The Chief Periods of European History: Six lectures read in the University of Oxford in Trinity term, 1885Freeman, Edward A. (Edward Augustus)
History
The Chief Periods of European History: Six lectures read in the University of Oxford in Trinity term, 1885
Freeman, Edward A. (Edward Augustus)
Europe -- History
_Italy_, relations of its nations to the Greek cities, 31;
help for its cities sought in Greece, 32-34;
how affected by the Teutonic invasions, 90, 91;
its position under Theodoric, 97, 98;
reconquered by the Empire, 98;
divided between the Empire and the Lombards, ib.;
southern part remains Greek, ib.;
developement of cities in, 186;
its disunion, 189; 193;
position of cities in, 191;
its reunion, 193-195;
its drawbacks, 194.
J.
_Janissaries_, 167.
_Jerusalem_, recovered by Frederick the Second, 163.
_Jews_, revival of their power under the Maccabees, 66;
their mission in the world, ib.
_John Sobieski_, Vienna delivered by, 171.
_Joseph the Second_, Emperor, 152.
_Justinian_, closes the University of Athens, 85;
his historic position, 126-128.
K.
_Kingship_, various forms of in the Polybian age, 36.
_Korkyra_, its position in Homeric times, 20;
becomes Greek, 24.
_Kyrênê_, colonization of, 24.
L.
_Latin language_, its history in the Eastern Empire, 114-117.
Λατῖνοι, opposed to Ῥωμαῖοι, 141.
_Lectures_, scheme of, 204-206;
given in America, 205.
_Leo the Isaurian_, beats back the Saracens, 134.
_Leopold the First_, Emperor, compared with Constantine Palaiologos, 171.
_Lesbos_, mention of in Homer, 19.
_Lewis the Second_, Emperor, his controversy with Basil the Macedonian, 108;
his position in Italy, 130, 131.
_Lignitz_, defeat of the Mongols at, 161.
_Lübeck_, its coinage, 202.
_Lykia_, League of, 37;
its history and constitution, 222, 223.
M.
_Macedonia_, its relations to Greece, 14.
_Macedonian Conquests_, effects of, 14, 15.
_Macedonian Emperors_, their work, 132, 133.
_Macedonian Wars_, character of the First, 51, 52.
_Magyars_, effects of their settlement and conversion, 94.
_Mahomet the Second_, his European position, 167.
_Mahometan history_, its date, 11.
_Mahometanism_, its special rivalry with Christianity, 133.
_Marcus_, his reign, 76.
_Maria Theresa_, 152.
_Marius_, Gaius, his work, 60.
_Massalia_, its time of greatness, 25;
its two republican periods, 192.
_Maximilian_, Imperator electus, 138;
his tomb, 147.
_Merwings_, end of, 158.
_Milêtos_, mention of in Homer, 19.
_Mogul Empire_, 150.
_Mykênê_, Empire of, 18.
N.
_Nations_, answer to cities, 177, 178; 183;
definition of, 192, 193.
_Nikaia_, Sultans of, 135, 144, 145;
Emperors of, 140;
their recovery of Constantinople, 142;
its position under Trajan, 234, 235.
_Nikêphoros_, Emperor, acknowledges the claim of Charles the Great, 108.
_Nikomêdeia_, its position under Trajan, 234, 235.
_Normandy_, settlement of, 190.
O.
_Odowakar_, his position and history, 96.
_Odysseus_, his relation to his overlord, 18.
_Olbia_, Diôn Chrysostom’s account of, 231.
_Olympiad_, First, a starting-point, 10, 11.
_Otto the Great_, Emperor, 131.
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