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SUMMARY
An excellent introduction to the history of Switzerland and the Swiss people. Richly illustrated throughout to enhance the reading experience.
Contents include: 
THE LAKE DWELLERS. 
THE HELVETIANS. 
HELVETIA UNDER THE ROMANS. 
THE ANCESTORS OF THE SWISS NATION. 
THE CAROLINGIANS—CHARLEMAGNE. 
THE KINGDOM OF BURGUNDY; THE DUCHY OF SWABIA; AND THE GERMAN EMPIRE. 
BURGUNDY AND SWABIA UNDER THE GERMAN EMPERORS. 
THE REIGN OF THE HOUSE OF ZAERINGEN. 
THE HOUSES OF KYBURG, SAVOY, AND HABSBURG. 
THE CONFEDERATION, OR EIDGENOSSENSCHAFT. 
THE BATTLE OF MORGARTEN. 
THE LEAGUE OF THE EIGHT STATES. 
ZURICH AN EXAMPLE OF A SWISS TOWN IN THE MIDDLE AGES. 
BERN CRUSHES THE NOBILITY: GREAT VICTORY OF LAUPEN, 1339. 
THE BATTLES OF SEMPACH, 1386, AND NAEFELS, 1388. 
HOW SWITZERLAND CAME TO HAVE SUBJECT LANDS. 
WAR BETWEEN ZURICH AND SCHWYZ. 
BURGUNDIAN WARS. 
MEETING AT STANZ, 1481, &C. 
THE LEAGUE OF THE THIRTEEN CANTONS COMPLETED. 
THE GREAT COUNCILS; THE LANDSGEMEINDE AND TAGSATZUNG, OR DIET; LITERATURE IN THE HEROIC AGE. 
THE REFORMATION IN GERMAN SWITZERLAND. 
THE REFORMATION IN WEST SWITZERLAND. 
GENEVA AND CALVIN. 
THE CATHOLIC REACTION. 
THE ARISTOCRATIC PERIOD. 
POLITICAL MATTERS IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. 
SWITZERLAND AND THE RENAISSANCE. INFLUENCE OF VOLTAIRE AND ROUSSEAU. 
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND SWITZERLAND. 
THE “ONE AND UNDIVIDED HELVETIC REPUBLIC.” 
THE MEDIATION ACT AND NAPOLEON. 
SWITZERLAND UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF 1815-48. 
UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF 1848. 
INDUSTRY, COMMERCE, RAILWAYS, EDUCATION THE “RIGHT OF ASYLUM.”