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... established and fostered by the Protestant Reformation , and by the more liberal and enlightened views to which it gave birth . And though com- pliance with certain retrograde notions might perhaps have in- creased the circulation of ...
... established and fostered by the Protestant Reformation , and by the more liberal and enlightened views to which it gave birth . And though com- pliance with certain retrograde notions might perhaps have in- creased the circulation of ...
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... makes René of Anjou Alfonso established Attempt of John of Anjou . Beginning of Centralization ENGLAND . 77 58 59 Houses of York and Lancaster united 77 ix A.D. 1453. Capture of Constantinople Mahomet consolidates his Em-
... makes René of Anjou Alfonso established Attempt of John of Anjou . Beginning of Centralization ENGLAND . 77 58 59 Houses of York and Lancaster united 77 ix A.D. 1453. Capture of Constantinople Mahomet consolidates his Em-
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... established in Castile Its Political Character Moorish Kingdom of Granada 1481. Origin of the War between the 193 194 - Moors and Spaniards . . . 195 Its Progress 1491. Conquest of Granada 196 A.D. 1491. Consolidation of the Spanish ...
... established in Castile Its Political Character Moorish Kingdom of Granada 1481. Origin of the War between the 193 194 - Moors and Spaniards . . . 195 Its Progress 1491. Conquest of Granada 196 A.D. 1491. Consolidation of the Spanish ...
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... establishing their power . The employment of gunpowder gave a first and fatal blow to feudalism , by rendering useless the armour and the castles of the nobles . It made warfare more extensive and more scientific , and , combined with ...
... establishing their power . The employment of gunpowder gave a first and fatal blow to feudalism , by rendering useless the armour and the castles of the nobles . It made warfare more extensive and more scientific , and , combined with ...
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... established as the religion of the Empire ; and at length , in May , 1453 , Con- stantinople yielded to the arms of Sultan Mahomet II . With its capture the curtain falls on the nations of antiquity ; and the final establishment of the ...
... established as the religion of the Empire ; and at length , in May , 1453 , Con- stantinople yielded to the arms of Sultan Mahomet II . With its capture the curtain falls on the nations of antiquity ; and the final establishment of the ...
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afterwards Albert Alfonso alliance Anjou Aragon arms army Bishop Bohemia brother Burgundian called Cardinal Castile century CHAP Charles the Bold Charles VII Charles's Charolais chief Church claims Constantinople Corvinus Council Count Court Crown daughter Dauphin death Diet dominions Duchy Duke of Berri Duke of Brittany Duke of Burgundy Duke of Milan election Elector Emperor Empire England English Europe favour Ferdinand fief Florence Florentine France Frederick Frederick III French King Genoa Genoese German Gesch Guienne Henry Hist House Hungarian Hungary Hunyad Imperial INTROD Isabella Italian Italy Joanna John King's Kingdom Knights Ladislaus League Lorenzo Louis XI Mahomet Mahomet II marriage Matthias Matthias Corvinus Maximilian Medici Milanese Naples Navarre Neapolitan nobles Papal party peace Philip Pius Pope possession Prince Regent reign René Republic Roman Rome Sforza Sicily Sigismund Sixtus Sovereigns Spain Sultan Swiss throne towns treaty troops Turkish Turks Venetians Venice VIII Visconti Warwick
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