The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V: With a View of the Progress of Society in Europe, from the Subversion of the Roman Empire to the Beginning of the Sixteenth CenturyHarper, 1836 - 643 páginas |
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... Italy . * The contemporary authors , who beheld that scene of desolation , labour and are at a loss for expressions to describe the horror of it . The Scourge of God , the Destroyer of Nations , are the dreadful epithets by which they ...
... Italy . * The contemporary authors , who beheld that scene of desolation , labour and are at a loss for expressions to describe the horror of it . The Scourge of God , the Destroyer of Nations , are the dreadful epithets by which they ...
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... Italy , possessed a feeble and imperfect jurisdiction in that country . Their perpetual quarrels , either with the popes or with their own turbulent vassals , diverted their attention from the interior police of Italy , and gave ...
... Italy , possessed a feeble and imperfect jurisdiction in that country . Their perpetual quarrels , either with the popes or with their own turbulent vassals , diverted their attention from the interior police of Italy , and gave ...
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... Italy . But this commerce being extremely limited , the intercourse which it occasioned between different nations was not considerable . The Cru- sades , by leading multitudes from every corner of Europe into Asia , opened a more ...
... Italy . But this commerce being extremely limited , the intercourse which it occasioned between different nations was not considerable . The Cru- sades , by leading multitudes from every corner of Europe into Asia , opened a more ...
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... Italians , in the South of Europe , were cultivating trade with such industry and success , the commercial spirit awakened ... Italy , and exchanged them for the more bulky , but not less useful commodities of the North . The Hanseatic ...
... Italians , in the South of Europe , were cultivating trade with such industry and success , the commercial spirit awakened ... Italy , and exchanged them for the more bulky , but not less useful commodities of the North . The Hanseatic ...
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... Italy [ A. D. 1494 ] . This occasioned revolu- tions no less memorable ; produced alterations , both in the military ... Italian politician , no less infamous on account of his crimes , than * Mem . de Conines , liv . v . chap . 15. p ...
... Italy [ A. D. 1494 ] . This occasioned revolu- tions no less memorable ; produced alterations , both in the military ... Italian politician , no less infamous on account of his crimes , than * Mem . de Conines , liv . v . chap . 15. p ...
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acquired ambassadors ancient appeared appointed arms army assembled attention authority became began body cardinal Castile century Charles church cities command conduct conquests considerable considered Cortes council court crown danger declared defence diet dignity dominions Du Cange duke duke of Guise duke of Orleans duke of Savoy ecclesiastical effect elector elector of Saxony emperor empire employed endeavoured enemy England enterprise established Europe execution favour Ferdinand feudal force formidable Germany granted Henry Hist honour Imperial Italy jurisdiction king of France kingdom landgrave landgrave of Hesse laws less liberty Low-Countries Luther manner Maurice Milan monarch Naples nations nobility nobles obliged occasioned papal peace person Pescara Philip pope possession princes privileges protestants provinces reign religion rendered Ribier Roman Rome Saxony schemes Sleid soldiers solicitous Solyman soon sovereign Spain Spanish spirit subjects success territories Thuan tion towns treaty troops vassals vigour violent zeal
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Página 126 - ... then from all thy sins, transgressions and excesses, how enormous soever they may be, even from such as are reserved for the cognizance of the Holy See; and as far as the...
Página 456 - ... many and great affairs, and amidst the attention which he had been obliged to give to them, he had either neglected or injured any of his subjects, he now implored their forgiveness ; that, for his part, he should ever retain a grateful sense of their fidelity and attachment, and would carry the remembrance of it along with him to the place of his retreat, as his sweetest consolation, as well as the best reward for all his services, and in his last prayers to Almighty God would pour forth his...
Página 455 - The president of the council of Flanders, by his command, explained in a few words his intention in calling this extraordinary meeting of the states. He then read the instrument of resignation, by which Charles surrendered to his son Philip all his territories, jurisdiction, and authority in the Low Countries, absolving his subjects there from their oath of allegiance...
Página 464 - It consisted only of six rooms, four of them in the form of friars' cells, with naked walls; the other two, each twenty feet square, were hung with brown cloth, and furnished in the most simple manner. They were all on a level with the ground ; with a door on one side into...
Página 481 - He was particularly curious with regard to the construction of clocks and watches ; and having found, after repeated trials, that he could not bring any two of them to go exactly alike, he reflected, it is said, with a mixture of surprise...
Página 482 - He himself followed in his shroud. He was laid in his coffin with much solemnity. The service for the dead was chanted, and Charles joined in the prayers which were offered up for the rest of his soul, mingling his tears with those which his attendants shed, as if they had been celebrating a real funeral.
Página 41 - Commerce tends to wear off those prejudices which maintain distinction and animosity between nations. It softens and polishes the manners of men. It unites them by one of the strongest of all ties, the desire of supplying their mutual wants.
Página 482 - ... his tears with those which his attendants shed, as if they had been celebrating a real funeral. The ceremony closed with sprinkling holy water on the coffin in the usual form, and all the assistants retiring, the doors of the chapel were shut. Then Charles rose out of the coffin, and withdrew to his apartment, full of those awful sentiments which such a singular solemnity was calculated to inspire.
Página 125 - The right of promulgating these indulgences in Germany, together with a share in the profits arising from the sale of them, was granted to Albert, elector of Mentz and archbishop of Magdeburg, who, as his chief agent for retailing them in Saxony, employed Tetzel, a Dominican friar of licentious morals, but of an active spirit, and remarkable for his noisy and popular eloquence.
Página 225 - He desired the French herald to acquaint his sovereign, that he would henceforth consider him not only as a base violator of public faith, but as a stranger to the honor and integrity becoming a gentleman.