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_An Outline Narrative of the Great Events_, CHARLES F. HORNE xiii

_Archiepiscopate of Thomas Becket_ _His Defence of Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction_ _His Assassination (A.D. 1162-1170)_, JOHN LINGARD 1

_The Peace of Constance Secures the Liberties of the Lombard Cities (A.D. 1183)_, ERNEST F. HENDERSON 28

_Saladin Takes Jerusalem from the Christians (A.D. 1187_), SIR GEORGE W. COX 41

_The Third Crusade (A.D. 1189-1194)_, HENRY VON SYBEL 54

_The Teutonic Knights_ _Their Organization and History (A.D. 1190-1809)_, F.C. WOODHOUSE 68

_Philip of France Wins the French Domains of the English Kings (A.D. 1202-1204)_, KATE NORGATE 86

_Founding of the Mongol Empire by Genghis Khan (A.D. 1203), HENRY H. HOWORTH 103

_Venetians and Crusaders Take Constantinople_ _Plunder of the Sacred Relics (A.D. 1204), EDWIN PEARS 121

_Latin Empire of the East_ _Its Foundation and Fall (A.D. 1204-1261)_, W.J. BRODRIBB SIR WALTER BESANT 140

_Innocent III Exalts the Papal Power (A.D. 1208)_, T.F. TOUT 156

_Signing of Magna Charta (A.D. 1215)_, DAVID HUME 175

_The Golden Bull, "Hungary's Magna Charta," Signed (A.D. 1222)_, E.O.S., 191

_Russia Conquered by the Tartar Hordes_ _Alexander Nevski Saves the Remnant of His People (A.D. 1224-1262)_, ALFRED RAMBAUD 196

_The Sixth Crusade_ _Treaty of Frederick II with the Saracens (A.D. 1228)_, SIR GEORGE W. COX 208

_Rise of the Hanseatic League (A.D. 1241)_, H. DENICKE 214

_Mamelukes Usurp Power in Egypt (A.D. 1250)_, SIR WILLIAM MUIR 240

_The "Mad Parliament"_ _Beginning of England's House of Commons (A.D. 1258)_, JOHN LINGARD 246

_Louis IX Leads the Last Crusade (A.D. 1270)_, JOSEPH FRANÇOIS MICHAUD 275

_Height of the Mongol Power in China (A.D. 1271)_, MARCO POLO 287

_Founding of the House of Hapsburg (A.D. 1273)_, WILLIAM COXE 298

_Edward I Conquers Wales (A.D. 1277)_, CHARLES H. PEARSON 316

_Japanese Repel the Tartars (A.D. 1281)_, EDWARD H. PARKER MARCO POLO 327

_The Sicilian Vespers (A.D. 1282)_, MICHELE AMARI 340

_Expulsion of Jews from England (A.D. 1290)_, HENRY HART MILMAN 356

_Exploits and Death of William Wallace, the "Hero of Scotland" (A.D. 1297-1305)_, SIR WALTER SCOTT 369

_First Great Jubilee of the Roman Catholic Church (A.D. 1300)_, FERDINAND GREGOROVIUS 378

_Universal Chronology (A.D. 1162-1300)_, JOHN RUDD 385

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