Rise of Christianity and the Papacy
Feudalism and the Frankish State
The Struggle between Monarchs and Popes: Germany-Nationalism Defeated; France-Nationalism Triumphant
The Struggle for Parliamentary Government in England
The Monarchical State during France's grand sie'cle
Western Civilization Moves to the New World
Napoleon and the Reaction
Social Unrest in the Nineteenth Century
The Rise of Modern Germany
Reform, Reaction and Revolution in Russia
World War II and the Nuclear Age.\List of Documents: Correspondence between Pliny and Trajan
Emperor Galerius' Edict of Toleration
Edicts from the Theodosian Code
Decretal of Pope Siricius
Edict of Emperor Valentinian
Pope Gelasius I's Letter to the Emperor
The Coronation of Pepin the Short
Charlemagne Made Roman Emperor
The Oaths of Strasbourg and Treaty of Verdun
Formulae of Commendation, Immunity and Fiefdom
Pope Urban II Initiates the First Crusade
Gregory VII's Dictatus Papae
Gregory VII's Letter Denouncing Henry IV
Gregory VII Deposes Henry IV
Gregory's Account of Henry's Submission at Canossa
The Golden Bull of Charles IV
Adalbero's Plea to Elect Hugh Capet
The Unam Sanctam of Pope Boniface VIII - Declaration of the Council of Pisa
The Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges
Tetzel's Instructions on Selling Indulgences
Luther's Ninety-Five Theses
Luther's Address to the German Nobility
England's Act of Supremacy
Religious Peace of Augsburg
Decrees of the Council of Trent
James I's Claim of Divine Right
Death Warrant of Charles I
Richelieu's Political Testament
Edict ordering the Demolition of Feudal Castles
Louis XIV's Acquisition of Strasbourg
Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
Louis XIV Accepts the Spanish Succession
Preamble to the Grand Alliance
Journal of the First Voyage of Columbus
The Declaration of Independence
Bolivar's Address at Angostura
\Turgot's Letter to Louis XVI
Decree to Abolish the Feudal System
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
Louis XVI's Letter to the King of Prussia
Proclamation on Spreading the Revolution
The Coup d'etat of 18 Brumaire
Napoleon's Proclamation at Austerlitz
Louis XVIII's Charter of 1814
Chartist Petition of 1838
Decrees of French Provisional Government on Labor
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States
Pope Leo XIII's Rerum Novarum
Establishment of Napoleon's Confederation of the Rhine
Prussian Edict of Emancipation
German Act of Confederation
Frankfort Constitution of 1849
Bismarck's "Blood and Iron" Speech
Proclamation of the German Empire
Mazzini's Instructions to Young Italy
Victor Emmanuel Opens the Italian Parliament
Garibaldi's Account of the Taking of Naples
Austro-Italian Treaty on Venetia
Papal Encyclical Protesting the Seizure of Rome
Victor Emmanuel's Speech in Rome
Tsar Alexander II's Emancipation of the Serfs
Tsar Nicholas III Announces his Policy
Nicholas Dismisses the First Duma
Proclamation Establishing a Provisional Government
Proclamation of the October Revolution
Austro-German Treaty of Alliance
Austrian Ultimatum to Serbia
Wilson Proposes Declaration of War
Covenant of the League of Nations
British Declaration of War
Churchill's Speech after Dunkirk
Hitler's Proclamation on Invading Russia
Truman Introduces the Atomic Age
The United Nations Charter.