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Settlements within the Empire by land and by sea 87
Franks, Burgundians, Goths, Vandals 87-88
Early history of the Goths 88-89
The West-Gothic kingdom in Gaul and Spain 89-90
Alans, Suevi, Vandals; the Vandals in Africa 89-90
The Franks; use of the name Francia 91
Alemans, Thuringians; Low-Dutch tribes 91
The Frankish dominions; Roman Germany Teutonized afresh; peculiar position of the Franks 91-93
Celtic remnant in Armorica or Britanny 93
The Burgundians; various uses of the name Burgundy; separate history of Provence 93-94
Inroads of the Huns; battle of ChÂlons; origin of Venice 94
Nominal reunion of the Empire in 476 94
Reigns of Odoacer and Theodoric 94-95
§ 4. Settlement of the English in Britain.
Withdrawal of the Roman troops from Britain 95
Special character of the English Conquest of Britain 96
The Low-Dutch settlers, Angles, Saxons, Jutes; origin of the name English 97
The Welsh and Scots 98
§ 5. The Eastern Empire.
Comparison of the two Empires; no Teutonic settlements in the Eastern 98
The Tetraxite Goths 98
Rivalry with Parthia continued under the revived Persian kingdom 98-99
Position of Armenia 99
Momentary conquests of Trajan 99
Conquests of Marcus, Severus, and Diocletian; cessions of Jovian 100
Division of Armenia; Hundred Years’ Peace 100
Summary 101-102
CHAPTER V.
THE FINAL DIVISION OF THE EMPIRE.
§ 1. The Reunion of the Empire.
Continued existence of the Empire; position of the Teutonic kings 103
Extent of the Empire at the accession of Justinian 104
Conquests of Justinian; their effects 104-106
Provence ceded to the Franks 105
§ 2. Settlement of the Lombards in Italy.
Early history of the Lombards; GepidÆ, Avars 106-107
Possibility of Teutonic powers on the Danube 107
Lombard conquest of Italy; its partial nature; territory kept by the Empire 107-108
§ 3. Rise of the Saracens.
Loss of the Spanish province by the Empire 108
Wars of Chosroes and Heraclius 109
Extension of Roman power on the Euxine 109-110
Relation of the Arabs to Rome and Persia 110
Union of the Arabs under Mahomet; renewed Aryan and Semitic strife 171
The immediate Roman province; other metropolitan sees 171-172
§ 3. The Ecclesiastical Divisions of Gaul and Germany.
Gaulish and German dioceses 172
Provinces of Southern Gaul; position of Lyons 172-173
New metropolitan sees; Toulouse, Alby, Avignon, Paris; comparison of civil and ecclesiastical divisions 174
Provinces of Northern Gaul and Germany; history of Mainz 178-179
The archiepiscopal electors; other German provinces; Salzburg, Bremen, Magdeburg 176-177
Modern arrangements in France, Germany, and the Netherlands 177
§ 4. The Ecclesiastical Divisions of Spain.
Peculiarities of Spanish ecclesiastical geography; effects of the Saracen conquest 178
Gothic and later dioceses; neglect of the PyrenÆan barrier 178-179
§ 5. The Ecclesiastical Divisions of the British Islands.
Analogy between Britain and Spain 179
Tribal nature of the Celtic episcopate 179-180
Scheme of Gregory the Great; the two English provinces; relation of Scotland to York 180-181
Foundation of the English sees; territorial bishoprics 181
Canterbury and its suffragan; effects of the Norman Conquest 181-182
Province of York; Scotland and Ireland 182-183
§ 6. The Ecclesiastical Divisions of Northern and Eastern Europe.
The Scandinavian provinces; Lund, Upsala, Trondhjem 184
Poland and neighbouring lands; Gnezna, Riga, Leopol 184-185
Provinces of Hungary and Dalmatia 186
CHAPTER VIII.
THE IMPERIAL KINGDOMS.
The German Kingdom; its relation to the Western Empire; falling off of Italy and Burgundy 188-190
Loss of territory by the German kingdom; its extension to the north-east 190-191
Geographical contrast of the earlier and the later Empire 191
§ 1. The Kingdom of Germany.
