The Cambridge Modern History, Volume 5

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John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Baron Acton, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Sir Stanley Mordaunt Leathes
The University Press, 1908
"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.

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Contents
92
Contents
107
Contents
113
CHAPTER VI
116
Paradise Regained
122
CHAPTER VII
137
Great ability of de Witt The Deduction
144
Dutch alliance with France Peace of Breda
151
CHAPTER VIII
168
2 THE WARS 166474
178
The Four Days Battle
184
The English fleet laid up The Dutch in the Medway
188
CHAPTER IX
198
CHAPTER X
236
The Seven Bishops Invitation to William
242
Second flight of James
248
Locke and the Original Contract
254
Act of Grace
259
Finance The Land
265
Political influence of the Bank The Press
271
Death of William III His political action in England
277
Measures against Recusants
283
Accession of James VII
289
The Assurance
295
3 IRELAND FROM THE RESTORATION TO THE ACT OF RESUMPTION
301
Tyrconnel Viceroy Revolt of Derry
307
Its legislation Proceedings in England
311
Ginkel in command Athlone captured
317
The forfeitures Act of Resumption
323
Toleration in England 8389
327
The Restoration and the Cavalier Parliament
329
The reign of James II His change of tactics Halifax
335
AUSTRIA POLAND AND TURKEY
338
Poland and Transylvania George Rákóczy II
344
Election of Michael Wisniowiecki
350
France Poland and Austria
356
By P E ROBERTS B A late Scholar of Worcester College Oxford
361
Relief of Vienna
362
Continued defeats of the Turks
368
The Treaties of Partition and the Spanish Suc
372
CHAPTER XIV
401
Marlborough in the Netherlands
407
Attempt on Cadiz Vigo The Me huen Treaty
412
Eugene in Italy Marlboroughs great plan
414
Marlborough in the Netherlands
418
Renewed peace negotiations Vendôme in Flanders
420
cession 8469
422
Minorca and the Peninsula
426
A Peace Congress summoned
432
Course of negotiations at the Congress
440
Abandonment of the Catalans
446
The Peace of Rastatt
452
The Second Barrier Treaty
458
CHAPTER XV
460
The extirpation of the Strieltzy Lefort and Menshikoff
525
The trial and condemnation of Alexis
531
Death of Alexis Peter proclaimed Emperor
542
Death of Peter the Great
548
The War of the Spanish Succession 8506
550
AustroRussian entente
555
The Kongelov Autocracy in Denmark and Norway
561
and La Gardie The Reduction again
567
Character of Charles XI
572
Military and naval changes
578
CHAPTER XIX
584
Renewed RussoSaxon alliance The Baltic campaigns
590
Peter and the Powers Mazepa
596
Battle of Poltawa Second league against Sweden
602
The Maritime Powers offer mediation Stenbock in Pomerania
608
Death of Charles XII
614
CHAPTER XX
616
Physiology Harveys predecessors
624
CHAPTER XXI
639
Cultivation and immigration
645
Battle of Fehrbellin
651
The Great Elector and William of Orange
654
Aspirations of Frederick III
660
and the Grand Alliance
666
CHAPTER XXII
673
Period of the War of the Spanish Succession
679
English colonisation in North America
685
The pirates of the Caribbean Sea West Africa
691
CHAPTER XXIII
706
Development of Mechanics
712
Leibniz and Newton
718
Human Anatomy Vesalius
724
Boyle Hooke Mayow
725
The iatrochemical and iatrophysical schools
731
Systematic Zoology and Comparative Anatomy
737
Jesuits and their converts
744
Cudworths Intellectual System
751
Calvinistic and Lutheran Pietism
757
Effects of Latitudinarianism and Pietism
763
Party Government under Queen Anne 85760
857
Russia before Peter the Great 14771682 86171
861
Peter the Great and his Pupils 16891730 8725
872
The Scandinavian Kingdoms 8769
876
Charles XII and the Great Northern War 1697
882
The origin of the Prussian Monarchy The Great Elector and the First Prussian King 88394
883
The Colonies and India 895902
895
European Science in the Seventeenth and earlier years of the Eighteenth Centuries 90310
903
Latitudinarianism and Pietism 9117
911
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF LEADING EVENTS 91827
918
INDEX
929
Swedish victory of Lund Other victories Losses in Germany
936
Concept of Harmony Designs of Louis XIV
956
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