Edward The Black Prince. Lived From 1330 1376 : * "Famous Men of the Middle Ages", by John Henry Haaren, [1904], EDWARD THE BLACK PRINCE LIVED FROM 1330-1376 I ONE of the most famous warriors of the Middle Ages was Edward the Black Prince. He was so called because he wore black armor in battle. The Black Prince was the son of Edward III who...
Untitled : Title Page Preface Contents Introduction The Nibelungs Alaric The Visigoth. King From 394-410 A.D Attila The Hun. King From 434-453 A.D. Genseric The Vandal. King From 427-477 A.D. Theodoric The Ostrogoth. King From 475-526 A.D. Clovis. King From 481-511 A.D. Justinian The Great. Emper...
Henry The Fowler. King From 919 936 A.d : * "Famous Men of the Middle Ages", by John Henry Haaren, [1904], HENRY THE FOWLER KING FROM 919-936 A.D. I ABOUT a hundred years had passed since the death of Charlemagne, and his great empire had fallen to pieces. Seven kings ruled where he had once been sole emperor. West of the Rhine, where...
Attila The Hun. King From 434 453 A.d : * "Famous Men of the Middle Ages", by John Henry Haaren, [1904], ATTILA THE HUN KING FROM 434-453 A.D. I THE fierce and warlike tribe, called the Huns, who had driven the Goths to seek new homes, came from Asia into Southeastern Europe and took possession of a large territory lying north...
Preface : * "Famous Men of the Middle Ages", by John Henry Haaren, [1904], PREFACE The study of history, like the study of a landscape, should begin with the most conspicuous features. Not until these have been fixed in memory will the lesser features fall into their appropriate places and assume their...
Henry The Second 1154 1189, And His Sons 1189 1216 : * "Famous Men of the Middle Ages", by John Henry Haaren, [1904], HENRY THE SECOND 1154-1189 AND HIS SONS 1189-1216 I IN 1154, while Barbarossa was reigning in Germany, Henry II, one of England's greatest monarchs, came to the throne. Henry was the son of Gfrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou in France...
Edward The Confessor. King From 1042 1066 : * "Famous Men of the Middle Ages", by John Henry Haaren, [1904], EDWARD THE CONFESSOR KING FROM 1042-1066 I THE Danish kings who followed Canute were not like him. They were cruel, unjust rulers and all the people of England hated them. So when in the year 1042 the last of them died, Edward...
Warwick The Kingmaker. Lived From 1428 1471 : * "Famous Men of the Middle Ages", by John Henry Haaren, [1904], WARWICK THE KINGMAKER LIVED FROM 1428-1471 I THE earl of Warwick, known as the "kingmaker," was the most famous man in England for many years after the death of Henry V. He lived in a great castle with two towers higher than most...
Genseric The Vandal. King From 427 477 A.d : * "Famous Men of the Middle Ages", by John Henry Haaren, [1904], GENSERIC THE VANDAL KING FROM 427-477 A.D. I THE Vandals were another wild and fierce tribe that came from the shores of the Baltic and invaded central and southern Europe in the later times of the Roman Empire. In the fifth century...
Charlemagne. King From 768 814 A.d : * "Famous Men of the Middle Ages", by John Henry Haaren, [1904], CHARLEMAGNE KING FROM 768-814 A.D. I Pepin had two sons Charles and Carloman. After the death of their father they ruled together, but in a few years Carloman died, and then Charles became sole king. This Charles was the most famous...
Marco Polo. Lived From 1254 1324 : * "Famous Men of the Middle Ages", by John Henry Haaren, [1904], MARCO POLO LIVED FROM 1254-1324 I SOME years before St. Louis led his last Crusade there was born in Venice a boy named Marco Polo. His father was a wealthy merchant who often went on trading journeys to distant lands. In 1271, when...
Introduction : * "Famous Men of the Middle Ages", by John Henry Haaren, [1904], INTRODUCTION THE GODS OF THE TEUTONS In the little volume called The Famous Men of Rome you have read about the great empire which the Romans established. Now we come to a time when the power of Rome was broken and tribes...