Changes of boundaries and nomenclature in Germany; Saxony; Bavaria; Austria; Burgundy; Prussia 191-192
Extent of the Kingdom; fluctuations of its western boundary; Lorraine; Elsass; the left bank of the Rhine 192-194
Fluctuations on the Burgundian frontier; union of Burgundy with the Empire 194
Frontier of Germany and Italy; union of the crowns 195
Northern and eastern advance of the Empire; the marks 195
Hungarian frontier; marks of Austria, Carinthia, and Carniola 196
Danish frontier; Danish mark; boundary of the Eider 196
The Slavonic frontier 197
The Saxon mark; Slavonic princes of Mecklenburg, LÜbeck; the Hansa 198-199
Marks of Brandenburg, Lausitz, and Meissen 199
Bohemia and Moravia 199
Polish frontier; Pomerania, Silesia 200
Germanization of the Slavonic lands 200-201
Internal geography; growth of the principalities The neighbouring states; position of the Parisian kings 330
The kings less powerful than the dukes; advantages of their kingship; first advances of the kings 331
The House of Anjou; gradual union of Normandy, Anjou, Maine, Aquitaine, and Gascony 331-333
Acquisition of continental Normandy, Anjou, &c. 333-334
The English kings keep Aquitaine and insular Normandy 334
Sudden greatness of France 334
Fiefs of Aragon in Southern Gaul; counts of Toulouse and Barcelona 334-335
Effects of the Albigensian war; French annexations; Roussillon and Barcelona freed from homage 335
Languedoc 335
Other annexations of Saint Lewis 335-336
Annexation of Champagne; temporary possession of Navarre 336-337
The Hundred Years’ War; relations between France and Aquitaine; momentary possession of Aquitaine by Philip the Fair 337
Peace of Bretigny; Aquitaine and other lands freed from homage 337-338
Peace of Troyes; momentary union of the French and English crowns 338
Final annexation of Aquitaine; beginning of the modern French kingdom 338-339
Growths of the Dukes of Burgundy; the towns on the Somme; momentary annexation of Artois and the County of Burgundy 339-340
Annexation of the duchy of Burgundy; Flanders and Artois released from homage; analogy with Aquitaine 340-343
§ 2. Foreign Annexations of France.
Relations between France and England; Boulogne; Dunkirk 341-342
Relations between France and Spain; Roussillon; Navarre; Andorra 342-343
Advance at the cost of the Imperial kingdoms, first Burgundy, then Germany 343
Effect of the Burgundian conquests of France; relations with Savoy and Switzerland 344
History of the Langue d’oc 345
French dominion in Italy; slight extent of real annexation 345-346
French annexations from Germany; the Three Bishoprics; effect of isolated conquests 346
French acquisitions in Elsass; France reaches and passes the Rhine; increased isolation 347-348
Temporary annexation of Bar; annexation of Roussillon; advance in the Netherlands 348-349
Annexation of Franche ComtÉ and BesanÇon; seizure of Strassburg; annexation of Orange 349-350
Annexation of Lorraine; thorough incorporation of French conquests; effect of geographical continuity 350-351
Purchase of Corsica; its effects; birth of Buonaparte 351-352
§ 3. The Colonial Dominion of France.
French colonies in North America; Acadia; Canada; Louisiana 352
Colonial rivalry of France and England; English conquest of Canada 353
French West India Islands 353
The French power in India; Bourbon and Mauritius 353-354
§ 4. Acquisitions of France during the Revolutionary Wars.
Distinction between the Republican and ‘Imperial’ Conquests 355-356
First class of annexations; Avignon, MÜlhausen, Montbeliard; Geneva; bishopric of Basel 355
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Turkish conquest of PeloponnÊsos; independence of Maina 419
Revolutions of Epeiros; dismemberment of the despotat; recovery of Epeiros by the Empire 419
Servian conquests; beginning of the Albanian power; kings of the house of Thopia 419-420
Servian dynasty in southern Epeiros; kingdom of Thessaly; Turkish conquest 420
The Buondelmonti in Northern Epeiros; history of the house of Tocco; Karlili; effects of their rule 420-421
Turkish conquest of Albania; revolt of Scanderbeg; Turkish reconquest 421
Empire of Trebizond; its relations to Constantinople 422
Turkish conquest of Trebizond; of Perateia or Gothia 422-423
§ 6. The Slavonic States.
