The History of Germany: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volume 3Bell & Daldy, 1872 |
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... the first to liberate the serfs on his estates . A controversy among the priesthood caused the citizens of Kiel [ A. D. 1708 ] to rise in open insur- rection . The Ditmarsch peasantry revolted [ A. D. 740 28 THE COURTS OF GERMANY .
... the first to liberate the serfs on his estates . A controversy among the priesthood caused the citizens of Kiel [ A. D. 1708 ] to rise in open insur- rection . The Ditmarsch peasantry revolted [ A. D. 740 28 THE COURTS OF GERMANY .
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... peasantry revolted [ A. D. 740 ] on account of the abuses to which the levy of recruits gave rise . Leopold of Dessau was the only one among the fallen princes of the house of Anhalt who earned distinction . He reformed the Prussian ...
... peasantry revolted [ A. D. 740 ] on account of the abuses to which the levy of recruits gave rise . Leopold of Dessau was the only one among the fallen princes of the house of Anhalt who earned distinction . He reformed the Prussian ...
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... peasantry , allowed themselves to be led astray by the sophistry , evasions , and impudent assertions of the Baron von Zillerberg , Firmian's subtle agent at Ratisbon . The de- putation was , on its return , thrown into prison , and the ...
... peasantry , allowed themselves to be led astray by the sophistry , evasions , and impudent assertions of the Baron von Zillerberg , Firmian's subtle agent at Ratisbon . The de- putation was , on its return , thrown into prison , and the ...
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... peasantry to beg for his interference , was , by his orders , imprisoned at Linz ; a decree , commanding the uncon- ditional submission of the Salzburg rebels , was published , and six thousand men were sent into the mountains in order ...
... peasantry to beg for his interference , was , by his orders , imprisoned at Linz ; a decree , commanding the uncon- ditional submission of the Salzburg rebels , was published , and six thousand men were sent into the mountains in order ...
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... peasantry , nevertheless , still continued stedfast in their faith , and the king of Prussia threatening to treat his Catholic subjects as Firmian treated his Protestant ones , Räll became alarmed lest the wretched peasant might in the ...
... peasantry , nevertheless , still continued stedfast in their faith , and the king of Prussia threatening to treat his Catholic subjects as Firmian treated his Protestant ones , Räll became alarmed lest the wretched peasant might in the ...
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