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| CHAPTER VI. | ||
From Sigmund to Ferdinand I, or the Establishment of the Hapsburg Dynasty, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| The Reign of Sigmund—Sigmund and the Taborites—The Reign of Albert—The Interregnum—The Religious Power of the Taborites Broken—George Podébrad—Capture of Prague by George Podébrad—The Monk Capistran—Embassy to Constantinople—King Ladislav—George Podébrad elected King of Bohemia—King George and Pius I—Insurrection against Emperor Frederick—The Age of George Podébrad—Some Distinguished Men of the Age—John Rokycan—Peter Čelcičky—Brother Gregory—Customs and Morals of the People—Extracts from the Writings of Čelcičky—Vladislav II—Feudalism—Socage—Law of Decease—Rebellion—King Louis—Rise of Lutheranism in Bohemia. | ||
| CHAPTER VII. | ||
From the Establishment of the Hapsburg Dynasty to the Reign of Matthias, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| Ferdinand I—His Reign—The Religious Question—The Small Side, Prague, burned—States in Opposition to Ferdinand—Struggle between Ferdinand and the States—The Bloody Diet—Maximilian the Heir of the Bohemian Crown—Maximilian’s Accession—Rudolph II—Matthias against Rudolph—The Diet of 1609—The Letter of Majesty—Rudolph’s Plots—Troubles begin—Matthias Emperor. | ||
| CHAPTER VIII. | ||
From Matthias to the Close of the Thirty Years’ War, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| Matthias—Condition of the Peasants—The Reign of Matthias—Diet of 1615—Ferdinand the Successor of Matthias—Trouble about building Churches—The People robbed—The Regents thrown out of the Window—Rudolph Insane—The Anti-reformation—Directors elected—War begins Ferdinand II—Becomes Emperor—Help from the South—From Spain, Italy, Bavaria and Poland—Protestant League—Frederick’s Unhappy Reign—War continued—Varying Fortunes—Battle of White Mountain—Maximilian appointed Viceroy—Punishment of Bohemia—Compulsory Conversions—Protestant Pastors expelled—General Exile—John Amos Komensky—Reconstruction in the Government—Wallenstein—His Death—Ferdinand III—The War continued—Close of the War—Condition of the Country—Education and Literature depressed. | ||
