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CONTENTS

PAGES
314—328

CH. XX. THE ACE OF EXPANSION :

Retiaissance. Continuity of civilisation.
Intercourse between East and West. Geo-
graphical discoveries. Intellectual expan-
sion. Art and Architecture.

CH. XXI. THE REFORMATION IN EUROPE : .. 329—341

Reactions against autocracy and cor-
ruption. John Wycliffe 'Morning Star
of the Reformation.' Erasmus and * The
Praise of Folly.' The Lutheran protest.
Zwingli and Calvin. Counter-Reforma-
tion.

CHRONOLOGY : SECTION THREE ......342—345

SECTION FOUR (Descriptive Note) ...... 347

CH. XXII. THE SPELL OF GRAND MONARCHY : .. 349—364

Monarchy: history, use and abuse.
Alfred the Great to Elizabeth Tudor in
England. French monarchy to Louis
XIV. Hapsburgs to Joseph II. The
Mugjials in India.

CH. XXIII. FALL OF THE OLD ORDER : .. .. 355—377

The tyranny of Divine Right. Spanish
Fury in the Netherlands. The Stuart
catastrophe in England. Revolution in
France. Failure of the Mughals in India.

CH. XXIV. THE MAKING OF MODERN EUROPE : .. 378—392

The Thirty Years' War. Utrecht to
Vienna. Austrian Succession and Seven
Years' Wars. The rise of Prussia. The
Romanoffs, The menace of France and
Legitimism.