University of California.
FROM THK UJ8RARY OF
DR. FRANCIS L I E B E R r
Professor <.f History and Law in Columbia College, New York.
THK GIFT OF
MICHAEL REESE,
Of San Francisco,
1B73.
MANUAL
MODERN
GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY.
BY
WILHELM PUTZ,
PRINCIPAL TUTOR AT THE GYMNASIUM OF DUREN,
AUTHOR OF
"MANUAL OF ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY," ETC.
TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY THE
REV. R. B. PAUL, M.A.,
TICAR OK ST. AUGUSTINE'S, BRISTOL, AND LATE FELLOW OF EXETER COLLEGE,
OXFORD.
FIRST AMERICAN,
REVISED AND CORRECTED FROM THE LONDON EDITION.
NEW-YORK :
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1851.
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PREFACE.
THE present volume completes the series of Professor
Piitz's Manuals of Ancient, Mediaeval, and Modern
Geography and History. Its adaptation to the wants of
the student will be found to be no less complete than was
to be expected from the former Parts, which have been
highly approved by the public, and have been translated
into several languages besides the English. The difficulty
of compressing within the limits of a single volume the
vast amount of historical material furnished by the pro-
gress of modern states and nations in power, wealth, sci-
ence, and literature, will be evident to all on reflection ;
and they will find occasion to admire the skill and per-
spicacity of the Author of this Manual, not only in the
arrangement, but also in the facts and statements which
he has adopted.
In the American edition several improvements have
been made ; the sections relating to America and the
United States have been almost entirely re-written, and
materially enlarged and improved, as seemed on every
account necessary and proper in a work intended for gen-
eral use in this country ; on several occasions it has been
IV PREFACE.
thought advisable to make certain verbal corrections and
emendations ; the facts and dates have been verified, and a
number of explanatory notes have been introduced. It is
hoped that the improvements alluded to will be found to
add to the value of the present Manual.
J. A. S.
BURLINGTON COLLEGE, Jan. 2, 1861.
CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION.
PAGE.
1. The conquest of the Byzantine empire by the Turks . 1
2. The application of gunpowder to purposes of war, and
the establishment of standing armies . . ib.
3. The invention of printing ... 2
4. The revival of the arts and sciences . . ib.
5. The discovery of the New World, and of a passage
by sea to the East Indies . . . ib.
6. The Reformation . . . . ib.
7. Political equipoise ..... ib.
FIRST PERIOD.— FROM THE DISCOVERY or AMERICA TO THE
PEACE OF WESTPHALIA. 1492—1648.
§ 1. Discoveries, conquests, and colonies of the Europeans
in other quarters of the globe . . . ib.
2. The Reformation ..... 7
1. In Germany . . . . . ib.
2. In the Scandinavian kingdoms . . 14
3. In Switzerland . . . . ib.
4. In other countries .... 15
3. Germany under Maximilian I. and Charles V., 1493 —
1556 .17
1. Maximilian I., 1493—1519 ib
2. Charles V., 1519— 1556 . . . .23
4. Spain ....... 28
1. The marriage of Ferdinand the Catholic and Isa-
bella of Castille . . . . . ib.
2. Charles I. ..... 29
3. Philip II. . . . . .30
4. Philip III.— Philip IV 31
5. The Netherlands ..... 32
6. Portugal 36
A. The illegitimate Burgundian line . . . ib.
B. As a Spanish province .... 37
7. France . . . . . . ib.
A. Under the house of Valois ib.
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PAGE.
8. Louis XII. . . . . . .37
9. Francis!. ..... ib.
10. Henry II. 39
11. Francis II. . ib.
12. Charles IX 40
13. Henry III. 41
B. Under the house of Bourbon . . .42
1. Henry IV. ..... ib,
2. Louis XIII 43
§ 8. England and Ireland under the house of Tudor . 44
1. Henry VII. ib.
2. Henry VIII 46
• 3. Edward VI. . . . . . ib.
4. Mary Tudor ..... 47
6. Elizabeth ...... ib.
9. Scotland under the Stuarts .... 49
Mary Stuart ...... ib.
James VI. . . . . . . 60
10. Great Britain and Ireland under the two first Stuarts,
1603-1649 ib.
1. James I. ..... ib.
2. Charles I ib.
11. Italy 62
1. The Spanish possessions . . . ib.
2. The Duchies ..... ib.
3. The Republics ..... i*.
4. Tuscany ..... 63
6. The states of the Church . . . ib.
12. Germany, from the abdication of Charles V. to the
peace of Westphalia, 1656—1648 . . ib.
3. Ferdinand I. . . . . . ib.
4. Maximilian II. ..... 54
5. Rudolph II. ib.
6. Matthias . . . S» . . 65
A. Bohemian- Palatine period . . ib.
7. Ferdinand II. ..... ib.
B. Danish period . . . . .66
C. Swedish period . . . .68
D. Swedish-French period . . . .61
8. Ferdinand III 62
13. Prussia ....... 64
14. Scandinavia ...... ib.
1. Denmark . . . . ib.
2. Sweden under the house of Vasa . . 65
Gustavus I. . . . ib.
Gustavus III. (Adolphus) ... 66
15. Poland . . . . . 67
A. Under the Jagellones ib.
B. Poland an elective monarchy . . ib.
16. Russia ...... ib.
CONTENTS. Vil
PAGE.
$ 17. The Ottoman empire . . . . .68
18. Religion, arts, sciences, &c., during the First Period 69
1. The Church (Romish) .... ib.
2. Political constitution . . . .71
3. Legislation ..... ib.
4. War 72
5. The Sciences ..... ib.
6. Literature ...... 76
7. Art 76
8. Commerce and manufactures . . .77
SECOND PERIOD. — FROM THE PEACE OF WESTPHALIA TO THE
FRENCH REVOLUTION. 1648—1789.
1. To the Spanish war of succession, the northern
war, and the elevation of Prussia into a
kingdom ..... 79
19. France under Louis XIV. . . . .id.
A. Louis XIV. under the guardianship of
Mazarin ..... ib.
B. Preponderance, of France in Europe during
the administration of Louis XIV. . . 80
First war of spoliation against the Spanish Neth-
erlands . . . . . .82
Second war of spoliation against Holland . . ib.
The Reunions ..... 84
20. Germany ...... 85
21. Brandenburg and Prussia to 1701 ... 87
1. Frederick William .... ib.
2. Frederick III 89
22. Great Britain and Ireland . . . ib.
1. Under the parliament .... ib.
Cromwell ..... 90
2. Under the protectorate of Oliver Cromwell . ib.
B. Under the last two Stuarts . 91
Charles II. . . . . . ib.
James II. . . . . ib.
C. The house of Orange ... 94
23. The republic of Holland .... ib.
24. The north-east of Europe .... 95
II. To the French Revolution . . .99
25. War of the Spanish succession . . ib.
A. Struggles in Italy and Germany . . 100
1. In Italy ib.
2. In Germany . . . . ib.
Joseph I. ...... 101
B. Struggle- in Spain, the Netherlands, and Italy,
for the united Spanish monarchy . . ib.
1. In Spain . . . . ib.
2. In the Netherlands and Italy . . .102
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PAGE.
C. Reverse of fortune. Peace concluded at
Utrecht, Rastadt, and Baden . . 103
$26. The northern war . . . . .104
Causes of the war . ? . . ib.
1. The Danish war . . . . ib.
2. The Russian-Saxon war . . . 105
3. Russian war to 1709 .... id.
4. Charles XII. in Turkey ... 106
5. Invasion of Norway and death of Charles XII. . 107
6. Treaties concluded separately . . ib.
27. The Emperor Charles VI. .... 108
1. War of the Turks against Venice and Austria ib.
2. The quadruple alliance . . . ib.
3. The pragmatic sanction . . . 109
4. War of the Polish succession . . ib.
5. War of the Turks against Russia and Austria 110
28. Prussia under her two first kings . . . 112
1. Frederick I ib.
2. Frederick William I. . ib.
29. War of the Austrian succession, and the two first
Silesian wars . . . . . 113
The first Silesian war .... 114
The second Silesian war .... ib.
30. The third Silesian or seven years' war . . . 115
The year 1756 116
The year 1757 ib.
The year 1759 . . . . . 119
The commencement of the year 1760 . . 120
The commencement of the year 1761 . . 121
The years 1762 and 1763 . . . ib.
31. The Emperor Joseph II., 1765—1790. Frederick the
Great after the seven years' war . . 122
1. The first partition of Poland . . .123
2. Disputed succession in Bavaria . . if).
3. Joseph II. sole emperor . . . ib.
4. The administration and death of Frederick II. 125
5. The last years of Joseph II. . . . 126
32. France ...... ib.
33. Great Britain . . . . . .129
The house of Hanover .... ib.
George III 130
The North American war . . . ib.
War in the East Indies . . . .133
34. Spain under the Bourbons, from 1701 , . 134
35. Portugal under the house of Braganza, from 1640 . 135
36. Italy 136
1. Possessions of the house of Hapsburg . . ib.
2. The kingdom of the two Sicilies . . ib.
3. The Duchies . . . . . ib.
4. The Republics .... 137
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PAGE.
5. The grand duchy of Tuscany . . . 137
6. The states of the Church "... ib.
§37. Denmark ...... ib.
38. Sweden from the termination of the northern war . 138
39. Russia ...... 140
40. The houses of Romanow and Holstein-Gottorp, in
. Russia . . . ........ 141
Elizabeth ...... 142
House of Holstein-Gottorp, 1762 ... ib.
41. The Osmanic Empire .... 145
THIRD PERIOD — I. FROM THE OUTBREAK OF THE FRENCH REVOLU-
TION TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1789—1848.
42. Causes and immediate occasion of the Revolution . 145
I. Chief causes ..... ib.
II. The impossibility of avoiding a national bank-
ruptcy . . . . .146
43. The constituent National Assembly . . 147
A. At Versailles ..... i^.
B. In Paris ..... 149
44. The Legislative Assembly . . . .151
II. The Republic.
45. The National Convention .... 152
1. Trial and execution of the king . . ib.
2. Overthrow of the Gironde . . . 153
3. The reign of terror after the fall of the Gironde 154
4. The re-action ..... 156
46. The first coalition against France . . . 157
1. Commencement of the war with Austria and
Prussia ...... ib.
2. War against the grand coalition, to the peace
of Basle 158
3. Continuation of the war against Austria, the
German empire, England, Naples, and Sar-
dinia .... . . 159
47. Eastern Europe ..... 163
1. Fall of Poland ib.
2. Prussia.— Frederick William II. . . 165
48. The French Directory ... ib.
Bonaparte's expedition against Egypt and Syria .
Establishment of new republics . . . 168
Dissolution of the Directory ib.
49. War of the second coalition against France . .169
1. The war in Italy .... 171
2. The war in Germany and Switzerland . . 172
3. The war with England ... 174
50. The consular government of Napoleon Bonaparte . ib.
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PjLOK.
HI. The Empire.
§51. The third coalition against France . . . 176
1. The war in Germany .... 177
2. The maritime war with England . . 178
52. The fourth coalition against France . . . 179
53. The war in Portugal and Spain . . . 181
54. Suppression of the temporal authority of the pope . 184
65. War of Austria against Napoleon ... ib.
56. Napoleon at the summit of his power . . . 186
57. Napoleon's Russian campaign . . . 188
58. The war of liberation .... 190
Campaign in the Spring of 1813 . . ib.
Resumption of the war after the armistice . 191
Invasion of France by the allies . . 193
Escape of Napoleon from Elba. — The hundred days . 197
Death of Murat ..... ib.
The last battle of the allies . . . .198
60. France.— A. The restoration under the Bourbons . 199
Charles X 201
Revolution of July .... ib.
B. Under the house of Orleans . . . 202
C. Second French Republic ... 206
61. Holland and Belgium .... 207
62. Great Britain ..... 210
George IV ib.
