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The World’s Story Volume V: Italy, France, Spain and Portugal - Eva March Tappan

This is the fifth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature, poetry and pictures and offers a comprehensive presentation of the world's history, art and culture, from the early times till the beginning of the 20th century. Topics in Part V include Italian painters and poets, the French Revolution, the Spanish Inquisition and Portuguese explorers. - Summary by Sonia

Cast list for A supposed street scene in Verona in the fourteenth century:
Gregory: Nemo / Sampson: Tomas Peter / Abraham: Monika M.C. / Benvolio: Eva Davis / Tybalt: Son of the Exiles / First Citizen: SaraHale / Capulet: Jim Locke / Lady Capulet: Foon / Montague: Larry Wilson / Lady Montague: Devorah Allen / Prince of Verona: alanmapstone / Narrator: Sonia

Cast list for The coming of the Maid of Orléans:
Earl Dunois: Monika M.C. / Johanna: Eva Davis / King Charles: Tomas Peter / Archbishop: Nemo / Hire: alanmapstone / Narrator: Sonia

Cast list for Cardinal Richelieu and his enemy:
Richelieu: Foon / Julie: Monika M.C. / Huguet: Eva Davis / De Mauprat: Tomas Peter / Joseph: Nemo / Narrator: Sonia
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Friedland, 1807, by Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier (France, 1815-1891), painting, frontispieceItaly Part I: In mediaeval times: Historical noteThe coming of Charlemagne (774), by Gustave MassonHow Rome was defended from the Saracens (848), by Archibald BowerThe story of Gregory the Great (1050-1085), by Louise CreightonExcommunicated, by Jean Paul Laurens (French painter, 1838), painting p. 12St. Francis of Assisi (1182-1226), by Eva March TappanThe sermon of St. Francis, by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowA day in Florence, in the thirteenth century, by Guido BiagiItaly Part II: Dante and his age: Historical noteDante's vision of Heaven (1265-1321), by Norley ChesterFrancesco Petrarch (1304-1374), by Eva March TappanPope Boniface defies his assailants, by Albert Maignan (France, 1844-1908), painting p. 36A supposed street scene in Verona in the fourteenth century, by William ShakespeareThe rule of Rienzi (1347-1354), by Edward Bulwer-LyttonThe flagellants, by Carl Marr (American painter, 1858), painting p. 48Italy Part III: The Renaissance: Historical noteHow the doges of Venice were chosen, from the old chroniclesThe burning of the vanities (1497), by George EliotBenvenuto Cellini, a goldsmith of the sixteenth century (1500-1571), by Alexandre DumasGalileo before the Inquisition, by Joseph Nicholas Robert-Fleury (French painter, 1792-1890), painting p. 72The Bridge of Sighs, by Lord ByronItaly Part IV: Stories of the Italian artists: Historical noteCimabue, the father of painting (1240-1302), by Clara Erskine ClementGiotto and his ''O'' (1276-1336), by Clara Erskine ClementStories of Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), by Giorgio VasariPadre Bandelli proses to the duke Ludovico Sforza about Leonardo da Vinci, by William Wetmore StoryMichael Angelo and Pope Julius II (1506-1512), by Anna JamesonMichael Angelo and Raphael in the Vatican, by Horace Vernet (France, 1789-1863), painting p. 102Raphael and his critic (1483-1520), by Giorgio VasariVasari's memories of Titian (1477-1576), by Giorgio VasariItaly Part V: Modern Italy: Historical noteWhen Napoleon crossed the Alps (1800), by John S. C. AbbottHow Italy became a united country (1848-1861), by Louise CreightonThe forced recruit, Solferino, 1859, by Elizabeth Barrett BrowningGaribaldi and his prisoner (1860), by Felicia Buttz ClarkFrance Part I: In the dark ages: Historical noteThe Christmas of 496, by J. C. BatemanThe famous victory of Charles Martel (732), by A. W. GrubeThe lament of Charlemagne for Roland (about 780), translated by Isabel ButlerCharlemagne, emperor of the West (800), by A. W. GrubeRollo the Viking (885), by Eva March TappanSaint Louis opening the prisons of his realm, by Luc Olivier Merson (French painter, 1846-), painting p. 172France Part II: Stories of the Hundred Years' War: Historical noteThe battle of Crécy (1346), by Sir John FroissartHow Queen Philippa saved the burghers (1347), by Sir John FroissartThe coming of the Maid of Orléans (1428) by Johann Christoph Friedrich von SchillerCoronation of Charles VII at Rheims, by Jules Eugène Lenepveu (from a painting in the Pantheon at Paris), painting p. 192The death of Jeanne d'Arc (1431), by Mary Rogers BangsFrance Part III: France under the Valois kings: Historical noteWhere Louis XI said his prayers (about 1483), by Victor HugoAnne of Brittany and her court (1476-1514), by Catherine CharlotteThe death of the chevalier Bayard (1524), from the old chroniclesFrancis I and Charles V in St. Denis, by Antoine Jean Gros (French artist, 1771-1835), painting p. 226King Francis I and the goldsmith (1540), by Benvenuto CelliniFrance Part IV: The house of Bourbon: Historical noteThe battle of Ivry (1590), by Thomas Babington MacaulayHenry IV and Marie de