History of the Revolutions in Europe, Vol. 1 of 2: From the Subversion of the Roman Empire in the West, to the Congress of Vienna, From the French of ... Year 1815, by M. Schoell (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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Excerpt from History of the Revolutions in Europe, Vol. 1 of 2: From the Subversion of the Roman Empire in the West, to the Congress of Vienna, From the French of Christopher William Koch, With a Continuation to the Year 1815, by M. Schœll

Tn work here presented to the public, is a summary of the Revolutions, both general and particular, which have happened in Europe since the extinction of the Roman Empire in the fifth century. As an elementary book, it Will be found useful to those who wish to have a concise and ge neral view of the successive revolutions that have changed the aspect of states and kingdoms, and given birth to the existing policy and establish ed order of society in modern times.

W 1thout some preliminary acquaintance Wlth the annals of these revo lutions, we can neither study the history of our own country to advantage, nor appreciate the influence which the different states, formed from the wreck of the ancient Roman Empire, reciprocally exercised on each other. Allied as it were by the geographical position of their territories, by a conformity in their religion, language, and manners, these states contract ed new attachments ia the ties of mutual interests, which the progress of civilization, commerce, and industry, tended more and more to cement and confirm. Many of them whom fortune had elevatcd to the summit of power and prosperity, carried their laws, their arts and institutions, both civil and military, far beyond the limits of their own dominions. The extensive sway which the Romish hierarchy held for nearly a thou sand years over the greater part of the European kingdoms, is well known to every reader of history.

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