The Cambridge Modern History, Volume 01, The Renaissance

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LibriVox recording of The Cambridge Modern History, Volume 01, The Renaissance by Various. Read in English by Kazbek; Leni; Eric W.; Wayne Cooke; Nate Oman; MorganScorpion; Linda Johnson; Greg Paxton; Murphy8104; Dick Bourgeois-Doyle; Kristine Bekere; Aaron Carlow; Matea Bracic; Geoffrey DeSena; Colleen McMahon; jenno; Ruth P.; rainbowsnsunshine; KevinS; Piotr Nater The Cambridge Modern History is a universal history covering the period from 1450 to 1910. It was published in 14 volumes between 1902 and 1912. The series was planned by Lord Acton, who intended it to be a monument of objective, collaborative scholarship, and edited A.W. Ward, G. W. Prothero and Stanley Leathes. From the preface: "The aim of this work is to record, in the way most useful to the greatest number of readers, the fulness of knowledge in the field of modern history which the nineteenth century has bequeathed to its successor. [...] By a universal Modern History we mean something distinct from the combined History of all countries -- in other words, we mean a narrative which is not a mere string of episodes, but displays a continuous development. It moves in a succession to which the nations are subsidiary.…

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librivox; audiobooks;renaissance; History of France; History of England; ottoman empire; holy roman empire; history of the netherlands; history of europe; history of italy; history of the americas; history of spain

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