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CONTENTS.



BOOK I.
SWITZERLAND BEFORE THE FOUNDING OF THE CONFEDERATION.
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I. The Lake Dwellers 13
II. Helvetia and the Roman Occupation 20
III. The Teutonic Ancestors of the Swiss 31
IV. The Supremacy of the Franks 38
V. Queen Bertha of Burgundy 49
VI. The House of Zaeringen 55
VII. The House of Savoy 59
VIII. The House of Habsburg 62
BOOK II.
THE CONFEDERATION OF EIGHT STATES.
I. The Origin of the Swiss Confederation 69
II. Uri 73
III. Schwiz 78
IV. Unterwalden 83
V. The First Perpetual League 85
VI. The Legend of William Tell 92
VII. Other Legends 105
VIII. The Origin of the Swiss Confederation and of the United States Compared 111
IX. The Confederates against Habsburg-Austria 116
X. The Battle of Morgarten 123
XI. Luzern 129
XII. Zürich 136
XIII. Glarus and Zug 147
XIV. Bern 154
XV. Invasion of the Gugler and Feud with Kiburg 162
XVI. The Battle of Sempach 167
XVII. The Battle of Näfels 177
XVIII. Constitutional Organization of the Confederation of Eight States 184