The Cambridge Modern History, Volume 5

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The University Press, 1908 - History, Modern

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Contents

Recrudescence of the Jansenist controversy
89
CHAPTER V
92
2 INDIA
107
Contents
113
CHAPTER VI
116
Paradise Regained
122
The Restoration theatre and the French drama
127
Politics in the drama
131
CHAPTER VII
137
Act of Seclusion Holland and the States General
143
Disputes with England
149
Preliminary peace negotiations
164
CHAPTER VIII
168
2 THE WARS 166474
178
The Four Days Battle
184
The English fleet laid up The Dutch in the Medway
188
CHAPTER IX
198
CHAPTER X
236
The Seven Bishops Invitation to William
242
Second flight of James
248
Locke and the Original Contract
254
2 SCOTLAND FROM THE RESTORATION TO THE UNION OF THE PARLIAMENTS
278
The Pentland Rising Letters of Indulgence
284
Letters of Indulgence Execution of Renwick
290
The Darien Scheme and Expeditions Results of the failure
296
3 IRELAND FROM THE RESTORATION TO THE ACT OF RESUMPTION
301
Tyrconnel Viceroy Revolt of Derry
307
Its legislation Proceedings in England
311
Ginkel in command Athlone captured
317
The forfeitures Act of Resumption
323
Toleration in England 8389
327
The Restoration and the Cavalier Parliament
329
The reign of James II His change of tactics Halifax
335
AUSTRIA POLAND AND TURKEY
338
PAGE
361
War between Venice and the Turks
365
The Peace of Carlowitz
371
The Treaties of Partition and the Spanish Suc
372
Administrative collapse Finance The Church and the Inqui
375
Court intrigues at Madrid Queen Mary Anne
381
Effect of the Princes death
386
The decision in Spain PortoCarrero
393
recognises James III
399
Marlborough as a general
405
The results of Blenheim
411
Capture of Gibraltar
413
Eugene in Italy Marlboroughs great plan
414
Renewed peace negotiations Vendōme in Flanders
420
cession 8469
422
Minorca and the Peninsula
426
A Peace Congress summoned
432
Course of negotiations at the Congress
440
Abandonment of the Catalans
446
By R NISBET BAIN Assistant Librarian British Museum
519
The extirpation of the Strieltzy Lefort and Menshikoff
525
The War of the Spanish Succession 8506
550
CHAPTER XVIII
558
Character of Charles XI
572
Military and naval changes
578
CHAPTER XIX
584
Renewed RussoSaxon alliance The Baltic campaigns
590
Peter and the Powers Mazepa
596
Battle of Poltawa Second league against Sweden
602
The Maritime Powers offer mediation Stenbock in Pomerania
608
Death of Charles XII
614
CHAPTER XX
616
The Quitzows The first Hohenzollern Elector
622
The Rhenish duchies John Sigismund a Calvinist
628
Decay of the Order
634
The youth of the Great Elector
640
Industrial activity Colonial policy
646
Treaties of Nymegen and St Germain
653
The Great Elector and William of Orange
654
The fall of Danckelmann
660
and the Grand Alliance
666
CHAPTER XXII
673
Period of the War of the Spanish Succession
679
English colonisation in North America
685
The pirates of the Caribbean Sea West Africa
691
The Portuguese Dutch and English in India
695
Union of the New and Old Companies
701
Arithmetic Introduction of logarithms and decimals
709
Development of Physics
715
Physical Optics
721
Physiology Harveys predecessors
725
The iatrochemical and iatrophysical schools
731
Systematic Zoology and Comparative Anatomy
737
Attempts at religious Reunion Intolerance
743
Stillingfleets Irenicon
749
Lodenstein and Labadie
755
Dippel and German Pietistic Literature
761
Party Government under Queen Anne 85760
857
Russia before Peter the Great 14771682 86171
861
Peter the Great and his Pupils 16891730 8725
872
The Scandinavian Kingdoms 8769
876
Charles XII and the Great Northern War 1697
882
The origin of the Prussian Monarchy The Great Elector and the First Prussian King 88394
883
The Colonies and India 895902
895
European Science in the Seventeenth and earlier years of the Eighteenth Centuries 90310
903
Latitudinarianism and Pietism 9117
911
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF LEADING EVENTS 91827
918
INDEX
929
Attempt on Cadiz Vigo The Mhuen Treaty
935
Peace of Aachen Treaty of Dover
951
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