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Historical Essays and Narratives of the Merovingian Era
Historical Essays and Narratives of the Merovingian Era, by Augustin Thierry (1795–1856), a public-domain text from Liberty Fund's Online Library of Liberty.
Chapters
- 01Translator’s Preface.prose
- 02Autobiographical Preface, History of My Historical Works and Theories.prose
- 03Historical Essays, Essay I.: Revolutions of England.prose
- 04Conquest of England by the Normans.—order of Things They Established.—this Order of Things Degraded and Modified. Struggprose
- 05Essay II.: On the Character of the Great Men of the Revolution of 1640, a Propos of the History of Cromwell, by M. Villeprose
- 06Essay III.: Continuation of the Same Subject.—character of Political Parties.—the Deists.—the Presbyterians.—the Indepenprose
- 07Essay IV.: On the Life of Colonel Hutchinson, Member of the Long Parliament, Written by His Widow Lucy Apsley.prose
- 08Essay V.: On the Restoration of 1660, a Propos of a Work Entitled “an Historical Essay on the Reign of Charles the Seconprose
- 09Essay VI.: On the Revolution of 1688.prose
- 10Essay VII.: On the National Spirit of the Irish, a Propos of the Irish Melodies by Thomas Moore.prose
- 11Essay VIII.: On the Conquest of England by the Normans, a Propos of the Novel of Ivanhoe.prose
- 12Essay IX.: On the Life of Anne Boleyn, Wife of Henry the Eighth, a Propos of Miss Benger’s Work, Entitled “Memoirs of Thprose
- 13Essay X.: On the History of Scotland, and the National Character of the Scotch.prose
- 14Essay XI.: On the History of the English Constitution, a Propos of Mr. Henry Hallam’s Work, Entitled “the Constitutionalprose
- 15§ I.—: On the nature of the Regal Power.prose
- 16§ Ii.—: On the Transmission of the Regal Powerprose
- 17§ Iii.—: On the Constitution of the Parliament.prose
- 18§ Iv.—: On the mode of Electing the Representatives of Cities and Boroughs.prose
- 19Essay XII.: On M. Daunou’s Historical Course at the College De France.prose
- 20Essay XIII.: On the Roman Empire, the Causes of Its Ruin, and the Double Character of the Institutions of the Middle Ageprose
- 21Essay XIV.: On the Primitive Meaning and Extent of the Title of King, a Propos of the Work Entitled, “on Royalty, Accordprose
- 22Essay XV.: On the Real Constitution of the Ottoman Empire, a Propos of the Work Entitled, “the Revolution of Constantinoprose
- 23Essay XVI.: On Local and Municipal Freedom, a Propos of a Collection of Mirabeau’s Speeches and Opinions, Published by Mprose
- 24Essay XVII.: On the Ancient and Modern Spirit of French Lawyers, a Propos of the Universal Journal of Legislation and Juprose
- 25Essay XVIII.: On the Philosophy of the Eighteenth and That of the Nineteenth Century, a Propos of M. Garat’s Work, Entitprose
- 26Essay XIX.: On the Antipathy of Race Which Divides the French Nation, a Propos of M. Warden’s Work, Entitled a “Statistiprose
- 27Essay XX.: The True History of Jacques Bonhomme, from Authentic Documents.prose
- 28Essay XXI.: On Some Errors of Our Modern Historians, a Propos of a History of France in Use in Our Colleges.prose
- 29Essay XXII.: First Letter on the History of France, Addressed to the Editor of the “Courrier Francais.”prose
- 30Essay XXIII.: On the Classification of the History of France by Royal Races.prose
- 31Essay XXIV.: On the Character and Policy of the Franks.prose
- 32Essay XXV.: On the Enfranchisement of the Communes.prose
- 33Essay XXVI.: A Glance at the History of Spain.prose
- 34Essay XXVII.: An Episode of the History of Brittanyprose
- 35Preface to the Narratives.prose
- 36Narratives of the Merovingian Times, First Narrative. ad 561—568.prose
- 37Second Narrative. ad 568—575.prose
- 38Third Narrative. 575—578.prose
- 39Fourth Narrative. 577—586.prose
- 40Fifth Narrative. ad 579—581.prose
- 41Sixth Narrative. 580—583.prose