Tamerlane. Lived From 1333 1405 : * "Famous Men of the Middle Ages", by John Henry Haaren, [1904], TAMERLANE LIVED FROM 1333-1405 I TAMERLANE was the son of the chief of a Mongolian tribe in Central Asia. His real name was Timour, but as he was lamed in battle when a youth he was generally called Timour the Lame, and this name w...
William The Conqueror. King From 1066 1087 : * "Famous Men of the Middle Ages", by John Henry Haaren, [1904], WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR KING FROM 1066-1087 I ON the death of Edward the Confessor the throne of England was claimed by William, Duke of Normandy. When Edward took refuge in Normandy after the Danes conquered England, he stayed...
Harun Al Rashid. Caliph From 786 809 A.d : * "Famous Men of the Middle Ages", by John Henry Haaren, [1904], HARUN-AL-RASHID CALIPH FROM 786-809 A.D. I THE most celebrated of all Mohammedan caliphs was Harun-al-Rashid, which means, in English, Aaron the Just. Harun is the hero of several of the stories of the "Arabian Nights," a famous book...
Alfred The Great. King From 871 901 A.d : * "Famous Men of the Middle Ages", by John Henry Haaren, [1904], ALFRED THE GREAT KING FROM 871-901 A.D. I THE Danes were neighbors of the Norwegian Vikings, and like them were fond of the sea and piracy. They plundered the English coasts for more than a century; and most of northern and eastern...
William Tell And Arnold Von Winkelried : * "Famous Men of the Middle Ages", by John Henry Haaren, [1904], WILLIAM TELL AND ARNOLD VON WINKELRIED I FAR up among the Alps, in the very heart of Switzerland, are three districts, or cantons, as they are called, which are known as the Forest Cantons and are famous in the world's history...
Clovis. King From 481 511 A.d : * "Famous Men of the Middle Ages", by John Henry Haaren, [1904], CLOVIS KING FROM 481-511 A.D. I WHILE the power of the Roman Empire was declining there dwelt on the banks of the River Rhine a number of savage Teuton tribes called Franks. The word Frank means free, and those tribes took pride...
Frederick Barbarossa. Emperor From 1152 1190 : * "Famous Men of the Middle Ages", by John Henry Haaren, [1904], FREDERICK BARBAROSSA EMPEROR FROM 1152-1190 I FREDERICK I was one of the most famous of German emperors. He was a tall, stalwart man of majestic appearance. He had a long red beard and so the people called him Barbaross...
Theodoric The Ostrogoth. King From 475 526 A.d : * "Famous Men of the Middle Ages", by John Henry Haaren, [1904], THEODORIC THE OSTROGOTH KING FROM 475-526 A.D. I THE Ostrogoths, or East Goths, who had settled in Southern Russia, at length pushed southward and westward to the mouth of the Danube. They were continually invading countries...
Canute The Great. King From 1014 1035 : * "Famous Men of the Middle Ages", by John Henry Haaren, [1904], CANUTE THE GREAT KING FROM 1014-1035 I THE Danes, you remember, had the eastern and northern parts of England in the time of Alfred. Alfred's successors drove them farther and farther north, and at length the Danish kingdom...
Mohammed. Lived From 570 632 A.d : * "Famous Men of the Middle Ages", by John Henry Haaren, [1904], MOHAMMED LIVED FROM 570-632 A.D. I A GREAT number of people in Asia and Africa and much of those in Turkey in Europe profess the Mohammedan religion. They are called Mohammedans, Mussulmans or Moslems; and the proper name for their...
Alaric The Visigoth. King From 394 410 A.d : * "Famous Men of the Middle Ages", by John Henry Haaren, [1904], ALARIC THE VISIGOTH KING FROM 394-410 A.D. I LONG before the beginning of the period known as the Middle Ages a tribe of barbarians called the Goths lived north of the River Danube in the country which is now known as Roumania. It...
Robert Bruce. King From 1306 1329 : * "Famous Men of the Middle Ages", by John Henry Haaren, [1904], ROBERT BRUCE KING FROM 1306-1329 THE most famous king that Scotland ever had was Robert Bruce. He lived in the days when Edward I, Edward II, and Edward III were kings of England. During the reign of Edward I the king of Scotl...
