CONTENTS. PAGE. Introduction... I. Beginnings of the German People... III. The Franks and the Merovingian Dynasty.. VIII. The Hohenstaufen Dynasty.. IX. From Conrad to the Death of Louis.. Life of the People.-Science and Art.... The House of Hapsburg........... XII. Luther and the Reformation.... XIII. From the Peace of Augsburg to the Edict of Restitution..... German Civilization during the Thirty Years' War.... Decline of the Hapsburg Monarchy... War of the Spanish Succession... Rise and Growth of Russia.... XIV. Frederick the Great and his Reign.. XV. The Seven Years' War...... XVI. From the Peace to the French Revolution... XXI. The North German Bund... .... The Berlin Conference.-Later Events... Political Leaders in the Restored Empire.. |