Great Events
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共 38 段- Toward the close of this unlucky fourteenth century a marked
- Both the contemporary historians of Florence lead us to thin
- The attack of Philip, on the contrary, was completely effect
- But, probably in consequence of his supposed connection with
- Edward now determined to take more vigorous measures than
- But there are other pages of history that more or less corre
- Hitherto torture had not been resorted to; but now, in accor
- Philip, as chief of feudal society rather than of the nation
- The English were drawn up in three divisions and seated on t
- The unmistakable proofs of a deepening effect of nature on t
- Baroncelli had revived to some extent the schemes of Rienzi,
- In like manner, it is worth while to pause a moment and cons
- But while for centuries the nature and causes of the black
- The author of the solemn processions of the Flagellants is s
- Cantacuzenus, too weak to stop the progress of the Turks, co
- At the final promulgation of the bull in the Diet of Metz th
- The siege, more especially of the castle, might have been a
- The fame of Timur has pervaded the East and West; his poster
- The dancing mania of the year 1374 was, in fact, no new dise
- The Pope lay concealed in the Vatican. In the morning the fi
- Various methods of taxation failing to raise the amount
- Yet this time must not be considered altogether lost, for du
- The decisive and brilliant battle of Sempach, the second of
- Richard now saw himself triumphant over all his opponents. E
- Such is the account of this transaction inserted by the orde
- The Prince had now been working at his discoveries for twelv
- Meanwhile there were various efforts for reform in the
- If we look for the proper forerunners of Huss, his true spir
- The Hohenzollerns made fortunate marriages and shrewd
- What sum of modern money, in real purchasing power, this "fo
- Demands so exorbitant the Duke of Burgundy did not dare to a
- The fame of "the Maid," as she was termed, the renown of her
- After her victory at Orleans (1429), Jeanne d'Arc "knelt
- The poor girl's only defence against such a danger had been
- Now, the authority of general councils is identical with tha
- The orator then shows how dangerous it is to refuse the conv
- At Naefels the Austrians are defeated by the Swiss.
- [74] Charles IV.