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Milestones of history

by Neville Williams, Alan Warwick Palmer, Eqbal Ahmad, Edward W. Said, Christopher Hibbert, David Barsamian, Noel B. Gerson, Maurice Ashley
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~19h 30min
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Neville Williams

Neville John Williams (31 August 1924 – 29 January 1977) was a British historian and archivist. He spent much of his career working at the Public Record Office in London. Finally he served as secretary of the British Academy from 1973 until his death. Alongside his professional work, Williams was a prolific author on history for a popular audience. As of October 2021, he had 29 entries in the British National Bibliography.

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Traces milestones in history from Martin Luther's ninety-five theses printed in 1517 to the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 which consolidated Japanese power.

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beginning
Reform and revolt
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The Expanding world of man
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Reform and revolt

Neville Williams
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Traces milestones in history from Martin Luther's ninety-five theses printed in 1517 to the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 which consolidated Japanese power.

Age of optimism

Alan Warwick Palmer
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Traces milestones in history from Beethoven and his symphonies of 1803 to the First Zionist Congress of 1897.

The Pen and the Sword

Eqbal Ahmad, Edward W. Said, Christopher Hibbert, David Barsamian
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Traces milestones in history from the plays of Shakespeare in 1601 to the westernization of Russia under Peter the Great in 1698.

Expanding horizons

Neville Williams
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Traces milestones in history from the Battle of Agincourt in 1415 which rekindled the Hundred Years War to the age of enlightenment ushered in by Erasmus in 1516.

Rock of freedom

Noel B. Gerson
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Dawn of a new era. Editor: Maurice Ashley

Maurice Ashley
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Traces milestones in history from the founding of the order of St. Francis in 1290 to the defeat of the Ottoman Turks in 1402.

The Expanding world of man

Neville Williams
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Traces milestones in history from the signing of the Magna Carta in 1215 to England's battle with the Spanish Armada in 1588.