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Page 78
... territorial gain . But , except for brief intervals , the princes and bish- ops were left free to fight for the future of their lands against one another and against the intractable lesser dy- nasts who refused to accept their ...
... territorial gain . But , except for brief intervals , the princes and bish- ops were left free to fight for the future of their lands against one another and against the intractable lesser dy- nasts who refused to accept their ...
Page 81
... territorial principalities had reached an advanced stage . Southern Germany . In south Germany , the dissolution of the Hohenstaufen duchy of Swabia gave territorial predominance to the Habsburgs , whose original posses- sions lay in ...
... territorial principalities had reached an advanced stage . Southern Germany . In south Germany , the dissolution of the Hohenstaufen duchy of Swabia gave territorial predominance to the Habsburgs , whose original posses- sions lay in ...
Page 85
... territorial lordships was at length conceded by the more prudent princes . By 1500 the rulers of Bavaria , Branden- burg , Saxony , and Württemberg had accepted the prin- ciples of territorial indivisibility and primogeniture . In ...
... territorial lordships was at length conceded by the more prudent princes . By 1500 the rulers of Bavaria , Branden- burg , Saxony , and Württemberg had accepted the prin- ciples of territorial indivisibility and primogeniture . In ...
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