European Hero Stories by  Eva March Tappan

Table of Contents Alaric the Visogoth Besieges Rome Attila the Hun Is Defeated at Chalons Genseric the Vandal Sacks Rome The Teutons and Their Myths The Story of the Nibelungs Clovis Becomes the First King of Franks Theodoric the Ostrogoth Becomes Ruler of Italy Charles Martel Repels the Mohammedans at Tours Charlemagne Is Crowned Emperor of the Romans The Coming of the Teutons to England The Legend of King Arthur Saint Patrick Preaches in Ireland The Story of Beowulf Alfred the Great Rules England Rurik the Norseman Becomes Ruler in Russia Rollo the Viking Makes Settlements in France William the Conqueror Conquers England Leif Ericsson Visits the Coast of New England Henry the Fowler Founds the German Monarchy Hugh Capet Becomes the First King of the French The Cid Captures Valencia Magna Carta Signed by King John The Life of the Knight Country Life in the Middle Ages Town Life in the Middle Ages Peter the Hermit Leads the First Crusade Richard the Lion-Hearted Leads the Third Crusade The Children's Crusade Marco Polo Visits the Great Khan of China Francesco Petrarch and the Revival of Learning The Fall of Constantinople John Gutenberg Invents Printing Columbus Discovers America Vasco de Gama Reaches India by Rounding Africa Ferdinand Magellan Leads First Voyage round World Robert Bruce Wins at Bannockburn and Frees Scotlan William Tell and Arnold Von Winkelried The Black Prince, Hero of Crecy Joan of Arc, the Girl Commander The Troubles of Philip II, King of Spain The Invincible Armada Is Defeated Gustavus Adolfphus, the Lion of the North Peter the Great Founds St. Petersburg Napoleon Bonaparte Becomes Emperor of the French