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Page 79
... electors had usurped during the Interregnum . Papal diplomacy persuaded Alfonso X to abandon his pretensions to the throne ; but Otakar denounced the election on the ground that the Duke of Bavaria had voted as lay elector in his stead ...
... electors had usurped during the Interregnum . Papal diplomacy persuaded Alfonso X to abandon his pretensions to the throne ; but Otakar denounced the election on the ground that the Duke of Bavaria had voted as lay elector in his stead ...
Page 80
... electors that their rights were endangered by the subjection of the elections to papal confirmation . Six electors responded in the Declaration of Rhens ( 1338 ) , proclaiming as an ancient custom of the empire that elec- tion by a ...
... electors that their rights were endangered by the subjection of the elections to papal confirmation . Six electors responded in the Declaration of Rhens ( 1338 ) , proclaiming as an ancient custom of the empire that elec- tion by a ...
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... electors , who in 1384 and 1387 discussed the advisability of replacing him by an imperial vicar or regent . But Wenceslas learned of the plan and conveyed his opposition ; nor could the electors unite on their choice of a regent . Some ...
... electors , who in 1384 and 1387 discussed the advisability of replacing him by an imperial vicar or regent . But Wenceslas learned of the plan and conveyed his opposition ; nor could the electors unite on their choice of a regent . Some ...
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