H.A. Guerber’s Histories

The Story of the Middle Ages


Table of Contents.

Preface
Maps
I. Europe Long Ago
II. Early Times in England
III. How the Gauls Came into Europe
IV. The Priests of the Gauls
V. Gallic Society
VI. Sailor Stories
VII. Conquests of the Gauls
VIII. Two Great Battles
IX. The Tin Islands
X. Caesar in Gaul and Britain
XI. Europe under the Romans
XII. Revolts Against the Romans
XIII. Queen Boadicea
XIV. The First Christian Martyrs
XV. The Patron Saint of France
XVI. The Early Germans
XVII. How the Franks Came into Gaul
XVIII. The Coming of the Barbarians
XIX. The First Kings
XX. Theodoric the Ostrogoth
XXI. The Emperor Justinian
XXII. Clovis, King of the Franks
XXIII. Conversion and Conquests of Clovis
XXIV. Clotaire and His Relatives
XXV. The Great Walls
XXVI. The Bishop of Ireland
XXVII. The Anglo-Saxons
XXVIII. Brave King Arthur
XXIX. The Story of St. Augustine
XXX. Gregory the Great
XXXI. Four Great Men
XXXII. Two Rival Queens
XXXIII. Good King Dagobert and His Successors
XXXIV. The Coming of the Saracens
XXXV. The Saracens Checked
XXXVI. The End of the Merovingians
XXXVII. Charlemagne’s Wars
XXXVIII. Charlemagne’s Manner of Life
XXXIX. Charlemagne, Emperor
XL. Feudalism
XLI. Medieval Castles
XLII. Troublesome Sons
XLIII. The Strassburg Oath
XLIV. The Coming of the Northmen
XLV. The Saxons and the Danes
XLVI. King Alfred and the Cakes
XLVII. Alfred Conquers the Danes
XLVIII. A King’s Narrow Escape
XLIX. The King and the Outlaw
L. The Monasteries
LI. An Unlucky Couple
LII. Edward the Martyr
LIII. The Normans Besiege Paris
LIV. The Last of the Carolingians
LV. Henry the Fowler
LVI. Otto the Great
LVII. The Year One Thousand
LVIII. Robert’s Two Wives
LVIX. The Saxon Emperors
LX. The Wealth of the Clergy (pdf format)
LXI. King Canute and the Waves
LXII. A Saxon Nobleman
LXIII. The Story of Macbeth
LXIV. The Christians and Moors in Spain
LXV. The Spanish Christians Martyred
LXVI. The Legend of El Cid
LXVII. The Battle of Hastings
LXVIII. The Norman Conquest
LXIX. Death of William
LXX. Troubles in Rome and Germany
LXXI. The First Crusade
LXXII. The Brothers’ Quarrel
LXXIII. Arms and Armor
LXXIV. A Love Story
LXXV. The White Ship
LXXVI. Matilda’s Narrow Escapes
LXXVII. The Welfs and Waiblings
LXXVIII. The Second Crusade
LXXIX. Henry Plantagenet and Eleanor of Aquitaine
LXXX. Thomas à Becket
LXXXI. The Murder of Thomas à Becket
LXXXII. Frederick Barbarossa
LXXXIII. Frederick Barbarossa, Continued




LXXXIV. St. Francis and the Birds
LXXXV. Richard the Lion-Hearted
LXXXVI. The Fall of Jerusalem
LXXXVII. Richard and the Saracens
LXXXVIII. The Faithful Minstrel
LXXXIX. Death of Richard
XC. More Crusades
XCI. The Murder of Arthur
XCII. The Battle of Bouvines
XCIII. The Great Charter
XCIV. Regency of Blanche of Castile
XCV. The Sixth Crusade
XCVI. The Reign of Louis IX
XCVII. Effect of the Crusades
XCVIII. The Sicilian Vespers
XCIX. Free Imperial Cities
C. The Weak Rule of Henry III
CI. A Race
CII. Persecution of the Jews
CIII. The Conquest of Wales
CIV. France and England Quarrel
CV. William Wallace and Robert the Bruce
CVI. The Insolent Favorite
CVII. The Bruce and the Spider
CVIII. The House of Hapsburg
CIX. Rudolf and the Baker’s Wife
CX. The Apple and the Arrow
CXI. The Battle of the Spurs
CXII. Death of the Knights Templar
CXIII. Death of Edward II
CXIV. The Murderers Punished
CXV. The Beginning of the Hundred Years’ War
CXVI. The Battle of Crécy
CXVII. The Siege of Calais
CXVIII. The Age of Chivalry
CXIX. The Battle of the Thirty
CXX. The Battle of Poitiers
CXXI. Seven Years of Misery
CXXII. The Brave Du Guesclin
CXXIII. The Achievements of Charles V
CXXIV. Changes in England
CXXV. The Regency of the Uncles
CXXVI. Richard’s Presence of Mind
CXXVII. Charles VI of France
CXXVIII. The Insane King
CXXIX. A Tiny Queen
CXXX. Henry’s Troubles
CXXXI. Madcap Harry
CXXXII. Misrule in France
CXXXIII. The French and English at Agincourt
CXXXIV. The Disgraceful Treaty
CXXXV. The King of France and England
CXXXVI. The Maid of Orleans
CXXXVII. Joan to the Rescue
CXXXVIII. Joan’s Captivity
CXXXIX. Martyrdom of the Maid
CXL. Charles’ Successes
CXLI. Crafty King Louis XI
CXLI. Beginning of Louis XI’s Reign
CXLII. Achievements of Louis XI
CXLIII. The Beginning of the War of the Roses
CXLIV. The Queen and the Brigand
CXLV. The Triumph of the Yorks
CXLVI. The Princes in the Tower
CXLVII. Richard’s Punishment
Timeline of the Middle Ages
Recommended Reading
Bibliography
Index

List of Maps.
Gaul
Europe in AD 1000
Routes of the Crusaders
Geography of England and Ireland
Europe during Theodoric’s Reign
Dominions of the Franks under the Merovingians
Kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxons
Charlemagne’s Empire
Partition of Verdun (843)
England during the Reign of Alfred the Great
Crusader States in Syria
Papal States in the Twelfth Century
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
English Possessions in France, 1180-1429
The Treaty of Brétigny, 1360

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