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LORD'S LECTURES.




BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY.
BY JOHN LORD, LL.D.
AUTHOR OF "THE OLD ROMAN WORLD," "MODERN EUROPE,"ETC., ETC.


VOLUME V.
THE MIDDLE AGES.




CONTENTS.
MOHAMMED.
SARACENIC CONQUESTS.
Change of public opinion about Mohammed

Astonishing triumph of Mohammedanism

Old religious systems of Arabia

Polytheism succeeds the doctrines of the Magians

The necessity of reform

Early life of Mohammed

Cadijeh

Mohammed's meditations and dreams

His belief in a personal God

He preaches his new doctrines

The opposition and ridicule of his countrymen

The perseverance of Mohammed amid obstacles

His flight to Medina

The Koran and its doctrines

Change in Mohammed's mode of propagating his doctrines

Polygamy and a sensual paradise

Warlike means to convert Arabia

Mohammed accommodates his doctrines to the habits of his countrymen

Encourages martial fanaticism

Conquest of Arabia

Private life of Mohammed, after his success

Carlyle's apology for Mohammed

The conquest of Syria and Egypt

Conquest of Persia and India

Deductions in view of Saracenic conquests

Necessity of supernatural aid in the conversion of the world

Authorities


CHARLEMAGNE.
REVIVAL OF WESTERN EMPIRE.
Ancestry and early life of Charlemagne

The Merovingian princes

Condition of Europe on the accession of Charlemagne

Necessity for such a hero to arise

His perils and struggles

Wars with the Saxons

The difficulties of the Saxon conquest

Forced conversion of the Saxons

The Norman pirates

Conquest of the Avares

Unsuccessful war with the Saracens

The Lombard wars

Coronation of Charlemagne at Home

Imperialism and its influences

The dismemberment of Charlemagne's empire

Foundation of Feudalism

Charlemagne as a legislator

His alli                        
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