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... House of Habsburg , which , after the battle of Prague , in 1620 , was enabled to render the Crown of Bohemia hereditary . The maintenance of a standing force of mercenaries , which obtained in most of the German States after the war ...
... House of Habsburg , which , after the battle of Prague , in 1620 , was enabled to render the Crown of Bohemia hereditary . The maintenance of a standing force of mercenaries , which obtained in most of the German States after the war ...
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... House of Austria , which created the strength of France , and helped her to become for a while the dictator of Europe . Spain , at the Peace of Westphalia , was still , indeed , to all appearance , a great Power . She possessed Naples ...
... House of Austria , which created the strength of France , and helped her to become for a while the dictator of Europe . Spain , at the Peace of Westphalia , was still , indeed , to all appearance , a great Power . She possessed Naples ...
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... House of Austria , and the suspicion that it was aiming at a universal monarchy . During the reign of Charles V. , such a consummation seemed no improbable event . Master of Germany , Spain , the Netherlands , a great part of Italy ...
... House of Austria , and the suspicion that it was aiming at a universal monarchy . During the reign of Charles V. , such a consummation seemed no improbable event . Master of Germany , Spain , the Netherlands , a great part of Italy ...
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... House of Habsburg , that even the abdication of Charles V. , and its severance into two branches , could not dissipate it . Half a century after that event , Henry IV . , or his minister Sully , as we have before related , formed the ...
... House of Habsburg , that even the abdication of Charles V. , and its severance into two branches , could not dissipate it . Half a century after that event , Henry IV . , or his minister Sully , as we have before related , formed the ...
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... House of Austria , during the period of Catholic reaction , to extend its power along with that of the Roman Church , and thus to found a religious and political absolutism which would have been dangerous to all Europe , was chiefly ...
... House of Austria , during the period of Catholic reaction , to extend its power along with that of the Roman Church , and thus to found a religious and political absolutism which would have been dangerous to all Europe , was chiefly ...
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