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... Elector of Bavaria invades the Austrian Dominions . Crowned at Prague BBC28 83 | 108 92 . • 1738. Murder of Sinclair , the Swedish • 93 Envoy , by the Russians 109 94 1741. The Swedes declare War against Russia 110 96 Revolution in ...
... Elector of Bavaria invades the Austrian Dominions . Crowned at Prague BBC28 83 | 108 92 . • 1738. Murder of Sinclair , the Swedish • 93 Envoy , by the Russians 109 94 1741. The Swedes declare War against Russia 110 96 Revolution in ...
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... Elector found the transaction of business much more easy and convenient . The power of the Prince made still greater progress in Brandenburg under Fre- derick William , the " Great Elector . " After the year 1653 the States of the Mark ...
... Elector found the transaction of business much more easy and convenient . The power of the Prince made still greater progress in Brandenburg under Fre- derick William , the " Great Elector . " After the year 1653 the States of the Mark ...
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... Electors and Princes , Louis was epitomizing the State into his own person . Under Leopold , the Diets , the chief bond of German Federation , lost all their importance . That of 1663 , summoned on account of the Turkish War , he opened ...
... Electors and Princes , Louis was epitomizing the State into his own person . Under Leopold , the Diets , the chief bond of German Federation , lost all their importance . That of 1663 , summoned on account of the Turkish War , he opened ...
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... Elector of Saxony , invited Spener to Dresden . The old Lutheran orthodoxy , by laying too much stress upon the saving power of faith , had caused many of its followers to neglect altogether the practice as well as the doctrine of good ...
... Elector of Saxony , invited Spener to Dresden . The old Lutheran orthodoxy , by laying too much stress upon the saving power of faith , had caused many of its followers to neglect altogether the practice as well as the doctrine of good ...
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... Electors of Bavaria and Saxony and the Palatine had , however , protested against it . The Elector of Bavaria and the son of the Elector of Saxony , the prince now in question , had married daughters of the Emperor It is said , from the ...
... Electors of Bavaria and Saxony and the Palatine had , however , protested against it . The Elector of Bavaria and the son of the Elector of Saxony , the prince now in question , had married daughters of the Emperor It is said , from the ...
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