William IV ib.
Victoria . ... . . ib.
63. Germany ...... ib.
A. Germany, a confederacy of states . . ib.
B. Germany, a federal state . . . 214
Foundation of a federal state . . .220
64. Russia 221
The Russian-Persian war . . . .222
The Russian-Turkish war ... ib.
The Russian-Polish war . . . .223
66. The Osmanic empire and Greece . . . 224
Greek war of liberation .... ib.
Abdul Medschid : 227
66. Italy ib.
67. Switzerland ...... 229
68. Spain ....... 230
69. Portugal 232
King John VI. . . . . . ib.
Donna Maria da Gloria .... ib.
70. Sweden 233
Gustavus IV. ..... ib.
The house of Bernadotte since 1818 . . ib.
71. Denmark . . . " . . . ib.
72. The American States 236
1. The United States of North America . ib.
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PAGE.
2. Hayti . . . . . .242
3. Spanish America .... ib.
War with the United States . . . 244
4. Brazil ..... 245
$73. Religion, arts, sciences. &c., during the Third Period ib.
1. Religion . . . . ib.
2. Constitutional history of the period . . 246
3. Science, literature, and art . . . 247
a. Philosophy .... ib.
b. Philology . . . . ib.
c. Historical investigations . . 248
d. Geography . . . . ib.
e. Natural science .... 249
f. Poetry ..... ib.
g. Oratory ..... 251
h. Fine arts . . . . ib.
\. Music ..... 252
4. Trade, manufacturing industry, agriculture . 253
HANDBOOK
OF
GEOGKAPHY AND HISTORY.
PART III— MODERN HISTORY.1
INTRODUCTION.
(1.) THE latter part of the fifteenth and commence-
ment of the sixteenth century, witnessed the occurrence
of events which produced a change, and in some instances
a complete revolution, in the relations of European so-
ciety. Of these events the most remarkable were,
1. The conquest of the Byzantine empire
by the Turks, under Mohammed II. A. D.
1453.
2. The application of gunpowder to pur-
poses of war, and the establishment of
standing armies.
(2.) The use of firearms seems to have been learnt
from the Spanish Moors, in the beginning of the thir-
teenth century, by the inhabitants of Flanders, who taught
it to the English during the war in which the two nations
1 The History of the Middle Ages and Modern History cannot
be accurately divided. It is usual to consider the latter as com-
mencing from the last invasion of the barbarians (the Ottoman
Turks), and the fall of Constantinople, A. D. 1458. On the whole
this division may be most conveniently adopted.— S.
2 MODERN HISTORY. [3. § 1.
were engaged together against France ; but we hear noth-
ing of an organized system until the reigns of Louis XI.
of France and Maximilian I. of Germany. As this
change in the mode of warfare made the event of a battle
less dependent on acts of personal bravery, and dimin-
ished the superiority of cavalry over infantry, it became
necessary to teach large bodies of men such manoauvres
as would render their combined movements most effective,
and give them the full advantage of the 'newly-invented
weapon. Hence the establishment of standing armies,
especially in France, under Charles VII.
3. The" invention of printing (about A. D.
1440).
4. The revival of the arts (especially paint-
ing) and sciences, comprehending philology, a taste for
which was introduced into Italy by the Greek exiles, who
sought an asylum in thot country after the capture of
Byzantium by the Turks ; and natural philosophy r, which
began again to be cultivated in Western Europe.
5. The discovery of the New World, and
of a passage by sea to the East Indies,
which occasioned the general substitution of maritime for
overland trade.
6. The Reformation, the effects of which were
experienced in almost every country of Europe.
• 7. The gradual development of a system of politi-
cal equipoise (or balance of power).
FIRST PERIOD.
From the discovery of America to the peace of Westphalia.
1492—1648.
1. Discoveries, Conquests, and Colonies of the Ei&ro-
peans in other Quarters of the Globe.
>) IN the hope of putting an end to the monopoly
e East Indian trade enjoyed by the free states of
(3.
of the
4 6. $ 1.] DISCOVERIES, CONQUESTS, ETC. 3
Italy, especially by the Venetians, voyages of discovery
were undertaken by the Spaniards and Portuguese, in op-
posite directions, the former steering westward and the
latter eastward, for the purpose of discovering a passage
by sea to the East Indies.
(4.) 1. Discoveries and conquests of the Spaniards.
(5.) a. Christopher Columbus (or Colombo),
a native of Genoa, having been unsuccessful in his appli-
cations to the Portuguese government and the authorities
of his own city, submitted to the court of Spain a plan
for the discovery of a western passage to India, and after
eighteen years of fruitless solicitation, obtained at last
from Isabella, Queen of Castille, an assurance of support,
and the promise of a reward if he succeeded in his un-
dertaking (comp. § 4). On the 3d of August, 1492, Co-
lumbus sailed with three caravels or ships from Palos, a
small seaport of Andalusia, landed October 12th (October
2 1st, new style) on the island of Gruanahani, which he
named S. Salvador, and discovered the islands of Cuba
and Hayti. In his second voyage (1493-96) he discov-
ered several of the smaller Antilles and Jamaica ; and in
the third (1498 — 1500) Trinidad, and the continent at
the mouth of the Orinoco : but soon afterwards he was
recalled, and conveyed back to Spain in chains by Don
Francisco de Bobadilla, a Spanish knight, who had been
sent out in pursuit of him. After his liberation he un-
dertook a fourth voyage (1502 — 1504), in which he made
an unsuccessful attempt to discover a passage into the
South Sea, and died at Yalladolid, of disappointment and
mortification, May 20th, 1506. The chains which he had
worn on his return from his third voyage were buried
with him. The recently-discovered continent received
the name of America from Amerigo Vespucci
(t 1512), a Florentine, who accompanied Columbus on his
third voyage, and published a description of the new
world. Florida was soon afterwards discovered by the
Spaniards (1512).
(6.) b. In the year 1519, Hernando (or Ferdinand)
Cortez landed from Cuba on the coast of Mexico, ad-
vanced without opposition to the capital, and took the king,
Montezuma, prisoner : but the cruelty of the Spaniards soon
4 MODERN HISTORY. [7 9. $ 1.
rendered them so odious to the inhabitants, that Cortez was
obliged to evacuate the city. Having a second time (1521)
made himself master of it, he was nominated by Charles V.
governor of Mexico, which they now called New Spain.
A few years later, Cortez appeared before the king for the
purpose of defending himself against the accusations of
his enemies, but notwithstanding his honorable reception
at court, the only office of trust which he was permitted
to retain, was the command of the army in the new colony.
After discovering the peninsula of California (1536), he
returned to Spain, where he died of a broken heart (at
Seville, in .1547).
(7.) c. Meanwhile Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese
officer in the Spanish service, had discovered (1520) a pas-
sage, through the narrow channel called from him the
Strait of Magellan, into the South Sea, to which he gave the
name of the Pacific Ocean. The crew of his ship, after
the assassination of their commander on one of the Philip-
pine islands, completed the first circumnavigation of tfie
globe (1522).
(8.) d. Francis Pizarro (with Alinagro and Luque)
discovered and conquered the rich country of Peru,
which fell into his hands the more easily, in consequence
of a disputed succession between two brothers (Huaskar
and Atahualpa). The foundation of a new capital, named
Lima, was laid by the conqueror. Almagro (who had un-
dertaken the conquest of Chili) having quarrelled with
Pizarro respecting the possession of Cuzco, the ancient
capital, was executed at Lima; and soon afterwards
Pizarro himself fell a victim to a conspiracy of the friends
of Almagro, to whom he had refused a share of the con-
quered territory.
(9.) e. Conquest of Terra Firma and New Granada.
The government of these provinces was intrusted to
" a Council of the Indies," which sat at Madrid, and to
two, and at a later period three, viceroys (of Mexico, Peru,
and New G-ranada). Civilization was promoted, a. By
building cities, at first on the coast, and subsequently in
the interior, b. By the formation of missions, i. e. com-
munities of converted Indians, under the superintendence
of a priest. The grand obstacles to their success were the
stupidity of the Indians and their hatred of the Euro-
10 13. $ 1.] DISCOVERIES, CONQUESTS, ETC. 5
peans. c. By the establishment of convents, bishoprics,
and universities (at Mexico and Lima). The advantage
derived from these settlements was limited at first to the
acquisition of the precious metals by means of numerous
mining establishments, which were worked (through the
influence of the Dominican monk, Las Casas, the great
protector of the aborigines) by negro slaves purchased in
Africa. The colonists were required to transmit the pro-
duce of these mines exclusively to Spain, and to import
articles of European merchandise from the port of Seville
alone. Disputes with Portugal were avoided by the estab-
lishment (by Popes Sixtus IV. and Alexander VI.) of a
boundary line drawn, in the first instance, through the
20th, and subsequently through the 70th degree of West
longitude, reckoned from the island of Ferro.
(10.) 2. Discoveries and settlements of the Portuguese.
After the discovery of the Cape of Good Hope by Bartho-
lomew Diaz, fresh attempts were made by King Emanuel
the Great to find a passage by sea to the East Indies. In
the year 1498, this passage was discovered byVasco de
Gam a, who landed at Calicut, on the coast of Malabar.
(11.) The Portuguese supremacy was maintained in
the East Indies (in spite of the Arabians, who were sup-
ported by the Venetians) by the erection of a chain of
fortresses and factories extending from the eastern coast
of Africa to the peninsula of Malacca and the Moluccas.
These establishments (of which Goa was the central point)
were chiefly planned by the viceroys Francisco de Almeida
(1505-1509) and Alfonso Albuquerque (1509-1515).
(12.) Brazil, which had been discovered by Cabral
on his voyage to the East Indies, was not colonized until
the year 1550. Advantages still more important were
secured to the Portuguese by commercial treaties with
China and (since the mission of Francis Xavier) with
Japan.
(13.) 3. Settlements and conquests of the Dutch com-
panies. The Spaniards, who had become masters of the
Portuguese Netherlands by the conquest of Portugal in
1580, having deprived the rebellious Dutch of the East
Indian trade, which they had hitherto carried on from the
port of Lisbon, the latter undertook an expedition to In-
dia on their own account, drove the Portuguese from thQ
6 MODERN HISTORY. [14, 15. § 1.
Indian seas (from 1663), and left them only an insignifi-
cant remnant of their former power. An East India
company, incorporated, with the sanction of the States
General, in 1602, enjoyed by the terms of its charter a
monopoly of the Dutch trade beyond the Cape and the
Straits of Magellan, and was invested with sovereign au-
thority over all future settlements in India. These set-
tlements were, for the most part, on the Moluccas, or
Spice Islands, and the isles of Sunda,2 The seat of gov-
ernment and central emporium of Indian and European
commerce was the city of Batavia, which had been recently
built on the island of Java. The West Indian trade was
also in the hands of a company (1621), which made, but
was unable to retain, some important conquests in Brazil.
(14.) 4. The discovery of a north-western passage to
India was attempted by Sir Francis Drake in his voyage
round the world (1577-80), and that of a north-eastern by-
Hudson, but in both cases without success. During the
whole of this period the possessions of the English East
India Company (chartered by Queen Elizabeth in 1600)
consisted merely of a few factories in India, the island of
St. Helena, and some agricultural establishments in North
America and the West Indies.3
(15.) 5. The French began to form settlements in
several of the West India islands. '
a Sumatra, Java, &c.
3 During- this period (1492—1648) various voyages, discoveries,
and settlements were made in America. John and Sebastian Cabot
first reached the continent on the coast of Labrador (1497) ; they
sailed under the patronage of Henry VII. of England. In 1513
Balboa first saw the Pacific Ocean ; De Ayllon visited Carolina in
1520. Verrazani coasted along New Jersey and New- York in 1524 ;
Cartier entered the St. Lawrence in 1535; and De Soto crossed
the Mississippi in 1540. Sir Walter Raleigh made vigorous efforts
towards colonization in Carolina, 1584—1590. James I., in 1606,
chartered the Plymouth and London Companies to operate in Vir-
ginia : Jamestown was the first English settlement in America (St.
