Awakening of Europe

by M. B. Synge

53 chapters6h 1mEnglish1903

About this book

The Awakening of Europe by M. B. Synge is the third book in the series, Story of the World. Included in this history is a myriad of interesting men, women, and events that shaped Europe during the years 1520-1745. (Summary by Laura Caldwell)

Chapters (53)

1Story of the Netherlands

353

2Brave Little Holland

356

3A Wealth of Herrings

361

4A Dutch Reformer

364

5The Story of Martin Luther

406

6The Diet of Worms

498

7A Historic Scene

371

8How the Trouble Began

338

9The Storm Bursts

314

10Beggars of the Sea

353

11The Massacre of Bartholomew

441

12The Siege of Leyden

479

13William the Silent

497

14England

367

15Elizabeth's Sailors

400

16Drake's Voyage Round the World

417

17The Great Armada

439

18Among the Icebergs

438

19Sir Humphrey Gilbert

341

20Virginia

366

21Story of the Revenge

340

22Sir Walter Raleigh

404

23The Fairy Queen

457

24The Great Dramatist

403

25The Golden Days of Good Queen Bess

370

26First Voyage of the East India Company

340

27The Story of Henry Hudson

483

28Captain John Smith

461

29The Founding of Quebec

441

30The Pilgrim Fathers

427

31Thirty Years War

445

32The Dutch at Sea

340

33The Great South Land

408

34Van Reibeek's Colony

384

35In the Days of Oliver Cromwell

410

36Two Famous Admirals

378

37De Ruyter

414

38The Founder of Pennsylvania

383

39The 'Pilgrim's Progress'

423

40The House of Orange

370

41William's Invitation

347

42The Struggle in Ireland

435

43The Siege of Vienna by the Turks

488

44The Greatness of France

430

45The Story of the Huguenots

426

46The Greatest General of His Age

353

47The Battle of Blenheim

417

48How Peter the Great Learned Shipbuilding

363

49Charles XII of Sweden

493

50The Boyhood of Frederick the Great

399

51Anson's Voyage Round the World

524

52Maria Theresa

509

53The Story of Scotland

526

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