History of the Thirty Years' War, Complete: History of the Revolt of the Netherlands to the Confederacy of the GueuxHenry G. Bohn, 1860 - 519 páginas |
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... force among the subjects of the same government . With the inhabitants of Geneva , for instance , of England , of Ger- many , or of Holland , the French Calvinist possessed a com- mon point of union which he had not with his own country ...
... force among the subjects of the same government . With the inhabitants of Geneva , for instance , of England , of Ger- many , or of Holland , the French Calvinist possessed a com- mon point of union which he had not with his own country ...
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... force was to be maintained also by force ; if the peace was to be permanent , the two parties to it must preserve the same relative positions . The boundaries of the two churches had been marked out with the sword ; with the sword they ...
... force was to be maintained also by force ; if the peace was to be permanent , the two parties to it must preserve the same relative positions . The boundaries of the two churches had been marked out with the sword ; with the sword they ...
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... force by force , took refuge under the wings of justice ; and the complaints of spoliation were heaped up against the Protestants in the Imperial Chamber , which was ready enough to pursue the accused with judgments , but found too ...
... force by force , took refuge under the wings of justice ; and the complaints of spoliation were heaped up against the Protestants in the Imperial Chamber , which was ready enough to pursue the accused with judgments , but found too ...
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... force of arms , afford them adequate protection against the ban of the church ; a treaty , too , based on a condition which the decision of the Council seemed entirely to abolish ? There was then a show of right for violating the peace ...
... force of arms , afford them adequate protection against the ban of the church ; a treaty , too , based on a condition which the decision of the Council seemed entirely to abolish ? There was then a show of right for violating the peace ...
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... force . In defiance of the imperial prohibition , they carried on their deliberations almost under the very eyes of the Emperor . The yield- ing compliance which he began to show , only proved how much they were feared , and increased ...
... force . In defiance of the imperial prohibition , they carried on their deliberations almost under the very eyes of the Emperor . The yield- ing compliance which he began to show , only proved how much they were feared , and increased ...
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History of the Thirty Years' War, Complete: History of the Revolt ..., Volume 1 Friedrich Schiller Visualização integral - 1883 |
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abandoned alliance allies already appeared arms army attack Austria battle Bavaria bishops Bohemia Brandenburg Brussels cause church command confederates conquest Council Count Egmont Count Mansfeld courage court crown danger death decrees defend despatched dominions Duke Duke of Arschot edicts Egmont Elector Elector of Saxony Emperor empire enemy Estates favour fear Ferdinand Flemish force formidable fortune France garrison gave Germany Granvella Gustavus Adolphus hand hatred heretics hitherto honour hope imperial Imperialists Inquisition justice King of Sweden king's latter League liberty Lower Saxony Magdeburg Mansfeld Maximilian measures minister monarch nation negociations Netherlands nobility nobles officers oppose oppression Palatinate party peace person Philip possession Prague Prince of Orange Protestants provinces rebellion regent religion religious Rhine Roman Catholic royal Saxony soldiers soon sovereign Spain Spaniards Spanish spirit Swedes Swedish territories threatened throne Tilly tion town treaty troops union victory Viglius Wallenstein whole zeal
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Página 446 - All the different transactions and attempts of the nobles which had been governed solely by chance, and to which the natural order of events alone assigned their particular shape and succession, were said to be the result of a preconcerted scheme for introducing universal liberty in religion, and for placing all the power of the state in the hands of the nobles.
Página 239 - They rushed madly forward to rescue his sacred remains from the hands of the enemy. A murderous, conflict ensued over the body, till his mangled remains were buried beneath a heap of slain. The mournful tidings soon ran through the Swedish army ; but instead of destroying the courage of these brave troops, it but excited it into a new, a wild, and consuming flame. Life had lessened in value, now that the most sacred life of all was gone; death had no terrors for the lowly since the anointed head...
Página 144 - ... several places. The wind, rising rapidly, spread the flames, till the blaze became universal. Fearful, indeed, was the tumult amid clouds of smoke, heaps of dead bodies, the clash of swords, the crash of falling ruins, and streams of blood. The atmosphere glowed ; and the intolerable heat forced at last even the murderers to take refuge in their camp. In less than twelve hours, this strong, populous, and flourishing city, one of the finest in Germany, was reduced to ashes, with the exception...
Página 143 - Wives were abused in the arms of their husbands, daughters at the feet of their parents ; and the defenceless sex exposed to the double sacrifice of virtue and life. No situation, however obscure, or however sacred, escaped the rapacity of the enemy. In a single church fifty-three women were found beheaded. The Croats amused themselves with throwing children into the flames ; Pappenheim's Walloons with stabbing infants at the mother's breast. Some officers of the League, horror-struck at this dreadful...