Médici, by Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish painter, 1574-1642), painting p. 240Cardinal Richelieu and his enemy (about 1640), by Sir Edward Bulwer-LyttonIn the days of the Fronde (1648), by Alexandre DumasThe death of Louis XIV (1715), by Julie PardoeLouis XIV and Molière, by Jean Léon Gérôme (French painter, born 1824, died 1904), painting p. 270France Part V: On the eve of the French Revolution: Historical noteWhen Marie Antoinette entered Paris (1773)How the queen was served, by Madame CampanThe wardrobe of Marie Antoinette, by Madame CampanThe fall of the Bastille (1789), by Alexandre DumasThe flight of Louis XVI (1791), by Charles Duke YongeThe Marseillaise (1792), by Claude Joseph Rouget de LisleFrance Part VI: The reign of Terror: Historical noteThe execution of Louis XVI (1793), by Edmond BiréMarie Antoinette in the Conciergerie, by Charles Louis Müller (French painter, 1815-1892), painting p. 316In the revolt of the Vendée (1793), by Victor HugoGirondists on their way to the guillotine, by Karl Theodor von Piloty (German artist, 1826-1886), painting p. 326At the guillotine, by Charles DickensThe fall of Robespierre (1794), by Thomas CarlyleFrance Part VII: Napoleon Bonaparte: Historical noteThe eighteenth Brumaire, by François Bouchot (French artist, 1800-1842), painting p. 347The battle of Eylau (1807), by Isaac McLellanThe retreat from Moscow (1812), by Victor HugoThe retreat from Moscow, by Adolphe Yvon (French painter, 1817-1893), painting p. 352The coming of Louis XVIII (1814), by Louisa MühlbachThe return of Napoleon from Elba (1815), by AnonymousWhen Napoleon returned from Elba (1815), by Napoleon BonaparteWaterloo (1815), by Victor HugoEvening of the battle of Waterloo, by Ernest Crofts (English painter, 1847), painting p. 384The death of Napoleon (1821), by Isaac McLellanFrance Part VIII: The Franco-Prussian War: Historical noteThe white flag of Sedan (1870), by Emile ZolaOne day under the Commune (1871), by John LeightonThe defense of Champigny, by Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille (born in Paris, 1848), painting p. 406The soldiers' dream, by Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille (French artist, 1848), painting p. 418Spain Part I: Under the Romans and the Moors: Historical noteThe sacrifice of the people of Saguntum (219 B.C.) by Mrs M. G. Quincy SleeperThe white hind of Sertorius (about 80 B.C.), by PlutarchThe challenge of Paulus (about 672 A.D.), by PaulusKing Roderick and the magic tower (709 A.D.), an ancient legend related by Washington IrvingDiego Perez, ''the Pounder'', from an old Spanish ballad, translated by J. G. LockhartThe Cid and the leper (eleventh century), an old Spanish ballad, translated by J. G. LockhartSpain Part II: The reign of Ferdinand and Isabella: Historical noteThe elopment of Ferdinand and Isabella (1469), by John S. C. AbbottTorquemada and the catholic king, by Jean Paul Laurens (French artist, 1838), painting p. 458The surrender of Granada (1492), by Washington IrvingThe governor of the Alhambra and the notary, by Washington IrvingA glimpse of Columbus in Spain (1492), by James Fenimore CooperColumbus at the court of Spain, by Vacslav Brozik (Bohemian artist, 1851-1901), painting p. 482The return of Columbus (1493), by Washington IrvingSpain Part III: Spain at the height of her power: Historical noteThe first voyage around the World, by Eva March TappanThe abdication of Charles (1556), by William H. PrescottThe Escurial, by Théophile Gautier, translated by C. F. BatesThe knight of the windmills, by Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)Captain Cuellar of the Armada and his troubles (1588), by James Anthony FroudeSpain Part IV: The period of decline: Historical noteVelasquez, the greatest of Spanish painters (1599-1660), by Mrs M. G. Quincy SleeperSpanish home life in the seventeenth century, by Mrs M. G. Quincy SleeperThe queen and her superintendent, by Mrs M. G. Quincy SleeperThe crossing of the Douro (1809), by Charles LeverPortugal Part I: The age of chivalry: Historical noteHow the first king of Portugal won his kingdom (1139-1185), by Oswald CrawfurdThe penance of a prince (about 1240), by Edward McMurdoThe coronation of Inez de Castro (about 1347), by Felicia D. HemansThe betrothal of Princess Philippa (1385), by Sir John FroissartA joust at the court of Portugal (about 1400), by Sir John FroissartPortugal Part II: Exploration and discovery: Historical notePrince Henry the Navigator (1394-1460), by John FiskeThe search for Prester John (1486), by John FiskeThe first voyage to India (1497), by William H. G. KingstonHow Portugal opened commerce with India (1498), by Jules VerneThe speech of Vasco da Gama to the king of Calicut (1498), by Luis de CamoënsPortugal Part III: The last four centuries: Historical noteThe departure of King Sebastian (1578), an old Spanish ballad, translated by J. G. LockhartThe earthquake at Lisbon (1755), by Rev. Charles DavyA Portuguese shooting party (1880), by Oswald Crawfurd
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