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CONTENTS OF THE FIFTH VOLUME.
MODERN HISTORY.
TWELFTH EPOCH CONTINUED.
PAGE
IV. Conclusion of the Reign of Henry IV. Af-
fairs of Venice, Holland and Spain
3
13
V. Picture of the Government of Henry IV.,
and the Administration of Sulli
VI. Disorders, Troubles and Civil Wars in the
Beginning of the Reign of Louis XIII.
VII. Troubles of Arminianism in Holland.
Reign of James I. King of England.
Ferdinand II. oppresses the Elector Pa-
latine, and threatens the Liberty of Ger-
many
VIII. Conspiracy of the Spaniards against Venice.
Observations on Spain
25
33
44
THIRTEENTH EPOCH.
THE HOUSE OF AUSTRIA HUMBLED. THE PARLIAMENT
OF ENGLAND GIVES LAW TO THE SOVEREIGN.
From the Year one thousand six hundred and twenty-
four, to the Beginning of the Reign of Louis XIV.
I. First Years of the Minstry of Cardinal
Richelieu. Taking of Rochelle. Cabals
II. Ferdinand II. disgusts the Germans by his
Despotism. State of the North. Gusta-
vus Adolphus united with France. E-
vents of this War till 1635
III. France at War with the whole House of
Austria. Revolutions in Catalonia and
p. 53
63
V. Reign of Charles I. in England till the War
with the Parliament
VI. Civil War against Charles I. He is Be-
headed
VII. Observations on Government and Manners.
Religion and the Church. Sciences and
Polite Literature
92
102
112
FOURTEENTH EPOCH.
LOUIS XIV.
BOOK I.
From the Accession of Louis XIV. in one thousand six
hundred and forty-three, to the War of one thousand six
hundred and sixty-seven.
I. Continuation of the War against the House
of Austria. Treaty of Westphalia in
1648
p. 183
II. Civil War in France against Mazarin. Se-
quel of the War with Spain
197
III. Commonwealth of England under Crom-
well
206
IV. Reign and Abdication of Christina Queen
of Sweden
218
V. Peace of the Pyrenees in 1659, and of Oli-
va in 1660. Restoration of the English
Monarchy. Death of Cardinal Mazarin 226
VI. Louis XIV. makes himself respected a-
broad, and puts his Kingdom in a flou-
rishing state. Affairs of Europe till
1667
236
BOOK II.
From the War in one thousand six hundred amd sixty-
seven to that of one thousand six hundred and eighty-
eight, after the League of Augsburg.
I. Conquest of Flanders and Franche-Comté.
Triple Alliance. Peace of Aix-la-Cha-
pelle. Siege of Candia by the Turks p. 249
II. War against Holland for insufficient Rea-
sons, Louis XIV. reduced to extremi-
ties in 1662.
gainst him.
quests
Commotions in Europe a-
He soon loses his Con-
III. Sequel of the War with Holland, now be-
come almost general. Louis XIV. tri-
umphant. He dictates the Terms of
Peace at Nimeguen in 1678
259
269
IV. During the Peace, Louis XIV. draws up-
on himself the hatred of the Potentates.
Vienna besieged by the Turks. Genoa
bombarded and reduced. Death of Col-
bert. Reflections on his Administration 279
V. Disputes with the Jansenists. Quarrels of
Louis XIV. with Innocent XI.
cation of the Edict of Nantes
Revo-
VI. End of the Reign of Charles II. of England.
Pretended Popish Plot. Charles dis-
solves several Parliaments, and continues
absolute till his Death
289
302
VII. James II. draws upon himself the Hatred
of the English. Dethroned by William
Prince of Orange. The English Consti-
tution fixed
p. 311
BOOK III.
From the War of one thousand six hundred and eighty-
eight, to the Congress of Utrecht in one thousand seven
hundred and twelve.
I. League of Augsburg against Louis XIV.
He maintains a successful War against
almost all Europe
II. Peace of Ryswick necessary to Louis XIV.
though a Conqueror. Peace of Carlo-
witz, the Terms of which were dictated
to the Turks
III. Partition-Treaty for the Succession of Spain.
Last Will and Death of Charles II. He
is succeeded by Philip V., and the War
breaks out in Italy
IV. Louis XIV. gives the Title of King to the
Son of James II. King William arms
England and Holland. Death of William
III. General War. Revolt of the Ce-
323
333
340
vennes
349
V. Misfortunes of France and Spain from 1704
to 1710. Almost all hope at an end
358
VI. Continuation of the War. Death of the
Emperor Joseph. Intrigues at London.
Disgrace of Marlborough, and Prelimi-
naries of Peace
370