Project Gutenberg 2004-12-05 Public domain in the USA. 308 Johnson, Rossiter 1840 1931 Johnson, Edwin Rossiter Austin, Walter F. (Walter Forward) 1872 Austin, Walter Forward Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis) 1870 1942 Horne, Charles Francis Rudd, John, LL. D. Rudd, John The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) This volume covers A.D. 1162-1300. Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Keith M. Eckrich and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume VI" edited by Rossiter Johnson et al. is a historical collection likely compiled in the late 19th century. This volume offers a comprehensive narrative of pivotal moments in world history, focusing on the crucial events from the 12th to the 13th centuries, and presents these narratives as detailed accounts by renowned historians. The opening of the volume sets the stage for the complex interplay of politics, religion, and society during the medieval period, touching on figures like Frederick Barbarossa and the conflict between church and state exemplified by Thomas Becket. It outlines the era’s major themes, such as the decline of feudalism, the rise of city-states in Italy, and the evolution of modern governance, while emphasizing the significance of documents like the Magna Carta as foundational to contemporary political systems. This introduction serves as a guide to the subsequent detailed essays on specific historical events, illustrating the broader implications of these transformative periods in history. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 53.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en World history D Text Category: History - European Category: History - Medieval/Middle Ages 1015558 2025-08-06T09:00:37.111442 text/html 1015563 1015419 2024-11-06T12:00:35.415162 2023-10-06T12:19:06.508926 text/html text/html 471026 2025-08-06T09:00:48.302405 application/epub+zip 485698 2025-08-06T09:00:40.637446 application/epub+zip 454901 2025-08-06T09:00:39.345438 application/epub+zip 866832 2025-08-06T09:00:54.738335 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 824839 2025-08-06T09:00:47.424413 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 793559 2022-09-07T15:21:25.414716 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 967204 2025-08-06T09:00:36.425426 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 947302 2024-10-28T21:16:11 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18041 2025-08-06T09:00:54.919337 application/rdf+xml 21478 2025-08-06T09:00:39.838436 image/jpeg 4679 2025-08-06T09:00:39.589422 image/jpeg 464301 2025-08-06T09:00:37.185436 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia