The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 20. köideLittle, Brown, 1886 |
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... Brandenburg . Hand in hand with the territorial burg , round which the rest of the state has been built up extension of the Germans went the spread of Christianity , gradually , not without costly and exhausting wars . The which ...
... Brandenburg . Hand in hand with the territorial burg , round which the rest of the state has been built up extension of the Germans went the spread of Christianity , gradually , not without costly and exhausting wars . The which ...
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... Brandenburg as the political centre of the margraviate . Under Waldemar , who succeeded in 1309 , the scattered possessions of the house were again gathered into one hand . His sway extended over the Altmark ; Priegnitz , or the Vormark ...
... Brandenburg as the political centre of the margraviate . Under Waldemar , who succeeded in 1309 , the scattered possessions of the house were again gathered into one hand . His sway extended over the Altmark ; Priegnitz , or the Vormark ...
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... Brandenburg Freder- assumed the style of Frederick I. , showed himself equal to the troublesome task before him , and would have been still more successful had his interests been limited to the elec- torate . By a prudent mixture of ...
... Brandenburg Freder- assumed the style of Frederick I. , showed himself equal to the troublesome task before him , and would have been still more successful had his interests been limited to the elec- torate . By a prudent mixture of ...
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... Brandenburg was drawn up in such a way that the head of the state became likewise the head of the state church , and henceforth he regarded him- self , like Henry VIII . of England , as standing towards his own country in the place of ...
... Brandenburg was drawn up in such a way that the head of the state became likewise the head of the state church , and henceforth he regarded him- self , like Henry VIII . of England , as standing towards his own country in the place of ...
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... Brandenburg , except that the place of the margrave was taken by a class of privileged nobles , who divided the power of government among them . In 1309 Pomerelia , to the west of the Vistula , was subdued , and the headquarters of the ...
... Brandenburg , except that the place of the margrave was taken by a class of privileged nobles , who divided the power of government among them . In 1309 Pomerelia , to the west of the Vistula , was subdued , and the headquarters of the ...
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