The Nibelungs : * "Famous Men of the Middle Ages", by John Henry Haaren, [1904], THE NIBELUNGS I THE time came when the people of Western Europe learned to believe in one God and were converted to Christianity, but the old stories about the gods and Valkyries and giants and heroes, who were half gods and half men...
Peter The Hermit. About 1050 1115 : * "Famous Men of the Middle Ages", by John Henry Haaren, [1904], PETER THE HERMIT ABOUT 1050-1115 I DURING the Middle Ages the Christians of Europe used to go to the Holy Land for the purpose of visiting the tomb of Christ and other sacred places. Those who made such a journey were called...
Charles Martel, 714 741 A.d. And Pepin, 741 : * "Famous Men of the Middle Ages", by John Henry Haaren, [1904], CHARLES MARTEL, 714-741 A.D. AND PEPIN, 741-768 A.D. I AFTER the death of Mohammed the Saracens, as Mohammedans are also called, became great warriors. They conquered many countries and established the Mohammedan religion in them...
Henry V. King From 1413 1422 : * "Famous Men of the Middle Ages", by John Henry Haaren, [1904], HENRY V KING FROM 1413-1422 I OF all the kings that England ever had Henry V was perhaps the greatest favorite among the people. They liked him because he was handsome and brave and, above all, because he conquered France. In his...
Egbert. King From 802 837 A.d : * "Famous Men of the Middle Ages", by John Henry Haaren, [1904], EGBERT KING FROM 802-837 A.D. I EGBERT the Saxon lived at the same time as did Harun-al-Rashid and Charlemagne. He was the first king who ruled all England as one kingdom. Long before his birth the people who are known to us...
Joan Of Arc. Lived From 1412 1431 : * "Famous Men of the Middle Ages", by John Henry Haaren, [1904], JOAN OF ARC LIVED FROM 1412-1431 I IN the long wars between the French and English not even the Black Prince or King Henry V gained such fame as did a young French peasant girl, Joan of Arc. She was born in the little village...
Rollo The Viking. Died 931 A.d : * "Famous Men of the Middle Ages", by John Henry Haaren, [1904], ROLLO THE VIKING DIED 931 A.D. I For more than two hundred years during the Middle Ages the Christian countries of Europe were attacked on the southwest by the Saracens of Spain, and on the northwest by the Norsemen, or Northmen...
The Cid : * "Famous Men of the Middle Ages", by John Henry Haaren, [1904], THE CID LATE one sunny afternoon one and twenty knights were riding along the highway in the northern part of Spain. As they were passing a deep mire they heard cries for help, and turning, saw a poor leper who was sinking in the mud...
Gutenberg. Lived From 1400 1468 : * "Famous Men of the Middle Ages", by John Henry Haaren, [1904], GUTENBERG LIVED FROM 1400-1468 I WHILE Joan of Arc was busy rescuing France from the English, another wonderful worker was busy in Germany. This was John Gutenberg, who was born in Mainz. The Germans--and most other people--think...
Louis The Ninth. King From 1226 1270 : * "Famous Men of the Middle Ages", by John Henry Haaren, [1904], LOUIS THE NINTH KING FROM 1226-1270 I AFTER the time of Barbarossa and Richard Coeur de Lion lived another great Crusading king. This was a grandson of Philip II, named Louis IX, who became sovereign of France in 1226. He was then...
Title Page : * "Famous Men of the Middle Ages", by John Henry Haaren, [1904], FAMOUS MEN OF THE MIDDLE AGES BY JOHN HENRY HAAREN, LL.D. District Superintendent of Schools The City of New York and A. B. POLAND, Ph.D. Superintendent of Schools Newark, N.J. AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY NEW YORK * CINCINNATI * CHICAGO...
Justinian The Great. Emperor From 527 565 A.d : * "Famous Men of the Middle Ages", by John Henry Haaren, [1904], JUSTINIAN THE GREAT EMPEROR FROM 527-565 A.D. I IN the time of Clovis the country now called Bulgaria was inhabited by Goths. One day a poor shepherd boy, about sixteen years of age, left his mountain home in that country to go...