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... Frederick the Great , or Napoleon . Besides biographies and general histories , there are many special treatises upon the Church and other great institutions ; upon the literature , art , philosophy , and law of the various countries ...
... Frederick the Great , or Napoleon . Besides biographies and general histories , there are many special treatises upon the Church and other great institutions ; upon the literature , art , philosophy , and law of the various countries ...
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... recognized as properly elected without the sanction of the emperor , for any one to believe any longer that his sanction was necessary . CHAPTER XIV THE HOHENSTAUFEN EMPERORS AND THE POPES 66. Frederick 172 History of Western Europe.
... recognized as properly elected without the sanction of the emperor , for any one to believe any longer that his sanction was necessary . CHAPTER XIV THE HOHENSTAUFEN EMPERORS AND THE POPES 66. Frederick 172 History of Western Europe.
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... Frederick I , nicknamed Barbarossa , i.e. , " Redbeard , " Frederick I , Barbarossa , who became king of Germany in 1152 , 1 is the most interesting of 1152-1190 . all the German emperors ; and the records we have of his reign enable us ...
... Frederick I , nicknamed Barbarossa , i.e. , " Redbeard , " Frederick I , Barbarossa , who became king of Germany in 1152 , 1 is the most interesting of 1152-1190 . all the German emperors ; and the records we have of his reign enable us ...
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... Frederick and the whole period since , lies in the devel- opment of town life , with all that that implies . Up to this time we have heard only of emperors , popes , bishops , and feudal lords ; from now on the cities must be reckoned ...
... Frederick and the whole period since , lies in the devel- opment of town life , with all that that implies . Up to this time we have heard only of emperors , popes , bishops , and feudal lords ; from now on the cities must be reckoned ...
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... Frederick's diffi- culties in playing the emperor in Italy were naturally greatly increased by the sturdy opposition of the Lombard towns which could always count on a faithful ally in the pope . He and Frederick's first expedi- 1154 ...
... Frederick's diffi- culties in playing the emperor in Italy were naturally greatly increased by the sturdy opposition of the Lombard towns which could always count on a faithful ally in the pope . He and Frederick's first expedi- 1154 ...
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Page xlviii - Our object now, as then, is to vindicate the principles of peace and justice in the life of the world as against selfish and autocratic power and to set up amongst the really free and self-governed peoples of the world such a concert of purpose and of action as will henceforth insure the observance of those principles.
Page 479 - If you aim at a Scottish Presbytery, it agreeth as well with monarchy as God and the deviL Then Jack, and Tom, and Will, and Dick, shall meet, and at their pleasure censure me and my council, and all our proceedings ; then Will shall stand up and say, It must be thus ; then Dick shall reply, Nay, marry, but we will have it thus.
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Page 486 - Parliament, composed of both houses, was assembled, which welcomed a messenger from the king and solemnly resolved that, " according to the ancient and fundamental laws of this kingdom, the government is, and ought to be, by king, lords, and commons.
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