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... Abbots ' War , " was likewise derived from many authentic authorities Müller's History of the Swiss Confederation— the Conservateur Suisse - Gibbon's and Sismondi's His- tory of the Fall of the Roman Empire Hallam's View of the Middle ...
... Abbots ' War , " was likewise derived from many authentic authorities Müller's History of the Swiss Confederation— the Conservateur Suisse - Gibbon's and Sismondi's His- tory of the Fall of the Roman Empire Hallam's View of the Middle ...
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... the Archives of Switzerland) Mrs Robert Moore. THE CONTENTS OF FIRST VOLUME . HISTORICAL PICTURES OF THE MIDDLE AGES THE NUNS ' WAR THE WAR OF THE TWO ABBOTS Page 1 40 200 HISTORICAL PICTURES OF THE MIDDLE AGES . BÂSLE - SWITZERLAND.
... the Archives of Switzerland) Mrs Robert Moore. THE CONTENTS OF FIRST VOLUME . HISTORICAL PICTURES OF THE MIDDLE AGES THE NUNS ' WAR THE WAR OF THE TWO ABBOTS Page 1 40 200 HISTORICAL PICTURES OF THE MIDDLE AGES . BÂSLE - SWITZERLAND.
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... abbots , priors , monks , doctors , ambassadors , and learned lawyers sat , during the often stormy discussions which marked its sittings , still remain . A bust of Erasmus in lonely dignity , and a series of figures formed of a ...
... abbots , priors , monks , doctors , ambassadors , and learned lawyers sat , during the often stormy discussions which marked its sittings , still remain . A bust of Erasmus in lonely dignity , and a series of figures formed of a ...
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... abbots ) , priests , conventual and secular , each bear- ing a lighted waxen torch , to meet the funeral cavalcade at some distance from the city gates . The imperial corpse was received at the door of the cathe- dral , with all the ...
... abbots ) , priests , conventual and secular , each bear- ing a lighted waxen torch , to meet the funeral cavalcade at some distance from the city gates . The imperial corpse was received at the door of the cathe- dral , with all the ...
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... Abbot Gilbert . In this hallowed sanctuary they reposed together , till the fierce war between the French and Austrians having alarmed the emperor Francis for the safety of these precious relics of his race , exposed to the danger of ...
... Abbot Gilbert . In this hallowed sanctuary they reposed together , till the fierce war between the French and Austrians having alarmed the emperor Francis for the safety of these precious relics of his race , exposed to the danger of ...
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