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
_Teutonic nations_, their relation to the Roman Church, 181, 182.
_Teutonic race_, beginning of its threefold history, 64.
_Teutons_, Roman influence extended by their settlements, 93.
_Theodoric_, the East-Goth, 44;
his earlier history, 80; 99;
his position, 96, 97; 123, 124;
his system dependent on himself alone, 97.
_Theodoric_, the West-Goth, 44.
_Theophilos_, Emperor, annexes Cherson, 222.
_Thessalonikê_, Empire of, 143.
_Third Century B.C._, 36, 37;
compared with the fifth century A.D., 81.
_Thucydides_, his experience compared with that of Polybios, 35, 36.
_Trajan_, his reign, 75, 76;
loss of his conquests, 77;
his correspondence with Pliny, 225, 226; 233-239;
his dealings with the provinces and allies, 226;
with Nikomêdeia, 235;
with Apameia, 236;
with Amisos, 237;
his respect for treaties, ib.
_Trebizond_, Empire of, 143.
_Tribes_, united into nations, 187;
in England, 188;
in Gaul, 189.
U.
_Unction_, practice of, 75;
first use of at Rome, 105.
_United States_, its Federal system, 199.
V.
_Vandals_, their settlements, 88, 89; 122.
_Vercellæ_, battle of, 44.
_Vienna_, siege of in 1683, 171.
W.
_Western Emperors_, their Eastern wars, 161.
_Western Empire_, in what sense German, 112-116;
becomes German, 130-132;
practically ends with Frederick the Second, 136-138;
its later character, 147-149.
_Westfalia_, Peace of, compared with that of Constance, 139.
Y.
_Year 407 A.D._, Teutonic invasion of Gaul in, 87;
best beginning of modern history, 161, 162.
Z.
_Zama_, battle of, its effect, 53, 54.
_Zones of Greek Influence_, 14, 15.
Zu allen Zeiten Mehrer des Reichs, title of, 109.
THE END.
BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
_Greater Greece and Greater Britain_,
AND
_George Washington the Expander of England_.
Two Lectures,
_WITH AN APPENDIX ON IMPERIAL FEDERATION_.
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THE METHODS OF HISTORICAL STUDY.
EIGHT LECTURES
READ IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD IN MICHAELMAS TERM, 1884,
_WITH THE INAUGURAL LECTURE_
ON
_The Office of the Historical Professor_.
CONTENTS:
The Office of the Historical Professor. History and its Kindred
Studies. The Difficulties of Historical Study. The Nature of
Historical Evidence. Original Authorities. Classical and Mediæval
Writers. Subsidiary Authorities. Modern Writers. Geography and
Travel. Index.
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I. THE ENGLISH PEOPLE IN ITS THREE HOMES. (1) Old, Middle, and New
England. (2) The English Name. (3) The First Voyage and the Second.
(4) The Old England and the Second. (5) The English in their Second
Home. (6) The Second Voyage and the Third Home.
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