Augustine, in Florida, was founded by the Spaniards in 1565 and
is the oldest town in the United States). Henry Hudson, in 1609,
discovered the Hudson river, while in the employ of the Dutch
East India Company, and the island of Manhattan (New- York) was
occupied by the Dutch for purposes of trade, in 1613. On the 21st
of December, 1620, the "pilgrim fathers" landed at Plymouth,
Massachusetts. Boston was founded in 1630. — S.
16 18. $2.] THE REFORMATION.
§ 2. The Reformation.
(16.) .The rapid progress of the Reformation in the
sixteenth century must be attributed mainly to the cor-
ruption of the Church, both in discipline and doctrine,
and the general conviction that the time was come for the
eradication of those abuses by which the Christian com-
munity was daily scandalized.
(17.) Ever since the thirteenth century, and espe-
cially since the removal of the papal residence to Avignon,
the character of the heads of the Romish Church had been
losing ground in public estimation, through their extor-
tionate practices, the collation of ignorant and vicious men
to important benefices, the exercise of ecclesiastical autho-
rity for secular objects, and, more than all, the personal
unworthiness of some of the popes themselves (Alexander
VI. and Julius II.). All these abuses had produced,
especially in Germany, at the beginning of the sixteenth
century, a feeling of bitter hostility to the papal see. To
these causes we may add the ignorance and worldliness of
most of the bishops, as well as of the inferior clergy, the
decline of monastic discipline, and corrupt practices of
various sorts.
(18) 1. InGermany. The immediate cause of the
German Reformation was the scandalous trade in indul-
gences carried on by one John Tetzel, a Dominican
monk, in the neighbourhood of Wittenberg. This sys-
tem, which had been sanctioned by Pope Leo X. for the
purpose of raising funds for the erection of St. Peter's
church at Rome, was vehemently opposed by Martin
Luther (born in Eisleben -in 1483), an Augustin monk,
and professor at the recently-established university of
Wittenberg, who affixed to the door of the principal
church in that city (on the 31st October, 1517) a paper
containing ninety-five theses (principally against the abuse
of indulgences), and pledged himself to defend his propo-
sitions against all opponents. Soon afterwards he pub-
lished several German treatises, in which he maintained
the doctrine of Justification by Faith only. In conse-
quence of these proceedings the Pope summoned Luther
8 MODERN HISTORY. [18. $2.
to appear before him at Home within sixty days, and give
an account of his doctrine ; but, at the request of the Elec-
tor Frederick the Wise, of Saxony, and the University of
Wittenberg, permission was granted to the Reformer to
discuss the question with the Pope's plenipotentiary, Car-
dinal Cajetan, before the diet which was then assembled
at Augsburg (1588). At this conference the Cardinal de-
manded unconditional submission, which Luther refused ;
and even the papal chamberlain, Charles von Miltitz, who
was afterwards appointed to act as the Pope's representa-
tive, could only obtain from him a conditional promise,
that he would abstain from controversial writing if his
opponents would do the same. A disputation which Dr.
Eck, professor of theology at Ingolstadt, held with Luther
and his colleague, Carlstadt, at Leipzig, having produced
no result except the confirmation of the Reformer in his
own opinions, a bull was published, condemning as heretical
forty-one propositions extracted from the writings4 of
Luther, and threatening him with excommunication unless
he retracted them within sixty days. This bull, with the
books of canon law and some of Eck's writings, was pub-
licly burnt by Luther before the Elster gate of Witten-
berg, on the 10th December, 1520. Hereupon sentence
of excommunication was passed on Luther and his fol-
lowers. In the year 1521, he appeared before the first
diet of Charles V., assembled at Worms, and having re-
fused either to retract his assertions or submit to the
decision of a general council, was placed under the bann
of the empire : but this sentence, called the " Edict of
Worms," was not published until his safe arrival at the
Wartburg, near Eisenach, where he translated the Bible
into German.
4 In a treatise published in 1520, with the title, :< A letter to
his Imperial Majesty and the Christian nobility of the German
nation, touching the improvement of the Christian estate," Luther
repudiates both the ecclesiastical and secular authority of the
pope, and condemns monastic vows, celibacy, and the whole of the
canon law. In a second publication he combats the doctrine of the
"Sacrifice of the Mass;" and in the third, intituled " Concerning
the Babylonish captivity," he rejects four of the five Romish sacra-
ments, viz. confirmation, orders, matrimony, and extreme unction,
retaining only penance.
19 21. $2.] THE REFORMATION. 9
(19.) The reformed doctrines found an able defender
in Philip Melancthon5 (in his Loci Communes Rerum
Theolog.), and stout opponents in Henry VIII., King of
England, and Erasmus of Rotterdam, and were already
gaining a firm footing in Hesse and other places, particu-
larly in Prussia, where the Grand Master of the Teutonic
Order, a personal friend of Luther's, embraced the re-
formed religion, and at the same time married a daughter
of Frederick, King of Denmark, and by the convention of
Cracow, in 1525, converted his territory, with the consent
of the crown of Poland, into a temporal dvtchy. Luther
himself quitted the cloister, and married a nun named
Catherine of Bora. Meanwhile the oppressive cruelty of
the nobles, and the misinterpretation of Luther's doc-
trines concerning Christian liberty, occasioned the P e a-
s ants' War, which broke out in Swabia, in 1525, and
spread rapid destruction over the Rhineland and Franco-
ma, as far as Saxony and Thuringia. A few of the nobles
were compelled to join the insurgent peasants (i. e. Grotz
von Berlichingen6), but the undisciplined masses were
soon scattered in all directions, and a subsequent attempt
of Thomas Miinzer, the Anabaptist, was rendered equally
abortive by the victory of Frankenhausen.
(20.) In their so-called twelve articles, the peasants
demanded freedom of hunting, fishing, and woodcutting,
abolition of serfdom, and the abrogation of various penal
ordinances. To these demands were added others of a
more visionary character. They would no longer be vas-
sals, because Christ had redeemed them with his blood.
They refused to pay tithes, except of wheat, for this was
the only tithe recognized in the Old Testament. They
chose to elect their own preachers, that they might be
instructed in the true faith.
(21.) At the diet assembled at Spires, in 1529, by
Charles V., for the purpose of discussing church, affairs,
as well as of obtaining means for carrying on a war against
the Turks, it was resolved, that those communities which
6 A Greek translation of his German name Schwarzerd, " Black
earth."
8 " The knight with the iron hand," the hero of one of Goethe's
dramas.
1*
10 MODERN HISTORY. [22. §2.
had hitherto followed the edict of Worms, should still
abide by it, but that wherever the new doctrines had been
embraced, the authorities should be required to abstain
from the introduction of further novelties until the sitting
of the next general council, and in nowise be permitted to
molest or obstruct the professors of the ancient faith.
Against this prohibition the Reformers entered a formal
ptotest, from which, at a later period, they obtained the
name of Protestants.
(22.) In the hope of bringing about a reconciliation
between the two parties, the Emperor, in the year 1530,
assembled a diet at Augsburg, where the reformers
handed in a confession of faith drawn up by Melancthon,
and signed by the Protestant princes and cities. This
document, which contained twenty-eight articles, was af-
terwards named " the Confession of Augsburg." As all
attempts to effect a reconciliation were fruitless, an impe-
rial edict was issued, commanding the withdrawal of all
novelties, and an unconditional return to the doctrines
and practices of the Romish Church, until a general diet
of the empire could be assembled. A league was
then formed at Schmalkalde (1531), to which all the
Protestant princes and imperial cities were parties, each
pledging himself to protect his brethren, and to refuse all
aid to the Emperor against the Turks, as long as the im-
perial edict remained in force. This determined resist-
ance compelled the Emperor to withdraw his edict, and
to conclude the so-called religious peace at
Niirnberg (1532). by the terms of which a general
truce was established until the next council or diet, it be-
ing distinctly understood, that in the mean time no party
should oppress or disquiet another on the ground of his
religious belief. The calm, however, was soon disturbed
by the revival of the Anabaptist heresy. This sect,
which kad appeared before the commencement of the
Reformation, not only taught the necessity of a second
baptism in the case of adults, but threatened to shake
society to its foundation by its wild doctrines respecting
the reign of the saints upon earth.7 Both Romanists
7 It was against these heretics that the Church of England
maintained, in her thirty-eighth article, that "the riches and goods
23. §2.] THE REFORMATION. 11
and Protestants had then united to crush tne promulga-
tors of these dangerous theories, and the sect seemed to
have expired with the death of its apostle Thomas Mun-
zer, when it suddenly reappeared in Miinster.
(23.) A crazy enthusiast, named Jan Matthys, a ba-
ker of Harlem, accompanied by one Jan Bockelson (orig-
inally a tailor at Leyden, and afterwards an innkeeper and
poet), came to Minister (1534), where the Protestants
had, a short time before, obtained the upper hand, and
having collected a prodigious crowd of followers, and de-
posed the magistrates, proceeded to establish themselves
as irresponsible rulers of the city, which they soon filled
with violence and bloodshed. Matthys having fallen in a
desperate sally against the army of the Bishop, which
closely blockaded the city, his lieutenant, Bockelson, was
proclaimed king of the New Zion. His first act was to
send apostles to different countries, and in addition to
the original Anabaptist doctrine of community of goods,
to permit a plurality of wives. At length the Bishop,
supported by several temporal princes, stormed the city,
the inhabitants of which were suffering grievously from
want of provisions, put Bockelson and his coadjutors,
Knipperdolling and Heftig, to death by the most cruel
tortures, and re-established the Roman Catholic religion.
After several fruitless conferences between the represen-
tatives of the two parties, the Council of Trent
was at last opened in the year 1545, a short time before
the death of Martin Luther (f 1546). But the Protest-
ants, acting under the advice of Luther, refused to appear
before an assembly the majority of which they knew to
be unfavorable to their doctrines, and demanded that a
council of the German nation should be convened. All
hope of accommodation being now at an end, the Empe-
ror threatened the Protestants with war, a menace which
occasioned the withdrawal of several of their leaders from
the Schmalkaldian league ; but their great supporters, the
Elector of Saxony (John Frederick) and the Landgrave,
of Christians are not common, as certain Anabaptists do falsely
boast. The Book of Common Prayer of the American Episcopal
Church contains the same article; and all the orthodox denomina-
tions agree in sentiment and practice on this point.— S.
12 MODERN HISTORY. [24,25. §2.
Philip of Hesse, made every preparation for a determined
resistance, and were in consequence placed under the bann
of the empire.
(24.) The Schmalkaldian war, as it is called,
commenced in 1546. Charles, who was unprepared for
so sudden a declaration of hostilities, might have been
easily surprised ; but the delay occasioned by the indeci-
sion of the allies and their want of unanimity, enabled
him to assemble troops from Italy, Hungary, and the
Netherlands, and to defeat the Schmalkaldian confede-
rates in Southern Germany, whilst at the same time Duke
Maurice of Saxony (who, although a Protestant, had ta-
ken part with the Emperor) invaded the territories of the
Elector of Saxony.
(25.) The Elector, it is true, re-conquered his pos-
sessions, but soon afterwards he was defeated by the Em-
peror near Muhlberg (24th April, 1547), taken pris-
oner, and compelled to abdicate in favor of Duke Mau-
rice. The electoral dignity was thus transferred for ever
from the Ernestine to the Albertine line.8 The Land-
grave of Hesse threw himself at the Emperor's feet, and
recovered his lands, but was sompelled, like the Elector,
to follow the imperial court as a prisoner. The council of
Trent having adjourned to Bologna in consequence of a
pestilence which had broken out at the former city, a de-
cree was issued by the Emperor (called the Interim), pro-
fessing to regulate the affairs of the Church until the re-
assembling of the council at Trent. But this arrange-
ment pleased neither the Pope nor the Protestants, the
former considering it an unwarrantable interference on
the part of a layman in matters purely spiritual ; the lat-
ter believing it to be merely an attempt to re-establish
Romanism. The city of Magdeburg, which had distin-
8 Frederick II., Elector, 1428—1464.
Ernest, Elector, f I486. Albert, f 1510.
Frederick the Wise, John, Ge'orge. Henry.
Elector, f 1525. Elector, 1 1532.
John Frederick, Maurice,
Elector, deposed 1547. Elector, 1547—1553.
26. §2.] THE REFORMATION. 13
guished itself by its determined opposition to the Empe-
ror's decree, was taken by Maurice, after a siege of thir-
teen months, and compelled to accept the " interim." A
change in the aspect of affairs was occasioned at this
time by the defection of Duke Maurice, wh6 went over to
the Protestants, pleading as an excuse for this treacher-
ous course, the refusal of the Emperor to- liberate his
father-in-law, the Landgrave of Hesse. In conjunction
with several G-erman princes,. and with Henry II., King
of France, who took possession of the imperial cities of
Metz, Toul, and Yerdun, Maurice declared war against
the Emperor, who was then at Innpsruck, and compelled
him to fly for safety to Villach in Carinthia. On the
22d August, 1552, a convention was concluded at Pas-
sau, on terms sufficiently favorable to the Protestants,
who were allowed the free exercise of their religion until
the meeting of a general diet. At the same time the
Landgrave of Hesse was set at liberty, and the Elector,
who had been freed from arrest on the departure of the
Emperor from Innspruck, was re-instated in his dignities
as a prince of the empire, Duke of Saxony, and Land-
grave of Thuringia and Meissen. An attempt of the
Emperor to retake Metz was unsuccessful. The Mar-
grave Albert of Brandenburg, who refused to recognize
the convention of Passau, was defeated at Sievershausen,
in 1553, by Maurice, who was himself mortally wounded
in the battle. The promised diet was at length opened at
Augsburg, in 1555, by the Roman King Ferdinand,
brother of Charles V. The free exercise of their religion
was secured alike to Romanists and Protestants by a
convention termed the Religious Peace of Augs-
burg, the only subject of dispute being a demand of the
Romanists, that a clause should be inserted (reservatum
ecclesiasticum), depriving of their temporal rank and priv-
ileges all ecclesiastical dignitaries who should embrace
the Protestant faith.
(26.) The council of Trent (1545—1563).
Since the year 1536, several unsuccessful attempts had
been made by the Popes to convene a general council for
the solemn discussion of the religious questions which
agitated Europe. At length, on the 13th December,
14 MODERN HISTORY. [27,28. $2.
1545, the council of Trent opened its session, which con-
tinued, with two interruptions, for eighteen years. A
reconciliation between the Protestants and the Church of
Rome was now hopeless ; the council therefore directed
its chief attention to the removal of abuses, and the es-
tablishment of a definite and unmistakeable rule of faith.
(27.) 2. 'In the Scandinavian kingdoms Lu-
theranism was adopted as the state religion by the Kings
of Norway, Denmark, and Sweden ; whose treasuries
were replenished by the confiscation of Church property.
The profligacy and ignorance of the clergy, in those re-
mote countries, had long since rendered the people dis-
contented with the ancient clergy.
(28.) 3. In Switzerland, Ulric Zwingli (born in
1484, at Wildhaus, in the county of Toggenburg). preacher
at Einsiedeln and subsequently at Zurich, opposed the sale
of indulgences by Bernardin Sampson ; and soon after-
wards attacked the celibacy of the clergy, the mass, and
the use of images in churches. Zwingli's reformation was
of a more sweeping character than that of Luther, who
was willing to retain all practices not expressly forbidden
by Holy Scripture, whilst the Swiss reformer endeavored
to restore the Church to a condition (as he believed) of
primitive simplicity, by rejecting every thing for which he
was unable to find scriptural authority. But the grand
subject of dispute between the two reformers, was the doc-
trine of Christ's presence in the Eucharist ; Luther main-
taining the real [consubstantiated] presence of our Blessed
Lord in the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper ; and Zwingli,
on the contrary, contending that the bread and wine were
merely signs or symbols of his body and blood. The doc-
trine of Zwingli was embraced by Zurich, and the northern
cantons, but the forest cantons (Schwyz, Uri, Unterwalden,
and Lucerne) with Zug, continued firmly attached to the
Church of Rome, and offered every opposition in their
power to the progress of the Reformation. After several
skirmishes between the five Romanist cantons and the
Protestants, the inhabitants of Zurich sustained a defeat
in 1531, near Cappel, where Zwingli himself was left dead
on the field of battle. The immediate result of this vic-
tory was the extermination of Protestantism in many dis-
29 33. §3.] GERMANY. 15
tricts where it had begun to take root. The canton of
Berne having wrested the Pays de Vaud from the Duke of
Savoy, the whole of French Switzerland became Protestant,
and the head-quarters of the reformed belief were estab-
lished at Greneva, by
(29.) John Calvin (Jean Caulvin), born in 1509, at
Noyon in Picardy. This Reformer, who had abandoned
his profession as a jurist for the study of theology, was
driven from France by the persecutions to which the Prot-
estants were exposed in that country, and sought an asy-
lum at Basle, in Switzerland, where he published his
Christianas Religionis Institutio, in 1535, and was subse-
quently appointed preacher and theological professor at
Geneva. Here his doctrine was embraced by the citizens,
who passed a resolution depriving all recusants of their
civil rights. An opposition was organized which drove
Calvin from the city, but after a time he returned, and
preached, with great zeal, the doctrines which are supposed
to distinguish his system from those of Luther and Zwingli
(predestination, the spiritual refreshment of the believer's
soul, by the body and blood of Christ in the Lord's Sup-
per, &c.). The presbyterian form of Church government
was also established and introduced into other countries,
by means of the disciples whom the fame of Calvin's
learning attracted to Geneva from France, Germany, the
Netherlands, and England. Calvin died in 1564.
(30.) 4. In other countries. The teaching of
Calvin spread from Geneva into France, where the Prot-
estants (termed Huguenots) formed a powerful party in
the reigns of Francis II. and Charles IX.
(31.) TheNetherlands, which their situation, and
extensive commercial relations, rendered peculiarly acces-
sible to the doctrines of the Reformation, were visited by
Anabaptists from Germany, and large bodies of Calvinists
from France.
(32.) The severe measures adopted 'by Philip II. for
the extermination of Protestantism, occasioned the separa-
tion of the seven northern provinces from the Spanish
dominions.
(33.) In all these provinces Calvinism became the es-
16 MODERN HISTORY. [34 — 36. §2.
tablished religion, the Southern Netherlands still adhering
to the faith of the Church of Rome.
(34.) In England, Henry VIII., at an earlier period,
one of the most determined opponents of Luther's doc-
trine, quarrelled with the Pope because he refused to
sanction his divorce from Queen Catherine, and, breaking
off all connection with Rome, proclaimed himself the head
of the Anglican Church. This assumption of supremacy
was recognized by Parliament and a vast majority of the
clergy. The recusants were either delivered over to the
executioner, banished to foreign lands, or thrown into
prison, where many of them perished miserably. All the
English monasteries (500) were suppressed, and their
revenues confiscated to the king's use. In most other re-
spects, Henry remained a Romanist. The Reformation
in England was principally effected by the labors of the
learned Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury,
during the minority of Edward VI. His successor,
Mary, re-established the connection with Rome, and
treated the Protestants with great cruelty. In this reign,
Archbishop Cranmer, and several other bishops, were
burnt at the stake, for their adherence to the reformed
faith. Elizabeth renounced the papal domination in
England, and adopted such measures as served to estab-
lish the Reformation. The constitution of the Church
in its government by bishops was retained, but this
arrangement was vehemently opposed by an ultra-Calvin-
istic party, who recognized only Presbyters ; — whence
they were called Presbyterians, in contradistinction to
Episcopalians. Another sect, termed Independents, sprang
up in the reign of Charles I. These schismatics asserted
the right of all Christians to interpret Scripture according
to their own conscience, without the intervention of con-
fessions of faith.
(35.) In Scotland, the preachers of the new doc-
trines were successful, in proportion to the corruption of
the Church in that country. The most vehement oppo-
nent of the Church of Rome was John Knox, a friend of
Calvin's.
(36.) All attempts of the English government to con-
vert the Irish to Protestantism were unsuccessful, until
37 — 39. § 3.] GERMANY. 17
the reigns of Elizabeth and James I., when the confisca-
tion of large Irish estates, and the establishment of Eng-
lish colonies in Ireland, were deemed the most effectual
modes of exterminating Romanism; but the natives, in
spite of persecution, remained, for the most part, firm in
their adherence to the Church of Home.
(37.) From Germany the Reformation extended
into Poland, Livonia, Courland, Hungary, and
Transylvania.
§ 3. Germany under Maximilian I. and Charles K,
H93_1556.
1. Maximilian I, 1493— 1519.
(38.) 1. The constitution. The estates of the
realm having demanded, as a condition of their granting a
subsidy for the Italian war (against Charles VIII.), that
peace and order should be established on a firm footing
throughout the empire, Maximilian, at a diet held at
"Worms in 1495, abolished the Faustrecht9 (right of the
nobles to make war on their own account), and instituted
an Imperial Chamber as the supreme court of justice,
with authority to publish the bann of the empire against
all transgressors of the laws. The president of this court
was nominated by the Emperor, but all the other members
were elected by the estates. The chamber, instead of
migrating with the imperial court, as had formerly been
the case, held its sittings in one place — at first at Worms,
then at Spires, and lastly at Wetzlar (1689—1806). For
the better maintenance of peace, the whole empire was
divided (at a diet held at Cologne in 1512) into ten
Circles, viz. the Austrian, Bavarian, Swabian, Fran-
conian, Tipper Rhenish, Lower (or Electoral) Rhenish,
Westphalian, Upper Saxon, Lower Saxon, and Burgun-
dian. In each circle chief officers were appointed for
carrying into execution the decrees of the imperial
chamber.
Of the ten circles,
(39.) 1. The Austrian (the largest of all) comprised
9 Lit. FisJ-right, i. e. right of the strong hand.
18 MODERN HISTORY. [40 46. § 3.
Austria, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, the Tyrol, and some
possessions of the house of Hapsburg on the Upper
Rhine, and in Swabia.
(40.) 2. The Bavarian. The duchy of Bavaria, the
Upper Palatinate, the principality of Neuburg. the arch-
bishopric of Salzburg, and several smaller spiritual and
temporal seignories.
(41.) 3. T/ie Swabian. The*duchy of Wurtemberg,
the Margravate of Baden, the county of Hohenzollern,
the county of Furstenberg, the bishopric of Augsburg,
&c., altogether, 90 spiritual and temporal estates.
(42.) 4. The Franconian. The Brandenburg mar-
gravates of Culmbach (Baireuth) and Onolzbach (Ans-
pach), the Teutonic Order, which after the secularization
of Prussia established itself at Mergentheim as the seat
of government, the bishoprics of Bamberg, Wurzburg,
and Eichstadt, the imperial city of Nfirnberg, &c.
(43.) 5. The Ujiper Rhenish circle was intermixed
with the Electoral Rhenish. Its two principal portions
were Lorraine on the left, and Hesse on the right bank of
the Rhine. Since the year 1619, the latter of these por-
tions had comprised only Darmstadt and Cassel, the
two other lines of Marburg and Rheinfels having become
extinct, and their territories having been annexed to
Cassel.
