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The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 11

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385,271 words · about 26 h 59 min to read

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Language
English
Subjects
World history
Length
385,271 words · about 26 h 59 min
Sections
68 reader sections · Table of contents
Contents (68)
  1. Opening about 1 min
  2. Chapter I under 1 min
  3. Chapter II under 1 min
  4. Chapter III under 1 min
  5. Chapter IV under 1 min
  6. Chapter V under 1 min
  7. Chapter VI about 1 min
  8. Chapter VII about 1 min
  9. Chapter VIII under 1 min
  10. Chapter IX under 1 min
  11. Chapter X about 1 min
  12. Chapter XI under 1 min
  13. Chapter XII about 1 min
  14. Chapter XIII about 1 min
  15. Chapter XIV under 1 min
  16. Chapter XV under 1 min
  17. Chapter XVI under 1 min
  18. Chapter XVII under 1 min
  19. Chapter XVIII under 1 min
  20. Chapter XIX about 1 min
  21. Chapter XX under 1 min
  22. Chapter XXI about 1 min
  23. Chapter XXII under 1 min
  24. XVI. THE HISTORY OF FRANCE about 2 min
  25. I. THE LATER CARLOVINGIANS about 49 min
  26. II. THE FOUNDATION OF THE CAPETIAN DYNASTY about 1 h 3 min
  27. III. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ABSOLUTE MONARCHY about 1 h 6 min
  28. IV. PHILIP III TO THE HOUSE OF VALOIS about 59 min
  29. V. THE OPENING OF THE HUNDRED YEARS’ WAR about 1 h 3 min
  30. VI. JOHN THE GOOD AND CHARLES THE WISE about 1 h 17 min
  31. VII. THE BETRAYAL OF THE KINGDOM about 1 h 19 min
  32. VIII. THE RESCUE OF THE REALM about 1 h 23 min
  33. IX. “THE CONVALESCENCE OF FRANCE” about 1 h 8 min
  34. X. THE REIGN OF LOUIS XI: THE TRIUMPH OF THE CROWN about 1 h 20 min
  35. XI. CHARLES VIII AND LOUIS XII--THE INVASION OF ITALY about 1 h 9 min
  36. XII. IMPERIAL STRUGGLES OF FRANCIS I AND HENRY II about 1 h 51 min
  37. XIII. CATHERINE DE’ MEDICI AND THE RELIGIOUS WARS about 1 h 49 min
  38. XIV. HENRY OF NAVARRE, FIRST OF THE BOURBONS about 1 h 7 min
  39. XV. THE LITERARY PROGRESS OF FRANCE IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY about 22 min
  40. XVI. THE EARLY YEARS OF LOUIS XIII AND THE RISE OF RICHELIEU about 1 h
  41. XVII. THE DICTATORSHIP OF RICHELIEU about 1 h 13 min
  42. XVIII. THE SUPREMACY OF MAZARIN about 1 h 31 min
  43. XIX. “L’ÉTAT, C’EST MOI” about 1 h 31 min
  44. XX. LOUIS XIV, SPAIN, AND HOLLAND about 1 h 8 min
  45. XXI. THE HEIGHT AND DECLINE OF THE BOURBON MONARCHY about 1 h 36 min
  46. XXII. THE AGE OF LOUIS XIV:[148] ASPECTS OF ITS CIVILISATION about 50 min
  47. I. THE LATER CARLOVINGIANS under 1 min
  48. II. THE FOUNDATION OF THE CAPETIAN DYNASTY under 1 min
  49. III. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ABSOLUTE MONARCHY about 1 min
  50. IV. PHILIP III TO THE HOUSE OF VALOIS under 1 min
  51. V. THE OPENING OF THE HUNDRED YEARS’ WAR under 1 min
  52. VI. JOHN THE GOOD AND CHARLES THE WISE about 1 min
  53. VII. THE BETRAYAL OF THE KINGDOM about 1 min
  54. VIII. THE RESCUE OF THE REALM under 1 min
  55. IX. THE CONVALESCENCE OF THE REALM about 1 min
  56. X. THE REIGN OF LOUIS XI under 1 min
  57. XI. CHARLES VII AND LOUIS XII, THE INVASION OF ITALY under 1 min
  58. XII. IMPERIAL STRUGGLES. FRANCIS I AND HENRY II about 1 min
  59. XIII. CATHERINE DE’ MEDICI AND THE RELIGIOUS WARS about 1 min
  60. XIV. HENRY OF NAVARRE, THE FIRST OF THE BOURBONS about 1 min
  61. XV. THE LITERARY PROGRESS OF FRANCE IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY under 1 min
  62. XVI. THE EARLY YEARS OF LOUIS XIII under 1 min
  63. XVII. THE DICTATORSHIP OF RICHELIEU about 1 min
  64. XVIII. THE SUPREMACY OF MAZARIN about 1 min
  65. XIX. L’ÉTAT, C’EST MOI about 1 min
  66. XX. LOUIS XIV, SPAIN AND HOLLAND under 1 min
  67. XXI. THE HEIGHT AND DECLINE OF THE BOURBON MONARCHY under 1 min
  68. XXII. THE AGE OF LOUIS XIV about 1 min