Produced by Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: Jeanne d'Arc stands, banner in hand, during the coronation of Charles VII before the high altar at Rheims. Painting by J. E. Lenepveu.] THE GREAT EVENTS BY FAMOUS HISTORIANS +------------------------------------------------------+ | A COMPREHENSIVE AND READABLE ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD'S | | HISTORY, EMPHASIZING THE MORE IMPORTANT EVENTS, AND | | PRESENTING THESE AS COMPLETE NARRATIVES IN THE | | MASTER-WORDS OF THE MOST EMINENT HISTORIANS | +------------------------------------------------------+ NON-SECTARIAN NON-PARTISAN NON-SECTIONAL +------------------------------------------------------+ | ON THE PLAN EVOLVED FROM A CONSENSUS OF OPINIONS | | GATHERED FROM THE MOST DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS OF | | AMERICA AND EUROPE, INCLUDING BRIEF INTRODUCTIONS BY | | SPECIALISTS TO CONNECT AND EXPLAIN THE CELEBRATED | | NARRATIVES, ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY, WITH THOROUGH | | INDICES, BIBLIOGRAPHIES, CHRONOLOGIES, AND COURSES | | OF READING | +------------------------------------------------------+ EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ROSSITER JOHNSON, LL.D. ASSOCIATE EDITORS CHARLES F. HORNE, Ph.D. JOHN RUDD, LL.D. _With a staff of specialists_ _VOLUME VII_ The National Alumni COPYRIGHT, 1905, BY THE NATIONAL ALUMNI CONTENTS VOLUME VII page _An Outline Narrative of the Great Events_, xiii CHARLES F. HORNE _Dante Composes the_ Divina Commedia _(A.D. 1300-1318)_, 1 RICHARD WILLIAM CHURCH _Third Estate Joins in the Government of France (A.D. 1302)_, 17 HENRI MARTIN _War of the Flemings with Philip the Fair of France (A.D. 1302)_, 23 EYRE EVANS CROWE _First Swiss Struggle for Liberty (A.D. 1308)_, 28 F. GRENFELL BAKER _Battle of Bannockburn (A.D. 1314)_, 41 ANDREW LANG _Extinction of the Order of Knights Templars Burning of Grand Master Molay (A.D. 1314)_, 51 F. C. WOODHOUSE HENRY HART MILMAN _James van Artevelde Leads a Flemish Revolt Edward III of England Assumes the Title of King of France (A.D. 1337-1340)_, 68 FRANCOIS P. G. GUIZOT