ABOLITION OF THE ORDER OF THE TEMPLARS--RISE OF MODERN LITERATURES--SCHISM OF THE CHURCH. 325 FIFTEENTH CENTURY. DECLINE OF FEUDALISM--AGINCOURT--JOAN OF ARC--THE PRINTING-PRESS--DISCOVERY OF AMERICA. 359 SIXTEENTH CENTURY. THE REFORMATION--THE JESUITS--POLICY OF ELIZABETH. 401 SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. ENGLISH REBELLION AND REVOLUTION--DESPOTISM OF LOUIS THE FOURTEENTH. 447 EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. INDIA--AMERICA--FRANCE 491 INDEX 527 FIRST CENTURY. Emperors. A.D. AUGUSTUS CÆSAR. 14. TIBERIUS. 37. CAIUS CALIGULA. 41. CLAUDIUS. 54. NERO. First Persecution of the Christians. 68. GALBA. 69. OTHO. } 69. VITELLIUS.} 69. VESPASIAN.} 79. TITUS. 81. DOMITIAN. Second Persecution of the Christians. 96. NERVA. 98. TRAJAN. Authors. LIVY, OVID, TIBULLUS, STRABO, COLUMELLA, QUINTUS CURTIUS, SENECA, LUCAN, PETRONIUS, SILIUS ITALICUS, PLINY THE ELDER, MARTIAL, QUINCTILIAN, TACITUS. Christian Fathers and Writers. BARNABAS, CLEMENT OF ROME, HERMAS, IGNATIUS, POLYCARP. THE EIGHTEEN CHRISTIAN CENTURIES. THE FIRST CENTURY. THE BAD EMPERORS.