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Title: The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 9

Author: Various

Editor: Rossiter Johnson

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THE GREAT EVENTS BY FAMOUS HISTORIANS

VOLUME IX

A COMPREHENSIVE AND READABLE ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD'S HISTORY. EMPHASIZING
THE MORE IMPORTANT EVENTS. AND PRESENTING THESE AS COMPLETE NARRATIVES
IN THE MASTER-WORDS OF THE MOST EMINENT HISTORIANS

NON-SECTARIAN NON-PARTISAN NON-SECTIONAL

ON THE PLAN EVOLVED FROM A CONSENSUS OF OPINIONS GATHERED FROM THE MOST
DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS OF AMERICA AND EUROPE. INCLUDING BRIEF
INTRODUCTIONS BY SPECIALISTS TO CONNECT AND EXPLAIN THE CELEBRATED
NARRATIVES. ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY. WITH THOROUGH INDICES,
BIBLIOGRAPHIES, CHRONOLOGIES, AND COURSES OF READING

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

ROSSITER JOHNSON, LL.D.

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

CHARLES F. HORNE, Ph.D. JOHN RUDD, LL.D.

With a staff of specialists

VOLUME IX

[Illustration: Henry VIII, during the festivities at Guines--"The Field
of the Cloth of Gold"--in courtly dance with one of the French Queen's
ladies-in-waiting

Painting by Adolph Menzel]

The National Alumni

Copyright, 1905,
by The National Alumni

CONTENTS

VOLUME IX

PAGE
_An Outline Narrative of the Great Events_, xiii
CHARLES F. HORNE

_Luther Begins the Reformation in Germany (A.D. 1517)_, 1
JULIUS KOESTLIN
JEAN M. V. AUDIN