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Page 73
... Reich and the locality , presided over pleas , granted privileges , and made war against peacebreakers at home and on enemies abroad . The promotion of the German Church . The royal rev- enues came from the king's demesne lands and from ...
... Reich and the locality , presided over pleas , granted privileges , and made war against peacebreakers at home and on enemies abroad . The promotion of the German Church . The royal rev- enues came from the king's demesne lands and from ...
Page 94
... Reich , with no suzerain other than the emperor . With no direct power over the Reich , the emperor was little more than the nominal guardian of law and order ( which he could scarcely enforce ) and the fountain of honour ( for eleva ...
... Reich , with no suzerain other than the emperor . With no direct power over the Reich , the emperor was little more than the nominal guardian of law and order ( which he could scarcely enforce ) and the fountain of honour ( for eleva ...
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... Reich against France in 1674 . The war was waged chiefly in the Austrian Netherlands and on the Rhine . The Swedes , in alliance with Louis , in- vaded Brandenburg from Pomerania to restrain Fred- erick William , who was participating ...
... Reich against France in 1674 . The war was waged chiefly in the Austrian Netherlands and on the Rhine . The Swedes , in alliance with Louis , in- vaded Brandenburg from Pomerania to restrain Fred- erick William , who was participating ...
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