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A History of Germany

by Bayard Taylor

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Chapter I — The ancient Germans and their country
  3. 3Chapter II — The wars of Rome with the Germans
  4. 4Chapter III — Hermann, the first German leader
  5. 5Chapter IV — Germany during the first three centuries of our era
  6. 6Chapter V — The rise and migrations of the Goths
  7. 7Chapter VI — The invasion of the Huns, and its consequences
  8. 8Chapter VII — The rise and fall of the Ostrogoths
  9. 9Chapter VIII — Europe, at the end of the migration of the races
  10. 10Chapter IX — The kingdom of the Franks
  11. 11Chapter X — The dynasty of the royal stewards
  12. 12Chapter XI — The reign of Charlemagne
  13. 13Chapter XII — The emperors of the Carolingian line
  14. 14Chapter XIII — King Konrad, and the Saxon rulers, Henry I. and Otto…
  15. 15Chapter XIV — The decline of the Saxon dynasty
  16. 16Chapter XV — The Frank emperors, to the death of Henry IV
  17. 17Chapter XVI — End of the Frank dynasty, and rise of the Hohenstaufens
  18. 18Chapter XVII — The reign of Frederick I., Barbarossa
  19. 19Chapter XVIII — The reign of Frederick II. and end of the Hohenstau…
  20. 20Chapter XIX — Germany at the time of the interregnum
  21. 21Chapter XX — From Rudolf of Hapsburg To Ludwig the Bavarian
  22. 22Chapter XXI — The Luxemburg emperors, Karl IV. and Wenzel
  23. 23Chapter XXII — The reign of Sigismund and the Hussite war
  24. 24Chapter XXIII — The foundation of the Hapsburg dynasty
  25. 25Chapter XXIV — Germany, during the reign of Maximilian I.
  26. 26Chapter XXV — The Reformation
  27. 27Chapter XXVI — From Luther’s death to the end of the 16th century
  28. 28Chapter XXVII — Beginning of the Thirty Years’ War
  29. 29Chapter XXVIII — Tilly, Wallenstein and Gustavus Adolphus
  30. 30Chapter XXIX — End of the Thirty Years’ War
  31. 31Chapter XXX — Germany, to the peace of Ryswick
  32. 32Chapter XXXI — The war of the Spanish succession
  33. 33Chapter XXXII — The rise of Prussia
  34. 34Chapter XXXIII — The reign of Frederick the Great
  35. 35Chapter XXXIV — Germany under Maria Theresa and Joseph II
  36. 36Chapter XXXV — From the death of Joseph II. to the end of the Germa…
  37. 37Chapter XXXVI — Germany under Napoleon
  38. 38Chapter XXXVII — From the liberation of Germany to the year 1848
  39. 39Chapter XXXVIII — The Revolution of 1848 and its results
  40. 40Chapter XXXIX — The struggle with Austria; the North-German union
  41. 41Chapter XL — The war with France, and establishment of the German E…
  42. 42Chapter XLI — The new German Empire
  43. 43Chronological Table

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