Annals Of Europe

A chronology of significant events in European history. Includes separate chronologies by theme (e.g. literature, theatre).

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Excerpt from History for Boys: Or Annals of the Nations of Modern Europe The expediency of directing the attention of boys to historical knowledge will hardly be questioned by any one capable of forming an opinion on such a subject; and the object of the following pages is to exhibit, in a manner attractive to juvenile readers, the most interesting and important events in the history of modern Europe. While the most striking and illustrative incidents in the annals of each country have been carefully selected for narration, every circumstance essential to be known in regard to the rise and progress of the different European States has been mentioned, if not fully related; and as narrating events which must necessarily excite interest from their magnitude and importance, from the light which they throw on tho period when they occurred, and from the effects which they have produced on succeeding ages, this volume will be found to contain a brief, but useful compendium of modern history. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

From the Preface: "THE only printed version of this valuable Chronicle is that contained in the "Scriptores post Bedam" of Sir Henry Saville, London, 1596, and reprinted at Frankfort in 1601. The typographical errors and omissions in both these editions are almost innumerable; so much so, that of necessity the more onerous duties of an Editor devolve in a considerable degree upon the Translator of any of the authors contained in the volume.In the present Translation the text has been carefully examined throughout, and the greater portion, it is believed, of the errors corrected; in many instances on the safest of all grounds-reference to the works of contemporary writers. Attention is called in the Notes to the more important of these corrections, in cases where they are a matter of question. It has been thought advisable to retain the ancient names of places where they differ materially from those of the present day, and to add the latter in the Notes.Of the author of this work but little is known. He is sometimes spoken of as a native of York, but it is more probable that he was born at Hoveden, now Howden, a vill in the East Riding of Yorkshire, which belonged to the bishops of Durham, and where they occasionally resided. Frequent mention is made of this place in the Annals, in connection with those powerful prelates. It has been suggested by some writers that our author is the person mentioned by Robert of Gloucester as "Hew of Howdene." Among the various offices held by him, he is said to have been a professor of Theology at Oxford, and to have been employed, perhaps at a later period of his life, by Henry II., in the capacity of chaplain. Like many of the more learned clergy of his day, uniting the study of the Law with that of Divinity, he acted as one of the clerks or secretaries of that king; and, probably in such capacity, was employed in visiting monasteries on the death of the abbats or priors, for the purpose of receiving such portions of the revenues thereof as accrued to the crown. This fact will account for the great number of letters, charters, papal rescripts, bulls, and other matters relative to the Ecclesiastical history of his time, which are to be found in his work; while his connection, through the place of his birth, with the sees of York and Durham, will explain why the affairs of those sees are so abundantly treated of."

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