Historical Parallels, vol. 3 (of 3)Malkin, Arthur Thomas
History
Historical Parallels, vol. 3 (of 3)
Malkin, Arthur Thomas
History -- Popular works; World history -- Popular works
Greek history, mythic period of, i. 11–13, 21–23.
Guesclin, Bertrand du, treatment by Black Prince, i. 103, 104, 108–113.
Guthrie, James, execution of, iii. 265–270.
Harmodius, i. 169–174.
Hawkwood, retreat of Sir J., iii. 194–197
Hereward le Wake, i. 54–58.
Hermæ, mutilation of, iii. 169, 170.
Hipparchus and Hippias, i. 168–174.
Huss, John, iii. 244–254.
Jacquerie, iii. 98–101.
Jaques, St., battle of, ii. 64–69.
Jerome of Prague, iii. 255–257.
Jerusalem, siege of, iii. 32–36.
John, King of France, treatment by Black Prince, i. 105–107.
Julian, Emperor, invasion of Parthia, and death, i. 213–223.
Knights of Aristophanes, iii. 134–147.
London, plague of, ii. 218–23.
Magdeburg, siege of, iii. 50–62.
Marathon, battle of, ii. 13–16.
Massacre of September, 1792, iii. 112–120.
Medici, Cosmo de’, i. 175–180.
———Piero, i. 181.
———Lorenzo and Julian, i. 181–189.
Messenians, early history of, i. 40–54.
Milan, plague of, ii. 98–214.
Miltiades, ii. 127–130.
Morgarten, battle of, ii. 43–52.
Napoleon, retreat from Moscow i. 224–237.
Ney, ditto, iii. 190–194.
Nika sedition, iii. 111.
Numantia, siege of, iii. 19–22.
Oates, Titus, iii. 160–168.
Ostend, siege of, iii. 39–50.
Paul, Emperor, i. 143–152.
Pazzi, conspiracy of, i. 183–189.
Pedro, Don, King of Castile, i. 31–36.
Peloponnesian war, origin of, ii. 158–163.
———end of, iii. 214–217.
Pericles, policy of, ii. 147–152.
Persecutions, civil and religious, iii. 244–283.
Pisistratus, i. 163–168.
Plague, historians who have described it, ii. 164–166;
——principal recorded, 166–169;
——of Athens, 169–177;
——of Constantinople, 177–183;
——of Florence, 184–198;
——of Milan, 198–214;
——medical treatment and state of science 214–218;
——of London, 218–231.
Platæa, siege of, iii. 5–19.
Popish plot, iii. 149–160.
Portobello, taken by Vernon, iii. 127–129.
Power, effects of absolute, i. 114–119.
Prelacy, attempted to be restored in Scotland, iii. 257–270.
Presbyterians, persecution of, ibid.
Prisoners of war, treatment of, i. 77–113.
Reading, Aloys, ii. 48.
Reedman, Sir Matthew, anecdote from Froissart, i. 100–102.
Reformation in England, iii. 270–283.
Réole, La, siege of, iii. 37.
Retreat of Darius from Scythia, i. 196–198;
——Antony from Parthia, 211–213;
——Julian in Assyria, 213–223;
——Napoleon from Moscow, 225–237;
——Athenians from Syracuse, iii. 178–189;
——Ney in Russia, 190, 194;
——Hawkwood in Lombardy, 194–197.
Rome, civil wars of, compared with seditions in Greece, iii. 95–97.
Roncesvalles, battle of, i. 74–85.
Salamis, battle of, ii. 86–103.
Scandinavia, compared with Greece in its early state, i. 9–20.
Sempach, battle of, ii. 49–54; Law of, 68.
September, 1792, massacre of, iii. 112–120.
Sicilian expedition, iii. 171–190.
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