(44.) 6. The Electoral or Lower Rhenish compre-
hended the three spiritual electorates of Mainz (Mayence),
Trier (Treves), and Kb'ln (Cologne), with a portion of the
territories of the Elector Palatine, which were divided
into four circles.
(45) 7. The Burgundian, which since the year 1536
had belonged to the Spanish branch of the Habsburg
family, and consequently was no longer, strictly speaking,
a portion of the empire, comprehended Holland, Belgium,
and a part of the north of France, omitting Luttich
(Liege).
(46.) 8. The Westphalian circle, between the Mass
(Meuse) and the Weser, comprised the duchies of Cleves,
Julich. Berg, the county of Marie, the six bishoprics of
Liege, Minister, Paderborn, Minden, Verden, and Os-
nabruck (Osnaburgh), with East Friesland, Oldenburg,
47 51. §3.] GERMANY. 19
the imperial cities of Cologne, Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle),
Dortmund, &c.
(47.) 9. The Lower Saxon — the archbishoprics of
Magdeburg and Bremen, the bishoprics of Halberstadt,
Hildesheim and Lubeck, the duchies of Braunschweig
(Brunswick) and Luneburg, Saxe-Lauenburg, Holstein,
Mecklenburg, six imperial cities, &c.
(48.) 10. The Upper Saxon — the two electorates of
Saxony and Brandenburg, the two Pomeranian duchies
(Stettin and Wolgast), the principality of Anhalt, the
landgravate of Thuringia, &c.
(49.) These ten circles comprehended more than 250
states ; but as the smaller voted in groups, scarcely more
than 100 members appeared at the diet. Bohemia (with
its provinces of Moravia, Silesia, and Lusatia), together
with the Prussian and Livonian states, was entirely ex-
cluded from this arrangement ; Switzerland was also ex-
empted (by Maximilian in 1508) from the jurisdiction of
the chamber and the necessity of furnishing its contin-
gent of troops and money. Italy was hardly even in
name a portion of the empire. The kingdom of Aries
had been annexed piecemeal to France.
(50.) 2. Italian wars respecting Milan and
Naples.
a. Occupation for a short time of Naples by the
French (1495). Charles VIII., who had inherited, as
heir of the house of Anjou, the claims of his father to
the Neapolitan throne, obtained possession of Naples.
But the facility with which the conquest was achieved
rendered the French so insolent, that a league was formed
between Venice, the Pope, the King of Arragon, the Em-
peror, and the Duke of Milan, for the restoration of Fer-
dinand II., who returned to his kingdom, supported by
troops from Arragon, and compelled the feeble garrisons
left by Charles to capitulate, on condition of being per-
mitted to depart unmolested.
(51.) b. Conquest of Milan by the French in 1499.
— Louis XII., the successor of Charles VIII., in conjunc-
tion with Venice, conquered the duchy of Milan, which
he claimed in right of his grandmother, Valentina Vis-
conti (see genealogical table, $ 7). The French were
20 MODERN HISTORY. [52 54. $ 3.
soon afterwards expelled by Ludovico Moro, who in his
turn was betrayed by his Swiss mercenaries, and died in
a French prison.
(52.) c. Conquest of Naples by the French and
Spaniards in 1501. — Louis XII., whose power had been
greatly augmented by the acquisition of Milan, formed
an alliance with Ferdinand of Arragon (the Catholic) for
the re-conquest of Naples. The reigning sovereign,
Frederick II, , was conveyed a prisoner to France, and
continued a pensioner of the French crown until his
death ; but the French and Spaniards having quarrelled
respecting the division of the booty, the Spanish general,
G-onsalvo de Cordova, defeated the French, and compelled
Louis XII. to relinquish his claims.
(53.) d. War against Venice (1508-9).— Although
Louis was indebted to the Venetians for the acquisition
of Milan, and depended mainly on their friendship for the
secure possession of his conquest, he was nevertheless
weak enough to enter into a confederacy with the Pope
(Julius II.), the Emperor Maximilian, and Ferdinand the
Catholic, for the ruin of Venice. By this treaty, termed
the league of Cambray, it was agreed that the
Venetians should be compelled to restore all the territory
which they had wrested from any of the allies. But
scarcely had the war commenced (with a battle near Ag-
nadello, in which the Venetians were defeated), when the
confederacy was broken up, the Venetians acquiescing in
all the demands of the Pope and Ferdinand, and forming
with those two powers
(54.) e. The Holy League (1511) for the expulsion
of the French from Italy. The French lost Milan, which
was recovered by the successor of Louis, Francis I., in a
brilliant victory over the Swiss at Marignano (1515).
The French gained at first some advantage over the allies
(near Ravenna) ; but their brave leader, Graston de Foix,
having fallen in the battle, the Swiss garrisoned Milan
for Maximilian Sforza ; and although the city was taken,
for the third time, by the French (after the dissolution of
the league), they were compelled at last to abandon it
(after their defeat at Novara), and about the same time
were overthrown (at Gruinegate) by the English and the
55. § 3.] GERMANY. 21
Emperor Maximilian. Milan was taken, for the fourth
time, by Francis I. (in conjunction with the Venetians),
after his victory over the divided Swiss at Marignano
in 1515. Maximilian Sforza became a pensioner of
France, and was compelled to reside in that country.
(55.) 3. Acquisitions of territory. — Maxi-
milian married his son Philip to Joanna, daughter of
Ferdinand the Catholic (who became heiress to the Span-
ish throne by the death of all the nearer claimants), and
effected a marriage between his second grandson Ferdi-
nand, and Anne, sister of Louis II., the last king of
Bohemia and Hungary. Maximilian, who was unable
to proceed farther than Trent, on his journey to Rome to
receive the imperial crown (the passes being beset by the
Venetians), adopted the title of Self-elected Roman Em-
peror (f 1519). All his successors, with one exception,
assumed the imperial dignity immediately after their cor-
onation at Aix-la-Chapelle.
22
MODERN HISTORY.
[56. §3.
57 — 59. $3.] GERMANY. 23
2. Charles V., 1519—1556.
(57.) After the death of Maximilian, two candidates
for the imperial dignity appeared in the persons of his
grandson, Charles I., King of Spain and Naples, and
Francis I., King of France, the latter of whom relied for
success on the friendship of the Pope, and the liberality
with which he had distributed among the electors presents,
and promises of assistance against the Turks. Austria,
on her part, was equally active, and the result was the
unanimous election of Charles, who was required to sign
an instrument, by which the rights of the electors and of
the empire were secured. By this union of the German
and Spanish crowns, France was surrounded on three
sides by the territories of one gigaritic power. It was not
until the year 1530, that Charles V. received, at Bologna,
the imperial and Italian crowns from the hands of the Pope.
(For the diet of Worms, see page 7.)
Wars of Charles V.
(58.) First war with Francis /, 1521—1526. The
immediate occasion of a war between Charles and Francis,
the two most powerful sovereigns of Europe, was the sim-
ultaneous refusal of Francis to restore the duchy of
Burgundy (which had been wrested by Louis XI. from
Charles's grandmother), and of Charles to cede to France
the kingdom of Navarre, which had been conquered by
Ferdinand the Catholic. A fatal error on the part of the
French leader, Lautrec, in permitting the junction of the
imperial and papal armies, occasioned the loss of Milan,
which was conferred on Duke Francis Sforza. During
the preparation of Francis I. for its re-capture, his near
relation, the Constable Charles de Bourbon (who had been
deprived of the government of Milan and the command-
in-chief of the army, on account of some insult offered by
him to the Queen Mother), went over to the imperialists.
A portion of the duchy of Milan was reconquered, but the
French were soon compelled to commence a retreat, in
which Bayard (the " chevalier sans peur et sans reproche")
lost his life.
(59.) The imperialists having made an unsuccessful
24 MODERN HISTORY. [59. § 3.
incursion into the South of France, Francis availed him-
self of this opportunity for a last attempt on Milan, and
entering Italy, reconquered, almost without opposition,
the greater part of the duchy. Then he sat down before
the fortified city of Pavia, after dispatching a division of
his army to Naples for the reconquest of that kingdom.
Meanwhile an imperial army, commanded by Pescara, had
marched to the relief of Pavia, where the French were
utterly defeated in 1525. In this battle Francis I. was
taken prisoner, and compelled to purchase his liberation
by renouncing (in the Convention of Madrid, 1526)
all claims to Italy and Burgundy, and delivering up his
sons as hostages. No sooner, however, had he regained
his freedom, than he refused to fulfil the conditions, which,
as he asserted, had been violently imposed on him, and
were contrary to his coronation oath. Hence the second
war, 1527 — 1529. The Pope (Clement VII.) having quar-
relled with the emperor (who had refused to support him
in his claims on Ferrara), and formed an alliance with
Francis I. and the republic of Venice, a war again broke out
between the two great European powers. George Frunds-
berg entered Italy at the head of an imperial army, joined
the Constable Charles de Bourbon, and soon afterwards
died. The Constable then marched without opposition to
Rome, but lost his life during the storming of the city,
which was taken and plundered by his troops. The Pope,
who had taken refuge in the castle of St. Angelo, was re-
leased by the Emperor after promising to summon a gen-
eral council for the reunion and reformation of the
Church, and to oppose the divorce of Henry VIII. of
England from Catherine (Charles's aunt). In the year
1528, a French army (under Lautrec) conquered Naples,
with the exception of the capital, which was saved by An-
drew Doria, a noble Genoese, who had gone over to the
Emperor in consequence of insults received from the
French. The French besieging army was almost exter-
minated by pestilence. In the following year a peace
(called the Ladies' Peace, because it was negotiated by
Louisa of Savoy, mother of Francis, and Margaret of
Austria, Charles's aunt) was concluded at Cambray,
Francis retaining Burgundy, but agreeing to pay a ran-
60,61. §3.] GERMANY. 25
som of two millions of crowns for the liberation of his
sons, and renouncing all claims to Flanders and Italy.
(60.) War with the Turks, 1526 — 1532. Solyman
II. had entered Hungary (in consequence of a summons
dispatched from Madrid by Francis I.), and had defeated
and slain the Hungarian King Lewis, in the battle of
Mohacz (1526). Lewis was succeeded in both kingdoms
by his brother-in-law, the Archduke Ferdinand (brother
of Charles V.), the powerful Waiwode of Transylvania
(John Zapolya) being at the same time elected King of
Hungary by another party. Meanwhile Solyman II. had
renewed the war (previously to the conclusion of peace at
Cambray in 1529), and taken Zapolya under his protec-
tion, marched, almost without opposition, to the gates of
Vienna, but withdrew his forces after besieging the city
for three weeks, in consequence of a report that an army
was advancing to its relief. Zapolya, who had received
the so-called holy crown from the hands of the infidels,
remained sovereign of Hungary (or rather a vassal of the
Sultan), his rival Ferdinand being too poor to prosecute
his claims. Solyman, who had never altogether abandoned
his favorite project of universal conquest, was encouraged
by the distracted state of Christendom to enter Hungary
a second time (in 1532) with 250,000 men; but the Em-
peror had in the mean time effected a reconciliation with
the Protestants, and immediately after the conclusion of
peace at Niirnberg was enabled to take the field at the
head of 80,000 men. This unexpected opposition, the
checks which he had already received before several unim-
portant places, and the intelligence of Doria's victories in
the Ionian Seas, were deemed by Solyman sufficient rea-
sons for a hasty retreat.
(For an account of the diets of Spires and Augsburg ,
see page 9.)
(61.) Expedition against Tunis, 1535. Muley Has-
san, King of Tunis, was deposed by Hayraddin Barba-
rossa, a vassal of Solyman II., and chief of a band of
corsairs, who had established himself in Algiers a short
time before. The coasts of Spain and Southern Italy
having been ravaged by these pirates, in defiance of the
Knights of St. John (to whom Charles at his coronation,
2
26 MODERN HISTORY. [62 64. $ 3.
in 1530, had granted Malta, Gozzo, and Tripoli, as fiefs,
on condition of their waging perpetual war against unbe-
lievers and pirates), a Spanish-Italian fleet of 420 sail was
fitted out by the Emperor, who stormed the fortress of
Goletta, defeated the army of Hayraddin before Tunis, took
the city, and set at liberty a large body of Christian
slaves (22,000) who were confined in its prisons. The
whole of the conquered territory, except Goletta and the
coast, was restored to Muley Hassan by the Emperor.
