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The Counter Reformation 1521-1648
THE BLAST OF MUSKETS and the clang of swords against armour echoed across the plains of Italy, Spain and the
Preachers of Reform 1518-1564
IN 1518, AN INDULGENCE PEDDLER, a priest from France, made his way through one of the twisting Alpine passes that
The Monk from Wittenberg 1505-1546
ON A SULTRY JULY DAY IN 1505, a young law student, Martin Luther, was walking along a country road in
Early Civilizations to Modern Age
The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte 1796-1802
In March of 1796, a new commander named Napoleon Bonaparte was placed in charge of the French army on the
Emperor of the French 1804 -1815
On December 2, 1804, in a ceremony of great pomp and splendour at the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris,
Men against Machines 1733 – 1812
FEAR HUNG over the Yorkshire countryside in northern England. It was the spring of 1812, a spring the people would
Distant Past and New Challenges
Milestones of History
Sung Dynasty, Golden Age of Artistic Achievement (955-982 A. D.)
The birth of Hungary The battle of the Lechfeld, which was so important to Western Europe, had an equally profound
Norsemen and Vikings (982 A. D.)
Norsemen or Vikings – Danes, Norwegians and Swedes — were terrorizing the greater part of Europe, over a thousand years
Hugh Capet (982 – 1066 A. D.)
Hugh Capet was coronated in 987 and with that, began the French dominance of Europe. During the eleventh century, a
