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“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 right proportions.
The famous men of ancient and modern times are the mountain peaks of history. It is logical then that the study of history should begin with the biographies of these men.
Not only is it logical; it is also pedagogical. Experience has proven that in order to attract and hold the child’s attention each conspicuous feature of history presented to him should have an individual for its center. The child identifies himself with the personage presented. It is not Romulus or Hercules or Alexander that the child has in mind when be reads, but himself, acting under similar conditions.”(Excerpt from the Preface)

Famous Men of the Middle Ages by John Henry Haaren (1855 - 1916) and A. B. Poland LibriVox

    • Arts

“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 right proportions.
The famous men of ancient and modern times are the mountain peaks of history. It is logical then that the study of history should begin with the biographies of these men.
Not only is it logical; it is also pedagogical. Experience has proven that in order to attract and hold the child’s attention each conspicuous feature of history presented to him should have an individual for its center. The child identifies himself with the personage presented. It is not Romulus or Hercules or Alexander that the child has in mind when be reads, but himself, acting under similar conditions.”(Excerpt from the Preface)

    The Gods of the Teutons

    The Gods of the Teutons

    • 11 min
    The Nibelungs

    The Nibelungs

    • 13 min
    Alaric the Visigoth

    Alaric the Visigoth

    • 8 min
    Attila the Hun

    Attila the Hun

    • 9 min
    Genseric the Vandal

    Genseric the Vandal

    • 10 min
    Theodoric the Ostrogoth

    Theodoric the Ostrogoth

    • 7 min

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