(62.) Third war with Francis I., 1536— 1538. Francis
Sforza, of Milan, having died without issue, and bequeath-
ed his possessions to the Emperor, an attempt was made
by Francis I. to regain possession of the duchy. Alter
demanding from the Duke of Savoy (brother-in-law of
Charles V.) a free passage through his territories, as well
as the cession of a portion of the duchy (which he claimed
in right of his descent from Philip of Savoy, his mater-
nal grandfather), Francis suddenly entered Savoy and
Piedmont, declared war against the Emperor, and formed
an alliance with the Turkish Sultan. At the same time
Charles V. invaded France, but was compelled by want of
provisions to follow the advice of the Constable Montmo-
rency and retire, after laying waste the whole of Provence.
In 1538, an armistice was concluded at Nice, each party
retaining the places which he had taken during the war.
Milan was given to Philip, Charles's son.
(63.) Charles's Expedition against Algiers, 1541, was
occasioned by the terrible depredations of the Algerine
corsairs on the coasts of Spain and Italy. An army was
landed on the African coast, but its operations were frus-
trated by continual rains, and a second storm destroyed
the greater part of the fleet.
(64.) Fourth war against Francis Z, 1542 — 1544.
The disaster which had befallen the Emperor before Al-
giers, and the advance of a Turkish army into Upper
Hungary, seemed to afford a favorable opportunity for the
reassertion of those claims which had never been entirely
abandoned by Francis I. The assassination of two (so-
called) French ambassadors by some Spanish troops,
served as a pretext for hostilities, which were recom-
65 — 67. $ 3.] GERMANY. 27
menced by Francis in conjunction with his allies the
Turks, Danes, Swedes, and the Duke of Cleves.
(65.) The Turks took possession (after the death of
Zapolya) of all that remained of Christian Hungary, and
the French, with an army composed of Danes and subjects
of the Duke of Cleves, invaded the Netherlands, whilst the
united fleets of France and Turkey scoured the Mediter-
ranean and stormed Nice. The Duke of Cleves, who had
trusted to the strength of his fortresses (all of which
capitulated after the capture of the previously impreg-
nable stronghold of Duren), was the first of his ene-
mies defeated by Charles V. Having received assistance
from the states of the empire (including even the Protes-
tant powers) and concluded an alliance with England, the
Emperor then marched through Champagne, as far as
Soissons, on his way to Paris. This movement hastened
the peace of Crespy, which was concluded in 1544, the
two sovereigns pledging themselves to assist each other
against the Turks, and to strain every nerve for the resto-
ration of the ancient religion. At the same time Francis
renounced his claims to Naples, Milan, and Flanders.
(For the Schmalkaldian war, and the war with
"Maurice of Saxony, see page 10.)
(66) War with Henry II. of France (1552). Avail-
ing himself of the distracted state of Germany, Henry
II., by dint of liberal promises of assistance to the
Protestants, obtained possession of the bishoprics of
Metz, Toul, and Verdun. An unsuccessful attempt of
Charles V. to reconquer those cities was followed by an
armistice for five years.
(67) Abdication of Charles V. The elevation
of Paul IV. to the papal throne threatening a revival
of the old contests between the Pope and Emperor,
Charles V., whose strength had been for a long time de-
clining, resigned the sovereignty of Naples, Milan, and
the Netherlands, in 1555, and the crown of Spain in the
following year, to his son Philip ; and having abdicated
the imperial dignity in favor of his brother Ferdinand,
retired to Spain, where he established himself in the
Hieronymite monastery of St. Just, near Placentia. In
this retirement his time was divided between the duties
28 MODERN HISTORY. [68. $4.
of religion, music, gardening, and the manufacture of
wooden clocks. After celebrating his own obsequies,
he died on the 21st of September 1558, in the fifty-sixth
year of his age.
§ 4. Spain.
(68) 1. The marriage of Ferdinand the Catholic
(1479—1516) and Isabella of Castille (1474—1504)
laid the foundation of a union between the kingdoms
of Arragon (to which Sicily and Sardinia also be-
longed) and Castille. To these possessions were
added (by Ximenes) the kingdom of Grenada, Naples
(1534), and the conquests on the north coast of Africa
(Oran, 1509). The anxious desire of the two sovereigns
was to render the monarchy as far as possible independ-
ent of the nobility and the higher order of clergy. With
this view the grand-masterships of the three orders of
chivalry (St. James, Alcantara, and Calatrava) were an-
nexed to the crown, which in consequence exercised un-
limited control over the estates, finances, and military
resources of the orders. Encouragement was also given
to the leagues (Hermandades) of cities against the tyran-
ny of the nobles. The newly established inquisition was
employed for the ruin of those who had rendered them-
selves obnoxious to the court, as well as for the extirpa-
tion of heresy, and the persecution of the Jews, whose
expulsion from the kingdom on account of their apostasy
from a religion to which they had been converted by
force, secured to the crown the possession of their for-
feited property. • A lustre was thrown over the reign of
Ferdinand10 by the discovery of America, the admirable
10 The principal part of the glory of this reign must be at-
tributed to queen Isabella. She evinced the greatest courage
during the vicissitudes of her youth. When Ferdinand fled from
Segovia, she undauntedly remained there. She would guard the
Alhama, at the gates of Grenada, when her most valiant officers
proposed a retreat. She consented reluctantly to the establish-
ment of the Inquisition. She loved literature, and aided its ad-
vancement. She understood Latin ; while Ferdinand could scarce-
ly sign his name. Notwithstanding the objections of Ferdinand,
she armed the fleet which discovered America. She defended the
69, 70.] SPAIN. 29
administration of Cardinal Ximenes, and the reputation
acquired by the Spanish warriors in the conquest of
Grenada and Naples under their renowned leader Gon-
zalvo de Cordova. Isabella was succeeded in the sov-
ereignty of Castille by her daughter Joanna and her
husband Philip I., son of the Emperor Maximilian, who
conquered Navarre as far as the Pyrenees. Two years
after his succession Philip died (1506), and his widow
having fallen into a state of imbecility, Ximenes per-
suaded the estates of Castille to confer the sovereignty
on Ferdinand the Catholic, who was succeeded in both
his kingdoms by Philip's son,
(69) 2. Charles I. (1516—1556), who commenced his
reign under the guardianship of Cardinal Ximenes ;
but on his arrival in Spain from the Netherlands, the
minister was disgraced, and died soon afterwards of vexa-
tion. Cardinal Adrian, a native of the Netherlands,
having been appointed regent of the kingdom during the
absence of Charles in Germany, the cities of Castille,
irritated at the oppressive and increasing taxation,
formed themselves into a confederacy called the " Holy
Junta," and sent an army into the field under the com-
mand of Don Juan Padilla, who was defeated near Villa-
lar (1521), taken prisoner, and executed. On his return
Charles proclaimed a general amnesty; but the privi-
leges of the Castilian crown were still maintained at the
expense of the people's freedom, and the Cortes, although
it continued its sessions, had become powerless and con-
temptible.
(70) But it was not merely by the extension of his
prerogative that Charles upheld and augmented the dig-
nity of the Spanish crown. From his ancestors he had
inherited the whole of Spain, the Netherlands, the Aus-
trian states (with the exception of Bohemia and Hun-
gary), Sicily, Sardinia, and Naples, the recently discovered
West India islands, the colonies on the north coast of
Africa, and the Canary islands. To these he had added
the kingdom of Germany, the duchy of Milan, the prov-
accused Columbus ; consoled Gonsalvo de Cordova in his dis-
grace ; and gave liberty to the unhappy Americans. — Mickelet. (S.)
30 MODERN HISTORY. [71,72. $4.
inces of Utrecht, Oberyssel, and Grroeningen, and the
rich transatlantic countries of Mexico, Peru, Chili, Quito,
and New Granada. The whole of this enormous mass
of territory, with the exception of Germany and the
Austrian states, he delivered over (in 1556) to his only
son,
(71) 3. Philip II. 1556—1598, husband of Mary,
Queen of England, whose gloomy, reserved, and haughty
behavior disgusted his Spanish subjects, whilst his undis-
guised preference for Spain rendered him equally unpopu-
lar in the Netherlands. The war with France, which he
had inherited from his father, was carried on with the
assistance of England, and terminated, after the battle of
St. Quintin,1 and another victory gained by Count Eg-
mont, near Grravelines, by the peace of Chateau Cam-
bresis (1559), the French consenting to restore all the
territory which they had acquired by conquest in Italy.
In this reign the royal residence was transferred from
Valladolid to Madrid. Spain had now reached the sum-
mit of her glory, from which she began rapidly to decline.
The persecution of the Moors, commenced by Ferdinand
the Catholic, and renewed by Charles V., was carried on
with increased severity by Philip, who compelled them
to renounce not only their faith, but even their customs,
dress, and language. This occasioned a civil war, which
lasted two years, and was infamous for the acts of revolt-
ing cruelty perpetrated by both parties. The naval power
of the Turks (who had sanctioned the pillage of the
Italian and Spanish coasts by the corsair states of Africa)
was annihilated in the battle of Lepanto (1571) by
the combined imperial, Venetian and papal fleets, under
the command of Philip's natural brother, Don John of
Austria ; but the advantages of this victory were neutral-
ized by Philip's jealousy of his brother.
(72.) The heaviest loss sustained by Spain at this
period was the defection of the seven united
1 It was in fulfilment of a vow made during this battle that
Philip built the Escurial, a royal palace of Spain, about twenty-
two miles from Madrid, at the foot of the mountains which divide
the two Castilles. (S.)
73, 74. §4.] SPAIN. 31
provinces of the Netherlands (see $ 5). On the
other hand, Portugal, to which Philip had some claim
by his mother's side (as grandson of Emanuel the Great),
was annexed to the Spanish crown by the Duke of Alva,
after the extinction of the Burgundian line in that coun-
try (1580). As the Protestant Queen of England,
Elizabeth, supported the United Netherlands in their
resistance to Spain, and at the same time attacked the
Spanish colonies in America, Philip, relying on the sup-
port of the Romanists in England, fitted out a fleet of
150 sail (called tlw Invincible Armada), which was
beaten by the English off Dunkirk, and almost annihi-
lated by a storm, in 1588. From this blow the power
of Spain never rallied. Philip sank into the grave with
the melancholy consciousness that all his plans had ended
in disappointment and disgrace. His son, Don Carlos,
a feeble-minded youth, whose violence bordered on in-
sanity, was arrested, not on account of his love for his
stepmother,2 but in consequence of his treasonable pro-
jects, and died in prison, probably from natural causes, in
1568.
(73.) 4. Philip III. (1598—1621). The narrow-
minded policy of this monarch, and his incapable min-
ister the Duke of Lerma, in expelling all the Moriscos
(baptized Moors), hastened the downfall of Spain by de-
priving her of the most intelligent and industrious
portion of her population. In the year 1609, Philip
was obliged to conclude an armistice for twelve years with
the Netherlands. The ruin of Spain was still further ac-
celerated by his son,
(74.) Philip IV. (1621—1665), who abandoned the
government of Spain to his minister, the Count Olivarez.
The folly of this man in seeking to restore prosperity by
the introduction of a uniform system of administration
rather than by a rigid economy in the expenditure of the
court, occasioned an insurrection of the Catalonians, who
resisted for twelve years the attempt of Olivarez to de-
prive their province of its peculiar privileges. For the
defection of Portugal, see $ 6. In consequence of these
a As represented by Schiller, in his tragedy of Don Carlos.
