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... Spanish Succession VI . Peter the Great of Russia . Charles XII . of Sweden CHAPTER VIII . GROWTH OF THE MERCANTILE COLONIAL SYSTEM . SECT I. Establishment of the Hanoverian Succession in England II . The Colonial Struggle between ...
... Spanish Succession VI . Peter the Great of Russia . Charles XII . of Sweden CHAPTER VIII . GROWTH OF THE MERCANTILE COLONIAL SYSTEM . SECT I. Establishment of the Hanoverian Succession in England II . The Colonial Struggle between ...
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... Spanish Monarchy 106 XI . Survey of the Constitution of Aragon 114 • XIII . Pontificate of Boniface VIII . XIV . State of England and the Northern Kingdoms at the com- mencement of the Fourteenth Century XV . Revolutions in the East in ...
... Spanish Monarchy 106 XI . Survey of the Constitution of Aragon 114 • XIII . Pontificate of Boniface VIII . XIV . State of England and the Northern Kingdoms at the com- mencement of the Fourteenth Century XV . Revolutions in the East in ...
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... though they subsequently recovered their Spanish provinces , they Gibbon calls it the battle of Tours . French historians place it nearer Poitiers . were forced to respect the Pyrenees as the bulwark of EARLY PROGRESS OF THE SARACENS . 4.3.
... though they subsequently recovered their Spanish provinces , they Gibbon calls it the battle of Tours . French historians place it nearer Poitiers . were forced to respect the Pyrenees as the bulwark of EARLY PROGRESS OF THE SARACENS . 4.3.
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... though they subsequently recovered their Spanish provinces , they Gibbon calls it the battle of Tours . French historians place it nearer Poitiers . were forced to respect the Pyrenees as the bulwark of EARLY PROGRESS OF THE SARACENS . 43.
... though they subsequently recovered their Spanish provinces , they Gibbon calls it the battle of Tours . French historians place it nearer Poitiers . were forced to respect the Pyrenees as the bulwark of EARLY PROGRESS OF THE SARACENS . 43.
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... Spanish peninsula , before the Saracenic invasion , had been tributary to the successors of St. Peter . Henry was so much daunted by this and similar displays of vigour , that he sent a submissive letter to the pontiff , acknowledging ...
... Spanish peninsula , before the Saracenic invasion , had been tributary to the successors of St. Peter . Henry was so much daunted by this and similar displays of vigour , that he sent a submissive letter to the pontiff , acknowledging ...
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