Effects of the Latin conquest on the Slavonic states 423
Comparison of Servia and Bulgaria; extent of Servia; its relation to the Empire; conquest by Manuel KomnÊnos; Servia independent 423-424
Relations towards Hungary; shiftings of Rama or Bosnia 424-425
Southern advance of Servia; Empire of Stephen Dushan 425
Break-up of the Servian power; the later Servian kingdom; conquests and deliverances of Servia 426
Kingdom of Bosnia; loss of Jayce; duchy of Saint Saba or Herzegovina; Turkish conquest of Bosnia; of Herzegovina 426-427
The Balsa at Skodra; loss of Skodra; beginning of Tzernagora or Montenegro 428
Loss of Zabljak; establishment of Tzetinje 428
The Vladikas; the lay princes 429
Montenegrin conquests and losses 428-429
Greatest extent of the third Bulgarian kingdom; its decline; shiftings of the frontier towards the Empire; Philippopolis 429-430
Break-up of the kingdom; principality of Dobrutcha; Turkish conquest 430-431
§ 7. The Kingdom of Hungary.
Character and position of the Hungarian kingdom 431-432
Great Moravia overthrown by the Magyars; their relations to the two Empires 432-433
The two Chrobatias separated by the Magyars; their geographical position 433-434
Kingdom of Hungary; its relations to Croatia and Slavonia 434
Transsilvania or SiebenbÜrgen; origin of the name; German and other colonies 435
Origin of the Roumans; their northern migration 435-436
Rouman element in the third Bulgarian kingdom; occupation of the lands beyond the Danube; Great and Little Wallachia; Transsilvania; Moldavia 436-437
Conquests of Lewis the Great; Dalmatia; occupation of Halicz and Vladimir; pledging of Zips 437
Turkish invasion; disputes for Dalmatia 438
Reign of Matthias Corvinus; extension of Hungary east and west 438
Loss of Belgrade; the Austrian kings; Turkish conquest of Hungary; fragment kept by the Austrian kings; their tribute to the Turk; the Rouman lands 438-439
Recovery of Hungary from the Turk; peace of Carlowitz; of Passarowitz; losses at the peace of Belgrade 439-440
Galicia and Lodomeria; Bukovina; Dalmatia 440-441
Annexation of Spizza; administration of Bosnia and Herzegovina; renewed vassalage to the Turk 440-441
§ 8. The Ottoman Power.
The Ottoman Turks; d align="left">Analogy with Switzerland 549
The three elements in the later Scotland; English, British, Irish; Lothian, Strathclyde, Scotland 549
The Picts; their union with the Scots; Scottish Strathclyde; Galloway 550
Scandinavian settlements; Caithness and Sutherland 550
English supremacy; taking of Edinburgh; grants of Cumberland and Lothian 550-551
Difference of tenure gradually forgotten 551
Effects of the grant of Lothian; shiftings of Cumberland, Carlisle, and Northumberland 551-552
Boundary of England and Scotland; relations between the kingdoms 552
Struggle with the Northmen; recovery of Caithness, Galloway, and the Sudereys 553
History of Man; of Orkney 553
§ 2. The Kingdom of England.
Changes of boundary toward Wales; conquests of Harold 553
Norman conquest of North Wales 554
Princes of North Wales; English conquest 554
The principality of Wales; full incorporation with England 554-555
The English shires; two classes of shires; ancient principalities; shires mapped out in the tenth century 555
The new shires; Cumberland, Westmoreland, Lancashire, Rutland 555-556
§ 3. Ireland.
Ireland the first Scotland; its provinces 556
Settlements of the Ostmen; increasing connexion with England; the English conquest; fluctuations of the Pale 556-557
Lordship and kingdom of Ireland; its relations to England and Great Britain 557
§ 4. Outlying European Possessions of England.
The Norman Islands; Aquitaine, Calais, &c. 558
Outposts and islands 558
Greek possessions; the Ionian Islands; Cyprus 558-559
§ 5. The American Colonies of England.
The United States of America 559
First English settlements; Virginia; the New England States; Maryland; Carolina 559-561
Settlements of the United Provinces and Sweden; New Netherlands; New Sweden; New York 561
The Jerseys; Pennsylvania; Delaware; Georgia 561-562
The thirteen Colonies; their independence 562
Nova Scotia; Canada; Louisiana; Florida 562-563
A new English nation formed; lack of a name; use of the name America 563-564
Second English nation in North America; the Canadian confederation 564
The West India Islands, &c. 565
§ 6. Other Colonies and Possessions of England.
The Australian colonies 565-566
The South-African colonies 566
Europe extended by colonization; contrast with barbaric dominion; Empire of India 567
Summary 568-569
Index 571

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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