32 MODERN HISTORY. [75. §5.
miscarriages Olivarez was removed, but the administra-
tion of his successor, Luis do Haro, seems to have been
scarcely more judicious. Great discontent was excited
in the provinces by immoderate taxation and by the ap-
pointment of none but Spaniards to offices of trust and
honor. The imposition of a fresh tax occasioned an
insurrection at Naples (1647), headed by a fisherman
named Tommaso Aniello (generally contracted into Mas-
aniello), who compelled the Spanish viceroy to grant all
his demands. The assassination of this patriot by his
enemies occasioned a fresh outbreak, which was quelled
by the appearance of a Spanish fleet off the harbor.
The independence of the United Netherlands was
fully recognized by Spain in the peace of Westphalia
(1648).
§ 5. TJie Netherlands.
(75.) At the commencement of the mediaeval period,
the Netherlands belonged to France, after the partition
of that kingdom, to Lorraine, and subsequently to the
duchy of Lower Lorraine. They were gradually split
into a number of small duchies and counties, all of
which, either by conquest, marriage, or purchase, became
the property of the Dukes of Burgundy. Charles the
Bold possessed fourteen Netherlandish provinces (viz.,
the four duchies, Brabant, Limburg, Luxemburg, and
G-eldern ; the counties of Flanders, Artois, Hennegau,
Namur, Holland, Zealand, and Ziitphen, the margravate
of Antwerp, and the seigniories of Mechlin and Fries-
land), which were annexed to Austria by the marriage of
Maximilian I. with Mary of Burgundy. To these were
added the three provinces of Utrecht, Oberyssel, and
Groeningen, by Charles V. Under the Dukes of Bur-
gundy the Netherlandish States, as they were called, ob-
tained several important privileges, such as the right of
self-taxation and levying their own contingent of troops,
which Philip II. on two occasions (in 1549 and 1555),
solemnly swore to respect and defend. After the peace
of Chateau Cambresis, Philip quitted the Netherlands,
leaving as his representative his natural sister, Marga-
75. § 5.] THE NETHERLANDS. 33
ret of Parma, who was assisted by Granvella, Bishop
of Arras. Offices of the highest trust and importance
were also conferred on the great native nobles, William
of Nassau, Prince of Orange, and Lamoral, Count
Egmont ; and the Count Yan Hoorn was appointed ad-
miral of the Netherlandish fleet. But these popular
measures were neutralized by the appointment of foreign-
ers to the other great offices of state, the quartering of a
Spanish force (3000 men) in the Netherlands, and the es-
tablishment of fourteen new bishoprics and three arch-
bishoprics, the chief of which, Mechlin, was conferred on
Granvella, who soon afterwards obtained a cardinal's hat.
The discontent excited by these proceedings was aggra-
vated by a persecution of the Protestants, and at last
reached such a height, that Grranvella deemed it most
prudent to quit the Netherlands. After the publication
of the articles agreed on by the Council of Trent, a pro-
test against the Spanish inquisition and the severity of
the ecclesiastical laws was presented to the Duchess-Re-
gent at Brussels, by a confederacy of 250 noblemen (ori-
gin of the faction called " les gueux")3. As no decisive
answer was given to this petition, the populace became
furious, and commenced a general attack on the churches,
which so terrified Margaret, that she consented to the
suppression of the inquisition in the Netherlands, and
the revocation of the edict commanding uniformity of be-
lief and worship. Egmont was satisfied with these con-
cessions, and promised to support the government ; but
the Prince of Orange still continued his opposition, and
finding his party too feeble for an open demonstration,
fled for safety into Germany, an example which was spee-
dily followed by most of the Protestants. In the year
1567, the Duke of Alva appeared in the Netherlands with
an army of 20,000 men, and assumed the principal direc-
tion of the government ; but the arrest of Egmont,
* As the members of the confederacy approached the palace,
walking two and two in solemn procession, the Duke of Barlai-
mont cried out contemptuously, " Ce n'est qu'un tas de gueux" (it
is only a heap of beggars)— a designation which was thenceforth
adopted by all the Netherlandish patriots. — Wolfgang Menzel's
GeschicJite der Deutscken, cap. 422.
2*
34 MODERN HISTORY. [76. $5.
Hoorn, and other nobles, without the sanction of his co-
regent, so disgusted Margaret, that she resigned her office
and retired to Italy, where she remained until her death.
Alva, now sole governor, immediately established a com-
mission of inquiry (called by the people tlie bloody court),
which commenced proceedings against the Prince of Or-
ange and all who had either signed the protestation or ta-
ken any part in acts of sacrilege. Those who refused to
appear were outlawed, and their goods confiscated. Eg-
mont, Hoorn, and several other noblemen, were executed
at Brussels as conspirators against the state (1568).4
(76.) The Prince of Orange, on receiving intelligence
of the confiscation of his estates, immediately made ar-
rangements for an invasion of the Netherlands, in con-
junction with his brother Lewis of Nassau ; but Lewis
was defeated by Alva near Jemmingen on the Ems, and
the prince himself compelled to retreat almost as soon as
he had crossed the frontier. Even those Netherlanders
who had hitherto remained faithful to Alva, were now
disgusted by the imposition of a new tax (one per cent,
on all property, and five per cent on the sale of immova-
ble, and ten per cent, of movable merchandise), and
placed themselves under the command of the Prince of
Orange, who was -elected royal stattholder of Holland,
Zealand, Friesland, and Utrecht, at a general meeting of
deputies of the insurgent states held at Dort in 1572.
In the following year Alva was dismissed at his own re-
quest, and succeeded in the government of the Nether-
lands by Don Luis de Zuniga y Requesens (1573 —
1576), who dissolved the " bloody court," and after a vic-
tory gained by the Spaniards on the banks of the Maas,
and an unsuccessful attempt on Leyden (1575), endeav-
ored fruitlessly to negotiate a peace, and died in the fol-
lowing year. A confederation of Netherlandish provin-
ces was formed at Grhent for mutual defence against the
Spanish troops, who were liquidating their long arrears of
pay by the plunder of Maestricht, Antwerp, and other
4 The Duke of Alva made it a boast, on his return to Spain,
that he had put to death with the sword more than 18,000 men in
the Netherlands.— S.
77, 78. $ 5.] THE NETHERLANDS. 35
rich cities. On receiving intelligence of this movement,
Philip II. appointed his half-brother, Don Juan of
Austria (a natural son of Charles V.), governor of the
Netherlands (1576—1578), and after his death (at the
end of two years) conferred the office on an experienced
warrior and statesman named Alexander Farnese,
of Parma (son of the late Regent Margaret; 1578 —
1592), who conciliated the southern or Walloon provinces
(which had remained faithful to the Church of Rome), by
securing to them the enjoyment of their ancient privile-
ges.
(77.) On the other hand, the seven northern
provinces, Holland, Zealand, Utrecht, Grelderland,
Groeningen, Friesland, and Oberyssel, all of which had
embraced the doctrines of the Reformation, formed a un-
ion at Utrecht (in 1579), formally renounced their
allegiance to Philip in 1581, and were on the eve of con-
ferring the hereditary countship of the Netherlands on
William of Orange, when he fell by the hand of an assas-
sin (1584.) The government of the seven united provin-
ces was then committed to his brave son, Maurice of
Nassau-Orange (1584 — 1625).
(78.) In the mean time, Alexander of Parma having
obtained possession of Ghent, Brussels, Mechlin, Nime-
guen, and lastly of Antwerp (after a siege in which both
sides greatly distinguished themselves, 1585), the states-
general applied for assistance to Elizabeth Queen of Eng-
land, and consented to appoint the Earl of Leicester gen-
eral stattholder ; but the interference of Maurice of Or-
ange and Oldenbarneveld (pensionary of Rotterdam) so
crippled his operations, that he soon resigned his appoint-
ment (1587). Notwithstanding, however, this untoward
occurrence, friendly relations were still maintained be-
tween the Netherlands and England ; and in consequence,
Philip II. fitted out his invincible Armada, hoping, after
he had subdued England, to find the Netherlands an easy
prey. After the destruction of this fleet, Alexander of
Parma, so far from making any further aggressions on the
independence of the northern provinces, was scarcely able
to maintain his authority in the south. The united prov-
inces, aided by France, continued to carry on war against
36 MODERN HISTORY. [79, 80. $ 6.
Alexander and his feeble successors with such success
(notwithstanding the capture of Ostend by the Spanish
"general Spinola), that they obtained, in the year 1609, an
armistice for twelve years, and subsequently, at
the peace of Westphalia, a distinct recognition of
their independence by the Spanish government.
(79.) The Dutch Protestants were divided about this
time into two parties, Arminians, or remonstrants, who
rejected, and G-omarists, or Counter-Remonstrants, who
held Calvin's favorite tenet of predestination. The Ar-
minians, after the condemnation of their doctrine by the
Synod of Dort in 1618, were cruelly persecuted by their
opponents, who put Oldenbarneveld to death, and con-
demned Hugo G-rotius and others to perpetual imprison-
ment.
§ 6. Portugal.
(80.) A. The illegitimate Burgundian line
(1383—1580).
The most prosperous days of Portugal were under her
rulers of the illegitimate Burgundian house, especially
Emanuel the Great (1495 — 152 1)5, when the discovery of
a new passage by sea to India, and the conquests and set-
tlements of the Portuguese in Asia, rendered Lisbon the
first commercial city of Europe.
After the defeat and death (?) of King Sebastian at
Alkassar in 1578 (in a war against Fez and Morocco), and
the short reign of his great uncle, the Cardinal Henry
6 Emanuel the Great, f 1521.
John III. Isabella." L<
1 1557.
jwis. Henry, Edward.
Cardinal, |
King, Catherine,
tonio, f 1580. mar. John
ior. of Braganza.
Theodosius.
John IV.
King, 1640,
John, Mary, Philip II. An
+ 1554 - -^- - *-_ Pr
Sebastian.
fl578.
83, 84. $ 7.] FRANCE. 37
(1578 — 1580), Portugal became a Spanish province, re-
taining, however, her own constitution.
B. As a Spanish province, 158 1 — 1640. A report
being widely circulated that King Sebastian was still alive,
three pretenders claimed the crown in succession, but were
speedily arrested and executed. It is uncertain whether
the fourth claimant was also an impostor, or the real King
Sebastian who had escaped with life after the battle of
Alkassar. Under Spanish domination, Portugal not only
lost most of her foreign possessions, but was even deprived
of those privileges which Philip II. had sworn to respect
and maintain. All the public offices were filled with
Spaniards, commerce was crippled by vexatious restric-
tions and heavy imposts, the crown lands alienated, and
the fortresses dismantled. This state of slavery was ter-
minated, almost without bloodshed, by a revolution which
raised to the throne (in 1640) Duke John ofBraganza
(descended from a natural son of John I.), and established
the independence of Portugal in spite of repeated attempts
on the part of Spain to reconquer her ancient province.
§ 7. France.
A. Under the House of Valois (1328)— 1589.
83. 8. 6 Louis XII. (1498—1515) (Duke of Orleans)
succeeded his cousin Charles VIII. on the throne of
France, which comprehended at that period a much less
extensive territory than at present (Flanders, Artois, Lor-
raine, Franche-comte and Alsace having been since added),
but which, nevertheless, occupied a distinguished position
in Europe on account of the compact union of its different
provinces, its admirable military organization, and the
firmly established authority of the crown. For the French
wars in Italy, see $ 3. He was succeeded by hie son-in-
law.
