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Henry VIII, during the festivities at Guines—"The Fieldof the Cloth of Gold"—in courtly dance with one of the French Queen'sladies-in-waitingPainting by Adolph Menzel
THE GREAT EVENTS
BY
FAMOUS HISTORIANS
A COMPREHENSIVE AND READABLE ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD'S HISTORY. EMPHASIZINGTHE MORE IMPORTANT EVENTS. AND PRESENTING THESE AS COMPLETE NARRATIVESIN THE MASTER-WORDS OF THE MOST EMINENT HISTORIANS
NON-SECTARIAN NON-PARTISAN NON-SECTIONAL
ON THE PLAN EVOLVED FROM A CONSENSUS OF OPINIONS GATHERED FROM THE MOSTDISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS OF AMERICA AND EUROPE. INCLUDING BRIEFINTRODUCTIONS BY SPECIALISTS TO CONNECT AND EXPLAIN THE CELEBRATEDNARRATIVES. ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY. WITH THOROUGH INDICES,BIBLIOGRAPHIES, CHRONOLOGIES, AND COURSES OF READING
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
ROSSITER JOHNSON, LL.D.
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
CHARLES F. HORNE, Ph.D.
JOHN RUDD, LL.D.
With a staff of specialists
VOLUME IX
The National Alumni
COPYRIGHT, 1905,
By THE NATIONAL ALUMNI
CONTENTS
VOLUME IX
PAGE
An Outline Narrative of the Great Events, xiii
charles f. horne
Luther Begins the Reformation in Germany (a.d. 1517), 1
julius koestlin
jean m. v. audin
Negro Slavery in America
Its Introduction by Law (a.d. 1517), 36
sir arthur helps
First Circumnavigation of the Globe (a.d. 1519)
Magellan Reaches the Ladrones and Philippines, 41
joan bautista
antonio pigafetta
The Field of the Cloth of Gold (a.d. 1520), 59
j. s. brewer