The Cambridge Modern History, Volume 3

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Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero
Cambridge University Press, 1904 - History, Modern
"The Cambridge Modern History" is a comprehensive modern history of the world, beginning with the 15th century age of Discovery, published by the Cambridge University Press in the United Kingdom and also in the United States.

Contents

CHAPTER I
1
Meeting of Bayonne 1564
7
Battle of Jarnac Death of Condé 1569
13
Defensive alliance with England Capture of Mons
19
The Inquisition Increase of the episcopate
22
Return of King Henry
27
Meeting of the Estates General at Blois The Sixth
33
Margaret of Parma Regent
34
The Areopagus The classical fallacy Spensers Shepheards Calender
370
Sidney Watson
376
Letter of Majesty Religious and national victory of the Bohemian Estates
379
CHAPTER XII
383
Police and religion
389
Army navy and finance
391
Relations of GrandDuke Ferdinand to France and Spain
397
The Vaudois Proceedings against them
403

He capitulates to the League Treaty of Nemours 1585
39
Murder of Guise 1588
45
CHAPTER II
53
Peace of Monsieur 15 Beginnings of the League
56
Dumoulin The Massacre of St Bartholomew and humanism Scaliger
60
Montaignes Essays
66
Malherbe Regnier
72
CHAPTER III
73
Contents
78
The Reformers assume the offensive Synods of Pinczow and Kozminek
79
Interregnum Compact of Warsaw 1573 1573
85
Second interregnum
91
Spanish incursions in the northwest Christian of Anhalt
93
State entry and coronation of Stephen 1576
99
Turkish and Christian barbarism
105
Andrea Doria takes Coron
108
War between Venice and the Turks
114
His annexations
120
Solymans last campaign and death 1566
126
Turkish proposals against Spain declined by Venice
138
New Exekutionsordnung Reichskammergericht Reichshofrath
144
Bohemia under Ferdinand
147
Albert of Prussia and the Osiandrists
153
of Bavaria and the Landsberg League
159
Maximilian elected Roman King 1562
165
The Turks in Hungary Renewal of peace 1677 156 7
171
Diet of Speier 1570 Maximilians unsatisfactory foreign policy
177
Character and policy of Philip II
183
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190
League of nobles against Granvelle
194
Failure of his mission
200
Meeting at St Trond
207
Orange leaves the Netherlands
213
Condemnation of Egmont and Hoorn
219
Triumph of Alva
225
Act of Federation between Holland and Zeeland
243
Agreement between Orange and Anjou
249
Anjou at Antwerp Attempt at assassinating Orange
255
Mary Stewart and Catholicism
261
Her cautious policy
267
Negotiations of Protestant Princes with Henry IV Brandenburg joins
268
Conference at Craigmillar
273
The Casket Letters
279
Massacre of St Bartholomew and its effects
285
Babington plot Proceedings against Mary
291
Drakes voyages to the Spanish main
297
Santa Cruz proposal
303
Sailing of the Armada 1538
309
The Armada and the fireships off Calais
313
Expedition to the Azores Loss of the Revenge Capture of the Madre de Dios
319
Cadiz taken by storm
325
Domestic discontent The Queens chief minister Burghley
331
Division in the Queens Council
337
Assertion of the episcopal authority John Penrys petition to Parliament
343
Political perils of Catholicism Bull of Excommunication 1570
349
CHAPTER XI
364
His death 1580
409
Interference and War in Provence
415
Treaty of SaintJulien Failure of Charles Emmanuel
421
Religious strife
423
Murder of Francesco Peretti
427
29
449
The Cinquecento not really a poetical
457
Principe
468
History biography letters
474
Philip IIs inheritance of Charles Vs policy and methods
475
Financial and industrial condition of Spain
481
New political problems in Europe The Inquisition in Spain
487
English aid to the Huguenots and the Revolt of the Netherlands
493
Failure and death of Don John 1578 Philip II claims the succession
499
The Armada sails 1588 The voyage
506
Castile on the brink of financial ruin
512
Results of Philips rule
518
Enterprises against England and the English supremacy in Ireland
521
Accession and marriage of Philip III
527
The English enterprise abandoned
533
The Twelve Years Truce 1609
540
Cervantes and Don Quixote
546
Accession of James in England 1603 peace with Spain 1604 James
552
His fall Rise of Villiers
561
His naval and other reforms Cranfield
567
Prince Charles and Buckingham in Spain Their return
575
Rebellion of the OMores and OConors
587
Munster politics
594
Papal intervention Invasion and death of Fitzmaurice Rebellion of
597
Tyrone allies himself with ODonnell
603
Submission of Tyrone General amnesty
609
Character of the plantation
616
His struggles with the States of Holland
622
Archduke Albert Governor
628
The Archdukes at Brussels
634
Conferences and discussions at the Hague
641
Synod of Dort 16189
653
Conversion of Henry IV 1593
660
The Kings opponents bought over
666
Loss of Amiens
672
Its recovery
678
Hostility between France and Spain Henrys negotiations with Italian
683
The Princess of Condé Henrys uncertainties His preparation for war
689
His system of absolute government
695
The religious difficulty in Hungary and Austria
701
Archbishop Gebhard of Cologne Attempted Protestantisation of the see
707
Deaths of John Casimir and Landgrave William Landgrave Maurice
713
The JülichClevesBerg government and succession Death of Duke John
729
Birth of modern as distinct from medieval political thought
737
Luthers exaltation of the civil power His ideal State
744
Different conceptions of Law
746
the hero of legitimism James Is True Law of Free Monarchy
752
Concordats Founded on recognition of State and Church as distinct bodies
758
Jealousy of government Principle of resistance
764
Charron
775
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831

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