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In the fourth century after Christ began that decay of the Roman Empire which had been the pride of the then civilized world. Warriors of Teutonic race invaded its splendid cities, destroyed without remorse the costliest and most beautiful of its antique treasures. Temples and images of the gods fell before barbarians whose only fear was lest they should die "upon the straw," while marble fountains and luxurious bath-houses were despoiled as signs of a most inglorious state of civilization. Theatres perished and, with them, the plays of Greek dramatists, who have found no true successors. Pictures and statues and buildings were defaced where they were. | Heroes of Modern Europe by Alice Birkhead 1 Chapter I Chapter II Chapter III Chapter IV Chapter V Chapter VI Chapter VII Chapter VIII Chapter IX Chapter X Chapter XI Chapter XII Chapter XIII Chapter XIV Chapter XV Chapter XVI Chapter XVII Chapter XVIII Chapter XIX Chapter XX Heroes of Modern Europe by Alice Birkhead The Project Gutenberg EBook of Heroes of Modern Europe by Alice Birkhead This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Heroes of Modern Europe Heroes of Modern Europe by Alice Birkhead Author Alice Birkhead 2 Release Date April 16 2007 EBook 21114 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HEROES OF MODERN EUROPE Produced by Al Haines Frontispiece Leo Tolstoy in his bare Apartments at Yasnaya Polyana Repin HEROES OF MODERN EUROPE BY ALICE BIRKHEAD . AUTHOR OF THE STORY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION MARIE ANTOINETTE PETER THE GREAT ETC. WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS GEORGE G. HARRAP CO. LTD. LONDON ----CALCUTTA ----SYDNEY Transcriber s note Page numbers in this book are indicated by numbers enclosed in curly braces . 99 . They have been located where page breaks occurred in the original book in accordance with Project Gutenberg s FAQ-V-99. For its Index a page number has been placed only at the start of that section. In the HTML version of this book page numbers are placed in the left margin. First published July 1913 by GEORGE G. HARRAP Co. 39-41 Parker Street Kingsway London Reprinted in the present series February 1914 August 1917 May 1921 January 1924 July 1926 Contents CHAP. I. THE TWO II. DANTE THE DIVINE III. LORENZO THE MAGNIFICENT .30 IV. THE PRIOR OF SAN MARCO . Heroes of Modern Europe by Alice Birkhead 3 . . 41 V. MARTIN LUTHER REFORMER OF THE VI. CHARLES V HOLY .