A Compendium of the History of All Nations: Exhibiting a Concise View of the Origin, Progress, Decline and Fall of the Most Considerable Empires, Kingdoms, and States of the World, from the Earliest Times to the Present Period. Interspersed with a Short Account of the Prevailing Religions. Ornamented with a Frontispiece... and Three Other Plates |
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... Duke .... Erected into a Kingdom , . France .... Under the Franks or Merovingian Race ..... Carlovin- gian Race .... Charlemagne .... Invasion of the Normans .... Capetian Race .... Conquest of France by the English , · 202 · 206 PAGES ...
... Duke .... Erected into a Kingdom , . France .... Under the Franks or Merovingian Race ..... Carlovin- gian Race .... Charlemagne .... Invasion of the Normans .... Capetian Race .... Conquest of France by the English , · 202 · 206 PAGES ...
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... duke became sovereign of his own city and its district . The Lombards during this interregnum extended their con- quests in Italy , but being threatened by foreign enemies , they saw the necessity of a close unity , and of commit- ting ...
... duke became sovereign of his own city and its district . The Lombards during this interregnum extended their con- quests in Italy , but being threatened by foreign enemies , they saw the necessity of a close unity , and of commit- ting ...
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... duke of Bavaria , the name of whose family was Guelph : hence those who espoused his party were called Guelphs ; an appellation afterwards usually bestowed on the enemies of the emperors . The imperial army was commanded by Frederic , duke ...
... duke of Bavaria , the name of whose family was Guelph : hence those who espoused his party were called Guelphs ; an appellation afterwards usually bestowed on the enemies of the emperors . The imperial army was commanded by Frederic , duke ...
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... duke of Cornwall , brother to Henry III . king . of England ; but no emperor was properly acknowledged till the year 1273 , when Rudolph I. count of Hapsbourg , was unanimously raised to the vacant throne , whose reign was one continued ...
... duke of Cornwall , brother to Henry III . king . of England ; but no emperor was properly acknowledged till the year 1273 , when Rudolph I. count of Hapsbourg , was unanimously raised to the vacant throne , whose reign was one continued ...
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... duke of Marlborough commanded the English , and prince Eugene the impe- rial troops . These two generals never engaged in any battle but what they gained , nor besieged a town which they did not make themselves masters of . Joseph died ...
... duke of Marlborough commanded the English , and prince Eugene the impe- rial troops . These two generals never engaged in any battle but what they gained , nor besieged a town which they did not make themselves masters of . Joseph died ...
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