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The object of this series is to present in separate Volumes acomprehensive and trustworthy account of the general developmentof European History, and to deal fully and carefully with themore prominent events in each century.
The Volumes embody the results of the latest investigations,and contain references to and notes upon original and othersources of information.
No such attempt to place the History of Europe in a comprehensive,detailed, and readable form before the English Publichas previously been made, and the Series forms a valuable continuousHistory of Mediæval and Modern Europe.
Period I.—The Dark Ages. 476–918.
By C. W. C. Oman, M.A., Chichele Professor of Modern Historyin the University of Oxford. 6s. net.
Period II.—The Empire and the Papacy. 918–1273.
By T. F. Tout, M.A., Professor of Mediæval and Modern Historyin the University of Manchester. 6s. net.
Period III.—The Close of the Middle Ages. 1273–1494.
By R. Lodge, M.A., LL.D., Professor of History at the Universityof Edinburgh. 6s. net.
Period IV.—Europe in the 16th Century. 1494–1598.
By A. H. Johnson, M.A., Historical Lecturer to Merton, Trinity,and University Colleges, Oxford. 6s. net.
Period V.—The Ascendancy of France. 1598–1715.
By H. O. Wakeman, M.A., late Fellow of All Souls’ College,Oxford. 6s. net.
Period VI.—The Balance of Power. 171