(871-901 A.D.)
XIV HENRY THE FOWLER (919-936 A.D.)
XV CANUTE THE GREAT (1014-1035)
XVI THE CID (1040-1099)
XVII EDWARD THE CONFESSOR (1042-1066)
XVIII WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR (1066-1087)
XIX PETER THE HERMIT (1050-1115)
XX FREDERICK BARBAROSSA (1152-1190)
XXI HENRY THE SECOND AND HIS SONS (1154-1216)
XXII LOUIS IX (1226-1270)
XXIII ROBERT BRUCE (1306-1329)
XXIV MARCO POLO (1254-1324)
XXV EDWARD THE BLACK PRINCE (1330-1376)
XXVI WILLIAM TELL AND ARNOLD VON WINKELRIED (1300-1386)
XXVII TAMERLANE (1333-1405)
XXVIII HENRY V (1413-1422)
XXIX JOAN OF ARC (1412-1431)
XXX GUTENBERG (1400-1468)
XXXI WARWICK THE KING-MAKER (1428-1471)

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 of barbarians
who lived north of the Danube and the Rhine took possession of
lands that had been part of the Roman Empire. These tribes were the
Goths, Vandals, Huns, Franks and Anglo-Saxons. From them have come
the greatest nations of modern times. All except the Huns belonged
to the same race and are known as Teutons. They were war-like,
savage and cruel. They spoke the same language--though in different
dialects--and worshiped the same gods. Like the old Greeks and
Romans they had many gods.

Woden, who was also called Odin, was the greatest of all. His name
means "mighty warrior," and he was king of all the gods. He rode
through the air mounted on Sleip'nir, an eight-footed horse fleeter
than the eagle. When the tempest roared the Teutons said it was
the snorting of Sleipnir. When their ships came safely into port
they said it was Woden's breath that had filled their sails and
wafted their vessels over the blue waters.

[Illustration: THOR THROWING HIS HAMMER]

Thor, a son of Woden, ranked next to him among the gods. He rode
through the air in a chariot drawn by goats. The Germans called
him Donar and Thunar, words which are like our word thunder. From
this we can see that he was the thunder god. In his hand he carried
a wonderful hammer which always came back to his hand when he threw
it. Its head was so bright that as it flew through the air it made
the lightning. When it struck the vast ice mountains they reeled
and splintered into fragments, and thus Thor's hammer made thunder.

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