A.D. 1250)_,
SIR WILLIAM MUIR 240

_The "Mad Parliament"_
_Beginning of England's House of Commons
(A.D. 1258)_,
JOHN LINGARD 246

_Louis IX Leads the Last Crusade (A.D. 1270)_,
JOSEPH FRANCOIS MICHAUD 275

_Height of the Mongol Power in China (A.D. 1271)_,
MARCO POLO 287

_Founding of the House of Hapsburg (A.D. 1273)_,
WILLIAM COXE 298

_Edward I Conquers Wales (A.D. 1277)_,
CHARLES H. PEARSON 316

_Japanese Repel the Tartars (A.D. 1281)_,
EDWARD H. PARKER
MARCO POLO 327

_The Sicilian Vespers (A.D. 1282)_,
MICHELE AMARI 340

_Expulsion of Jews from England (A.D. 1290)_,
HENRY HART MILMAN 356

_Exploits and Death of William Wallace, the "Hero of
Scotland" (A.D. 1297-1305)_,
SIR WALTER SCOTT 369

_First Great Jubilee of the Roman Catholic Church
(A.D. 1300)_,
FERDINAND GREGOROVIUS 378

_Universal Chronology (A.D. 1162-1300)_,
JOHN RUDD 385

ILLUSTRATIONS

VOLUME VI

_Tragic death of Thomas A Becket at the altar of the
Cathedral of Canterbury (page 26),_
Painting by Albert Dawant. Frontispiece

_The lust of the army spared neither maiden nor the
virgin dedicated to God_, Painting by E. Luminais. 128

_King Edward I fulfils his promise of giving the
Welsh "a native prince; one who could not speak
a word of English"_, Painting by Ph. Morris. 324

AN OUTLINE NARRATIVE

TRACING BRIEFLY THE CAUSES, CONNECTIONS, AND CONSEQUENCES OF GREAT
EVENTS (FROM BARBAROSSA TO DANTE)

CHARLES F. HORNE

It was during the period of about one hundred fifty years, extending
from the middle of the twelfth to the close of the thirteenth century,
that the features of our modern civilization began to assume a
recognizable form. The age was characterized by the decline of
feudalism, and by the growth of all the new influences which combined
to create a new state of society.

With the decay of the great lords came the rise of the great cities,
the increased power and importance of the middle classes