The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 17 : $b Switzerland (concluded), Russia and Poland
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The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 17 : $b Switzerland (concluded), Russia and Poland
World history
SWITZERLAND (_Concluded_)
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CHAPTER V
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 1
The conspiracy of Hentzi; the insurrection of Fribourg, 1.
Disorders at Geneva, 4. Tumults in Neuchâtel, 8. Aristocracy
and democracy, 9. Davel, 10. Federal relations of the Swiss
states, 13. Switzerland feels the shock of the French
Revolution, 16. French troops in Switzerland, 20. The
capitulation of Berne; the Constitution Unitaire, 23.
CHAPTER VI
SWITZERLAND SINCE 1798 26
Changes of constitutions and administrations, 26. The
evacuation of Switzerland; the nomination of deputies, 28.
The act of mediation (1813 A.D.); Cabals follow Napoleon’s
fall, 30. Switzerland develops along new lines, 35. Reaction
and reform; effects of the revolution of July, 35. Siebener
Konkordat; disputes over asylum and religion, 38. The
Sonderbund War, 39. Colonel Dufour is made commander of the
army, 40. Preparations of the Sonderbund, 41. The capitulation
of Fribourg and Lucerne end the Sonderbund, 42.
BRIEF REFERENCE-LIST OF AUTHORITIES BY CHAPTERS 48
A GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SWISS HISTORY 49
A CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY OF THE HISTORY OF SWITZERLAND 56
RUSSIA
INTRODUCTION. THE INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF RUSSIA. By Dr. A.
S. Rappoport 71
CHAPTER I
LAND AND PEOPLE AND EARLY HISTORY (TO 1054 A.D.) 79
Extent, configuration, and climate, 79. The similarity of
European and Asiatic Russia, 80. The dualism of north and
south, 81. The soil of the Black Lands and the Steppes,
82. Diversity of races, 84. The Finns, 85. Ethnological
distribution of religions, 87. The Great Russians and the
Little Russians, 91. Social and political organisation,
92. The treaty with Constantinople, 96. The first written
document of Russian history, 97. The reign of Igor, 97. The
regency of Olga, 99. Nestor tells of the baptism of Olga, 100.
Sviatoslav; the victory of north over south, 101. Nestor’s
account of Vladimir’s conversion, 103. The death of Vladimir
the Christian, 106. Sviatopolk is succeeded by Iaroslav, 107.
Iaroslav’s code of laws, 110. Iaroslav dies, 115.
CHAPTER II
THE PERIOD OF THE PRINCIPALITIES (1054-1224 A.D.) 117
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