• 129 A Tiny Queen
• 130 Henry's Troubles
• 131 Madcap Harry
• 132 Misrule in France
• 133 The French and English at Agincourt
• 134 The Disgraceful Treaty
• 135 The King of France and England
• 136 The Maid of Orleans
• 137 Joan to the Rescue
• 138 Joan's Captivity
• 139 Martyrdom of the Maid
• 140 Charles' Successes
• 141 Crafty King Louis XI
• 142 Beginning of Louis XI's Reign
• 143 Achievements of Louis XI
• 144 The Beginning of the War of the Roses
• 145 The Queen and the Brigand
• 146 The Triumph of the Yorks
• 147 The Princes in the Tower
• 148 Richard's Punishment