The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: and a View of the Progress of Society, from the Rise of the Modern Kingdoms to the Peace of Paris, in 1763, Volume 2William Young Birch and Abraham Small, 1802 - Europe |
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... Death and character of Henry IV . LETTER XLIII . 12 13 14 The German Empire and its Dependencies , Rome and the Italian States , from the Accession of Winceslaus to the Death of Sigismund . 1378 Winceslaus succeeds his father , Charles ...
... Death and character of Henry IV . LETTER XLIII . 12 13 14 The German Empire and its Dependencies , Rome and the Italian States , from the Accession of Winceslaus to the Death of Sigismund . 1378 Winceslaus succeeds his father , Charles ...
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... Death of Charles V. in 1380 , to the Invasion of that Kingdom by Henry V. of England , in 1415 . A. D. 1380 Distracted state of France during the minority of Charles VI . Page 27 1388 He assumes the reins of government , but falls into ...
... Death of Charles V. in 1380 , to the Invasion of that Kingdom by Henry V. of England , in 1415 . A. D. 1380 Distracted state of France during the minority of Charles VI . Page 27 1388 He assumes the reins of government , but falls into ...
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... death of Henry V. 43 Duke of Bedfordregent during the minority of Henry VI . ib Amiable character of Charles VII . 1423 Prudent measures of the Duke of Bedford - 44 . ibid . 1424 He defeats the French and the Scots in the battle of ...
... death of Henry V. 43 Duke of Bedfordregent during the minority of Henry VI . ib Amiable character of Charles VII . 1423 Prudent measures of the Duke of Bedford - 44 . ibid . 1424 He defeats the French and the Scots in the battle of ...
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... Death of Frederick III . 59 60 He is succeeded in the imperial throne by his son Max- imilian , who had married the ... Death of Henry VI . 1475 Edward invades France Concludes a truce with Lewis XI . 74 75 ibid . 76 78 Atrocious ...
... Death of Frederick III . 59 60 He is succeeded in the imperial throne by his son Max- imilian , who had married the ... Death of Henry VI . 1475 Edward invades France Concludes a truce with Lewis XI . 74 75 ibid . 76 78 Atrocious ...
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... death 87 ibid . 88 lis son , Lewis XI . seeks to depress the power of the nobles 1465 They rebel against him He quits them by a treacherous negociation Corrupts the national assemblies ibid . ibid . ibid . ibid . 1467 Made prisoner by ...
... death 87 ibid . 88 lis son , Lewis XI . seeks to depress the power of the nobles 1465 They rebel against him He quits them by a treacherous negociation Corrupts the national assemblies ibid . ibid . ibid . ibid . 1467 Made prisoner by ...
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Page 364 - ... ease, and very little for the enjoyment of private pleasure ; that, either in a pacific or hostile manner, he had visited Germany nine times, Spain six times, France four times, Italy seven times, the Low...
Page 354 - Christ was the word that spake it; He took the bread and brake it; And what the word did make it, That I believe, and take it.
Page 365 - With these, however, I dispense, and shall consider your concern for the welfare of your subjects and your love of them, as the best and most acceptable testimony of your gratitude to me. It is in your power...
Page 282 - And, to speak a truth, never prince had wife more loyal in all duty, and in all true affection, than you have ever found in Anne Boleyn, with which name and place I could willingly have contented myself, if God and your grace's pleasure had been so pleased.
Page 213 - From that time, like everything else which falls into the hands of the Mussulman, it has been going to ruin, and the discovery of the passage to India by the Cape of Good Hope gave the deathblow to its commercial greatness.
Page 67 - Perceiving his own popularity, he supposed that now was the time to lay his claim to the crown ; and his friend Warwick, assembling the citizens in St. John's Fields, pronounced an harangue, setting forth the title of Edward, and inveighing against the tyranny and usurpation of the house of Lancaster.
Page 66 - The duke himself was killed in the action : and as his body was found among the slain, the head was cut off by Margaret's orders, and fixed on the gates of York, with a paper crown upon it, in derision of his pretended title.
Page 212 - Vincent Valverde, chaplain to the expedition, advanced with a crucifix in one hand, and a breviary in the other, and in a long discourse...
Page 364 - He observed, that, from the seventeenth year of his age, he had dedicated all his thoughts and attention to public objects, reserving no portion of his time for the indulgence...
Page 341 - She even refused to accept of the crown; pleaded the preferable right of the two princesses ; expressed her dread of the consequences attending an enterprise so dangerous, not to say so criminal; and desired to remain in that private station in which she was born.