The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V.W. and W. Strahan, 1769 - Europe |
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... German Emperors , especially thofe of the Franconian and Suabian lines , as the feat of their government was far diftant from Italy , poffeffed a feeble and imperfect jurisdiction in that country . Their perpetual quarrels either with ...
... German Emperors , especially thofe of the Franconian and Suabian lines , as the feat of their government was far diftant from Italy , poffeffed a feeble and imperfect jurisdiction in that country . Their perpetual quarrels either with ...
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... Germans , and other Barbarians who invaded the Roman Empire , are perfectly conformable to these ideas . While they ... German . cap . 21. Vell . Paterc . lib . ii . c . 118 . redrefs redress at the head of his vaffals . His adverfary ...
... Germans , and other Barbarians who invaded the Roman Empire , are perfectly conformable to these ideas . While they ... German . cap . 21. Vell . Paterc . lib . ii . c . 118 . redrefs redress at the head of his vaffals . His adverfary ...
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... German nobles , agitated the Empire , neither the authority of the Popes , feconded by all their artifices and intrigues , nor the follicitations of the Emperors , could induce any of the powerful monarchs in Europe to engage in their ...
... German nobles , agitated the Empire , neither the authority of the Popes , feconded by all their artifices and intrigues , nor the follicitations of the Emperors , could induce any of the powerful monarchs in Europe to engage in their ...
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... Germans , well known in the wars of Italy by the name of the Black Bands . But nei- ther of these monarchs made any account of the feudal militia , or ever had recourfe to that military force which they might have commanded , in virtue ...
... Germans , well known in the wars of Italy by the name of the Black Bands . But nei- ther of these monarchs made any account of the feudal militia , or ever had recourfe to that military force which they might have commanded , in virtue ...
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... German powers having the command of men , whom nature has endowed with that fteady courage , and perfevering ftrength , which forms them to be foldiers , foon modelled their troops in fuch a manner , that they vied with the Swiss both ...
... German powers having the command of men , whom nature has endowed with that fteady courage , and perfevering ftrength , which forms them to be foldiers , foon modelled their troops in fuch a manner , that they vied with the Swiss both ...
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