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Start of eBook	1
VOLUME VIII	1
ILLUSTRATIONS	1
AN OUTLINE NARRATIVE	2
THE GREAT EVENTS	2
CHARLES F. HORNE	2
INTELLECTUAL SUPREMACY OF ITALY	2
THE CLASH OF RACES IN THE EAST	4
POLITICAL CHANGES IN WESTERN EUROPE	5
RISE OF SPANISH POWER	7
THE ERA OF DISCOVERY	7
RELIGIOUS CHANGES	9
ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF PRINTING	10
HENRY GEORGE BOHN	10
JOHN HUNYADY REPULSES THE TURKS[1]	32
ARMINIUS VAMBERY	32
REBUILDING OF ROME BY NICHOLAS V, THE “BUILDER-POPE”	44
MRS. MARGARET OLIPHANT	44
MAHOMET II TAKES CONSTANTINOPLE.	50
A.D. 1453	50
WARS OF THE ROSES	63
A.D. 1455-1485	63
IVAN THE GREAT UNITES RUSSIA AND BREAKS THE TARTAR YOKE	91
CULMINATION OF THE POWER OF BURGUNDY	104
A.D. 1468	104
LORENZO DE’ MEDICI RULES IN FLORENCE	110
A.D. 1469	111
DEATH OF CHARLES THE BOLD	126
A.D. 1477	126
INQUISITION ESTABLISHED IN SPAIN	134
WILLIAM H. RULE JAMES BALMES	134
WILLIAM H. RULE	135
JAMES BALMES	147
MURDER OF THE PRINCES IN THE TOWER	154
JAMES GAIRDNER	154
CONQUEST OF GRANADA	162
WASHINGTON IRVING	162
COLUMBUS DISCOVERS AMERICA	178
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS FERDINAND COLUMBUS	179
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS	180
FERDINAND COLUMBUS	186
CONSPIRACY, REBELLION, AND EXECUTION OF PERKIN WARBECK	199
FRANCIS BACON	199
SAVONAROLA’S REFORMS AND DEATH	210
A.D. 1494	210
PASQUALE VILLARI	211
JEAN C. L. SISMONDI	220
DISCOVERY OF THE MAINLAND OF NORTH AMERICA BY THE CABOTS	223
SAMUEL EDWARD DAWSON	223
THE SEA ROUTE TO INDIA	236
A.D. 1498	236
COLUMBUS DISCOVERS SOUTH AMERICA	254
CLEMENTS ROBERT MARKHAM	254
ESTABLISHMENT OF SWISS INDEPENDENCE	264
HEINRICH ZSCHOKKE	264
AMERIGO VESPUCCI IN AMERICA A.D. 1499	271
MOST EXCELLENT AND DEAR LORD:	271
RISE AND FALL OF THE BORGIAS	281
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI	281
PAINTING OF THE SISTINE CHAPEL	288
A.D. 1508	288
BALBOA DISCOVERS THE PACIFIC	297
MANUEL JOSE QUINTANA	297
CHRONOLOGY OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY	304
A.D. 1438-1516	304
A.D.	305
END OF VOLUME VIII	311

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