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... interest a vast but ill - formed general history entitled Chronicon pontificum et imperatorum which terminated in 1277 . It was the " best seller " of its time , a sort of medieval H. G. Wells ' Outline of History , and was one of the ...
... interest a vast but ill - formed general history entitled Chronicon pontificum et imperatorum which terminated in 1277 . It was the " best seller " of its time , a sort of medieval H. G. Wells ' Outline of History , and was one of the ...
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... interest in these movements was neither broad nor deep . The Crusades were the first general historical event which excited the interest of all nations and of all classes of society . In the centuries preceding the Crusades history had ...
... interest in these movements was neither broad nor deep . The Crusades were the first general historical event which excited the interest of all nations and of all classes of society . In the centuries preceding the Crusades history had ...
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... interest . Now the barriers fell and Europe began to be self- conscious ; it had common interests and common foes , and above the petty feuds of its princes loomed a higher ideal - that of Christendom in conflict with Islam . . . . By ...
... interest . Now the barriers fell and Europe began to be self- conscious ; it had common interests and common foes , and above the petty feuds of its princes loomed a higher ideal - that of Christendom in conflict with Islam . . . . By ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I THE ANCIENT ORIENT | 3 |
ANCIENT GREEK HISTORIOGRAPHY | 21 |
THE ALEXANDRIAN AND POSTALEXANDRIAN EPOCH | 41 |
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