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Bohemia, from the earliest times to the fall of national independence in 1620 / With a short summary of later events — C. Edmund Maurice

Bohemia, from the earliest times to the fall of national independence in 1620 / With a short summary of later events

C. Edmund Maurice

  • History
  • Book language: English
  • 379 pages

A volume in the Story of the Nations series, this concise history covers Bohemia from earliest times to the loss of national independence in 1620, with a brief summary of later events. It traces the Bohemian lands through medieval and early modern political and religious change. A clear introduction for listeners interested in Central European history.

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Contents

  1. THE STORY OF BOHEMIA.
  2. I. FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD OF BOHEMIAN HISTORY TO THE HUNGARIAN INVASION. (-885.)
  3. II. BOHEMIAN SAINTS AND WARRIORS IN THE TENTH CENTURY. (885-997.)
  4. III. RELATIONS OF BOHEMIA TO POLAND AND TO THE EMPIRE IN THE ELEVENTH, TWELFTH, AND THIRTEENTH CENTURIES. (997-1253.)
  5. IV. THE GROWTH OF BOHEMIAN LIFE FROM ACCESSION OF PR̆EMYSL OTTAKAR I. TO DEATH OF PR̆EMYSL OTTAKAR II. (1198-1278.)
  6. V. TIME OF ANARCHY IN BOHEMIA FROM DEATH OF OTTAKAR II. TO ACCESSION OF CHARLES IV. (1278-1346.)
  7. VI. REIGN OF CHARLES IV. (1346-1378.)
  8. VII. THE REFORM MOVEMENT FROM THE DIET OF 1359 TO THE RETIREMENT OF THE GERMANS FROM THE PRAGUE UNIVERSITY. (1359-1409.)
  9. VIII. FROM THE RETIREMENT OF THE GERMANS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF PRAGUE TO THE DEATH OF HUS. (1409-1415.)
  10. IX. FROM THE DEATH OF HUS TO THE FIRST CORONATION OF SIGISMUND. (July 6, 1415-July 28, 1420.)
  11. X. FROM THE FIRST CORONATION OF SIGISMUND TO THE OPENING OF COUNCIL OF BASEL. (1420-1431.)
  12. XI. FROM THE OPENING OF THE COUNCIL OF BASEL TO THE FALL OF TABOR. (1437-1452.)
  13. XII. FROM THE FALL OF TABOR TO THE DEATH OF GEORGE OF PODĔBRAD. (1452-1470.)
  14. XIII. FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE BOHEMIAN BROTHERHOOD TO THE ACCESSION OF FERDINAND I. TO THE THROWN OF BOHEMIA. (1419-15
  15. XIV. REIGN OF FERDINAND I. (1526-1564.)
  16. XV. FROM THE DEATH OF FERDINAND I. TO THE BEGINNING OF THE REACTION UNDER RUDOLF II. (1564-1600.)
  17. XVI. FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE REACTION TO THE DEATH OF RUDOLF II. (1600-1612.)
  18. XVII. FROM THE DEATH OF RUDOLF II. TO THE BATTLE OF THE WHITE HILL. (1612-1620.)
  19. XVIII. FROM THE BATTLE OF THE WHITE HILL TO THE PRESENT TIME.
  20. FOOTNOTES
  21. INDEX.
  22. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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