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ESSAYS ON MODERN HISTORY


the keystone of his position , 3 and the secret challenge of the first marriage, 17 embassy of, to France, ambitious schemes, 19-23 proposes himself as Vicar-General to Clement VII. , 20 ; the plan fails,

takes stronger action at Rome, 36 ; results, 38, 39 and the Divorce, concessions secured from the Pope, 39, 43 new mission sent by, to Rome, 49 changed attitude to, of the Pope, 51-2 ; demands of Emperor and Queen concerning, 52 ; his fall draws on, 55 ; latter causes of his zeal, 54 ; the indictment against him, 54 as author of the Divorce, evidence discussed, 57 et seq. ; his own admission, 60 ; deductions from his own words, 60 as persecutor, 62, 64 Wordsworth, William, George Eliot compared to, 303 George Eliot's preference for, 282 Worth, battle of, immense consequences of, 242 French bombast after, 258 Wright, 334 Wuttke, critic of Ranke, 357 Wyclif, cited on the course of human events, 383 York, Cardinal of, see Wolsey James, Duke of (afterwards James II. ), conversion of, 101 ; his letters to the Pope, 104 leader of Catholic restoration schemes, 1674 and onwards, 120 Young, Edward, early influence of, on George Eliot, 277 inspired by Helmholtz, 287 Zeller, his corrections in new edition of Philosophie der Griecheti, 384 on function of history, 473

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