The Cambridge Modern History: Planned by the Late Lord Acton, Volume 5

Front Cover
Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero
Macmillan, 1908
 

Contents

France at war with Europe Marriage of William of Orange
45
7
61
CHAPTER III
64
CHAPTER IV
72
Bossuet The Jesuits
80
The influence of Bossuet
86
England under Charles II and James II 166087 78698
87
Contents
92
Contents
107
Contents
113
CHAPTER VI
116
Paradise Regained
122
Vanbrugh and Farquhar
130
CHAPTER VII
137
Great ability of de Witt The Deduction
144
The Second English War The Bishop of Münster
150
CHAPTER VIII
168
2 THE WARS 166474
178
The Four Days Battle
184
CHAPTER IX
198
CHAPTER X
236
The Seven Bishops Invitation to William
242
Second flight of James
248
Locke and the Original Contract
254
Act of Grace
259
Finance The Land
265
Results of the Revolution Settlement
277
Measures against Recusants
283
Accession of James VII Argylls invasion
289
The Assurance
295
The Declaration and Act of Settlement
302
James lands at Kinsale Political situation
308
William and James Battle of the Boyne
314
Legislative independence of Ireland Tests imposed
320
The Civil War
326
Toleration in England 8389
327
Philosophical opinion
332
CHAPTER XII
338
Poland and Transylvania George Rákóczy II
344
Election of Michael Wisniowiecki
350
France Poland and Austria
356
PAGE
361
Relief of Vienna
362
Continued defeats of the Turks
368
The Treaties of Partition and the Spanish Suc
372
CHAPTER XIV
401
Marlborough in the Netherlands
407
Capture of Gibraltar Battle of Malaga
413
Eugene in Italy Marlboroughs great plan
414
Renewed peace negotiations Vendôme in Flanders
420
cession 8469
422
Minorca and the Peninsula
426
A Peace Congress summoned
432
The results of the pacifications
438
Gibraltar and Minorca
444
The Emperor and the Peace of Utrecht
450
Peace between Portugal and Spain
456
CHAPTER XV
460
CHAPTER XVI
477
Moscow and Byzantium
483
Alexis renounces the succession
539
The Persian
545
The War of the Spanish Succession 8506
550
Death of Catharine I Accession of Peter II
552
CHAPTER XVIII
558
Poverty of Sweden The Regency
564
Swedish victory of Lund Other victories Losses in Germany
570
Character of Charles XI
572
Military and naval changes
578
CHAPTER XIX
584
Renewed RussoSaxon alliance The Baltic campaigns
590
Peter and the Powers Mazepa
596
Battle of Poltawa
602
The Maritime Powers offer mediation
608
Death of Charles XII
614
CHAPTER XX
616
CHAPTER XXI
639
Cultivation and immigration
645
Battle of Fehrbellin
651
The Great Elector and William of Orange
654
Aspirations of Frederick III
660
and the Grand Alliance
666
Results of his reign
672
Political disturbances Discovery of gold
678
Loss of the Spanish monopoly French colonisation in North
684
System of colonial government
690
CHAPTER XXIII
706
Development of Mechanics
712
Leibniz and Newton
718
Human Anatomy Vesalius
724
Boyle Van Helmont Sylvius
730
Sexuality in plants
736
CHAPTER XXIV
742
Jeremy Taylor and The Liberty of Prophesying
748
Labadism and Quakerism
756
The Association Siege of Vienna Fall of Luxemburg
757
Würtemberg Pietism Bogatzky
762
and James II
769
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785
51
801
The European situation in 1688 Brandenburg and Bavaria
817
William of Orange sails for England
823
Party Government under Queen Anne 85760
857
Russia before Peter the Great 14771682 86171
861
Peter the Great and his Pupils 16891730 8725
872
The Scandinavian Kingdoms 8769
876
Charles XII and the Great Northern War 1697
882
The origin of the Prussian Monarchy The Great Elector and the First Prussian King 88394
883
The Colonies and India 895902
895
European Science in the Seventeenth and earlier years of the Eighteenth Centuries 90310
903
Latitudinarianism and Pietism 9117
911
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF LEADING EVENTS 91827
918
The year 1689 The question of a religious crusade
924
INDEX
929
Concept of Harmony Designs of Louis XIV
936
The battle of the Boyne and the fall of Limerick
937
The importance of seapower
946
Treaty of Carlowitz Further French victories Russell in
953
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