(84.) 9. Francis I. (1515— 1547) (Count of Angou-
6 See Handbook of Mediaeval Geography and History, p. 143.
38 MODERN HISTORY. [84. $ 7.
I6me 7 and Duke of Valois) disgusted most of his subjects
by the wanton extravagance with which he lavished the
revenues of the crown on his mistresses and unworthy fa-
vorites. The first act of his reign was the revival of his
wife's claim to the duchy of Milan, which he recovered
after a brilliant victory over the Swiss at Marignano in
1515 (see page 20). For his unsuccessful attempt to ob-
tain the imperial crown, see page 24. His four wars with
Charles V. all of which were prejudicial to the interests of
his kingdom) terminated in the loss of Milan through the
insufficiency of the previous preparations, and the incapa-
city of Francis either to arrange any connected system of
military operations, or to carry out with perseverance even
his own imperfect plans. This disaster occasioned the
imposition of still heavier taxes, and the establishment of
a system of plunder in Provence, Champagne, and Picar-
dy. His ambitious projects at home were attended with
better success. The duchy of Britany was annexed by
marriage to the crown of France, the most powerful vas-
sals rendered dependent on the throne by their appoint-
ment to offices at court, the choice of bishops and abbots
vested in the crown by virtue of a concordat with the
Pope, and the parliament of Paris, which had refused to
register these and other arbitrary acts, humbled by the
7 Charles V.
Charles VI. Louis of Orleans,
mar. Valentina Visconti.
Charles VII. Charles of Orleans. John of Angouldme.
Louis XI. Louis XII. Charles of Angoul6me.
I / * * I
Charles VIII. Claudia. Francis I.
Henry II.
mar. Catherine de' Medici.
Francis II. Elizabeth, Charles IX. Henry III. Francis Margaret
mar. mar. (Duke of Duke of mar.
Mary Stuart. Philip H. Anjou, Alen^on. Henry IV.
King of
Poland.)
85 — 87. $7.] PRANCE. 39
withdrawal of its privileges. The establishment of a
national infantry enabled him to discharge his foreign
mercenaries, and thus rendered him less dependent on
other countries. Legislation was, for the most part, in-
trusted to the Chancellors of France. On the other hand, it
cannot be denied that Francis merited his title of Pere des
lettres, by the encouragement which he gave to science,
literature, and the fine arts. His son
(85.) 10. Henry II. (1547 — 1559) was completely
under the influence of his mistress, Diana of Poitiers, the
Guises8 (Francis, Duke of G-uise, and Charles, Cardinal
of Lorraine, a branch of the house of Lorraine), and the
Constable Montmorency. As an ally of Maurice of Sax-
ony, Henry renewed the war with Charles V. ostensibly
for the benefit of the German Protestants, although he
tortured and murdered their brethren in France. Metz,
Toul, and Yerdun were betrayed into the hands of the
French. Francis of Guise distinguished himself by his
defence of Metz against Charles V. The French, who
had recommenced hostilities on the accession of Philip,
Charles's son, were defeated at St. Quentin by the Span-
iards, assisted by an English force obtained from Philip's
consort, Mary Queen of England.
(86.) At the peace of Chateau Cambresis, concluded
m 1559, after the defeat of their forces by Count- Egmont
near Gravelines, all the places recently taken by the
French were restored, with the exception of Calais, which
had been recaptured from the English by Francis of
Guise, and again contained a French population.
(87.) 11. Francis II. (1559—1560) husband of
Mary Stuart. The mental as well as bodily imbecility of
8 Claude de Guise.
Francis. Duke,
t 1563.
Mary, wife of
James V.
of Scotland.
f A ^
Mary Stuart,
Charles, Cardinal of
Lorraine.
Henry,
1 1488.
Charles of
Mayenne,
1 1611.
Louis, Cardinal.
1 1588.
40 MODERN HISTORY. [88, 89. $ 7.
this sovereign, who was only sixteen when he ascended the
throne, rendered the regency an object of ambition to a,
Catherine de' Medici, his mother, b. The Bourbons,9
descendants of the youngest son of Louis IX. (Antony,
King of Navarre, in right of his wife, and Louis of Conde),
who claimed the office as princes of the blood royal near-
est in succession to the crown, c. The Cruises, who
claimed as uncles of the King's wife. The Guises having
triumphed over their opponents, Francis of Guise under-
took the military, and the Cardinal of Lorraine the civil
administration of the kingdom. Under his brother
(88.) 12. Charles IX. (1560— 1574), who ascended
the throne at eleven years of age, the Guises lost all their
influence. The Queen mother now undertook the regency,
the King of Navarre was appointed lieutenant of the
kingdom, and the free exercise of their religion without the
walls of the city was granted to the Huguenots. The
murder of a number of Protestants in a barn at Vassy on
the one part, and various acts of violence committed by the
Protestants, especially in the south of France, on the
other, occasioned the first of those religious wars by
which France was distracted for more than thirty years.
(89.) In the first three the Huguenots, commanded by
the Condes, and at a later period by Admiral Coligny
and Henry of Navarre, were defeated in every battle (at
Dreux 1562, St. Denys 1567, Jarnac and Moncontour
1569), but at the peace which followed each of these re-
verses (at Amboise in 1563, Lonjumeau, 1568, and St. Ger-
main en Laye 1570) they obtained, in consequence of the
exhausted condition of their enemies, complete religious
freedom, and eventually the right of admission to offices
of state, and the possession of four fortresses, which they
were permitted to occupy with garrisons of their own.
The marriage of Henry of Navarre to Margaret the king's
9 Charles, Duke of Vend6me.
Antony, King of Navarre. Charles, Cardinal.
Henry IV.
Louis I.
of Cond&
Henry I.
of Cond6,
90. $7.] FRANCE. 41
sister, and the invitation to court of Admiral Coligny and
other distinguished Huguenots, seemed to augur well for
the continuance of peace. Under these circumstanees
many thousands of Protestants were induced to visit
Paris, where they were all massacred, with the exception
of Coligny, on the night of the 24th of August, 1572
(the eve of St. Bartholomew). This atrocious
act was planned by the Queen mother, Catherine de' Med-
ici, her third son, Henry of Anjou, and the princes of
Guise (sons of Duke Francis of Guise, who was murdered
before Orleans), with the consent of the feeble-minded
king. At the same time orders were issued for the mur-
der of all the Huguenots in the provinces ; but these
bloody edicts were in some instances disobeyed by the
provincial governors. Their fortresses were also taken
from the Protestants. These atrocities occasioned the
fourth religious war, in which La Rochelle, one of the
strongholds of the Huguenots, was besieged by Henry of
Anjou ; but on the elevation of this prince to the throne
of Poland, peace was concluded, and freedom of religious
worship granted to the Protestants in certain districts.
On the death of Charles IX. his brother was recalled
from Poland, and ascended the throne of France as
^ (90.) 13. Henry III. (1574— 1589), a contemptible
prince, whose time was divided between the most licen-
tious gratifications and acts of superstitious devotion.
Under the influence of his profligate favorites, he pursued
a system of extravagance which completely exhausted the
exchequer. The discontent occasioned by his concessions
to the Huguenots emboldened Duke Henry of Guise to
form a Catholic league, ostensibly for the re^establish-
ment and maintenance of Romanism, but in reality as the
best means of forwarding those claims to the throne
which he was determined to advance (at all events after
the extinction of the house of Yalois) as the lineal de-
scendant of Charlemagne. The king, through mere ter-
ror, placed himself at the he'ad of the league, and issued
an edict forbidding the public profession of Protestant-
ism— hence a fresh war (called " the war of the three
Henrys") with the Huguenots under Henry of Navarre.
Whilst the issue of this war was yet doubtful, a fresh
42 MODERN HISTORY. [91. $7.
league was formed, called " the league of the sixteen" the
object of which was the elevation of Guise to the throne
of France. The king fled from Paris (on " the day of
the Barricades"), but procured the assassination (1588)
of Henry of Guise, and his brother the Cardinal Louis.
The league, which was now headed by the Duke of May-
enne, brother of the murdered Guise, was goaded to des-
peration by this atrocious act, and Henry, to escape their
fury, placed himself under the protection of Henry of Na-
varre, and in conjunction with his new ally besieged Pa-
ris, but was assassinated in his camp by a Dominican
monk named Jacob Clement. On his death-bed he recom-
mended the Bourbon prince, Henry of Navarre, as his
successor.
(91.) B. Under the house of Bourbon', 1589
(—1792).
1. Henry IV., 1589— 1610, after a five years' strug-
gle with the leaguists (supported by the Spaniards), and
two victories, at Arques and Ivry, embraced Romanism
(in 1593), and entering Paris for the first time since his
accession, was gradually recognized as king by the whole
nation.
The religious wars, which had lasted with little inter-
mission for thirty-eight years, were terminated by the
Edict of Nantes, by which entire religious liberty,
and admission to all offices of state, were secured to the
Protestants. This period of tranquillity was employed by
Henry in the restoration of prosperity to France by
means of an extensive financial reform, conducted by his
friend and minister Sully. Under his able administra-
tion trade revived, cities and villages were rebuilt, &c. ;
but scarcely were the wounds of the nation in some de-
gree healed, when Henry announced his intention of fol-
lowing out the plans of his predecessors for the ruin of
the house of Hapsburg, in the hope of finding sufficient
employment in foreign wars for the restless ambition and
energy of his subjects. With the view of wresting from
Spain her provinces in Italy and Belgium, and at the
same time destroying the power of Austria in Germany,
Henry devised the plan of a universal Christian Euro-
pean republic, to be composed of fifteen states of equal
93. $7.] PRANCE. 43
influence but dissimilar constitutions (six hereditary and
five elective monarchies, and four republics). Perpetual
peace was to be the result of this combination. The exe-
cution of this project was interrupted by the death of
Henry, who was assassinated by Ravaillac during a pro-
gress through Paris, in 1610. He was succeeded by his
son,
(93.) 2. Louis XIII. (1610—1643), a minor, who
commenced his reign under the guardianship of his
mother, Mary de' Medici. Sully having been dis-
missed from the administration, the Queen mother, under
the direction of an Italian named Concini (Marquis
d'Ancre), pursued a course of the most ruinous extrava-
gance, which was only checked by her banishment from
court, and the execution of Concini (through the influ-
ence of a favorite of the king named Luynes). A war
between the king and his mother was averted by Jean
Armand du Plessis, afterwards Cardinal and Duke of
Richelieu, whose sagacious and energetic measures
imparted new life to the state, and defeated all the trea-
sonable attempts of the Queen mother (who soon after-
wards fled from France, and died at Cologne) and her
brother Gaston of Orleans. The grand objects of his ad-
ministration, during a period of eighteen years, were, a.
the augmentation of tJie royal authority at home, which
he effected by depriving the Huguenots (after a protract-
ed siege) of their stronghold, la Rochelle, and reducing
them to the condition of a mere religious sect ; refusing
to convoke the estates of the realm, restricting the privi-
lege of exemption from taxation hitherto enjoyed by the*
clergy, &c. ; b. the extension of tJie political influence of
France abroad. This policy was successfully adopted in
Sweden, Italy (where the Mantuan war of succession was
terminated by the elevation of the Duke of Nevers to the
throne), the Netherlands, and Germany, where he carried
out with success the plans of Henry IV. for diminishing
the influence of the house of Hapsburg both in that coun-
try and in Spain. The last of these measures was ren-
dered imperative by the circumstance of France being so
nearly surrounded on three sides by Spanish provinces,
as to require a strong force on almost every frontier, in
44 MODERN HISTORY. [94. $8.
the event of a war with Spain. With this object in view,
Richelieu supported the enemies of Hapsburg (the Neth-
erlands, and German Protestants), and favored the sepa-
ration of the Catalonians and Portuguese from Spain.
His vigorous foreign policy raised France to the influen-
tial position which had been occupied by the Pope in the
middle ages, and even during the Reformation, whilst at
the same time comprehensive plans were devised for the
extension of commerce, the augmentation of the naval
force, the protection of the colonies, the construction of
canals, and the embellishment of Paris, which was in-
debted to him for the establishment of the Academic
Franchise, in 1635. A few months after Richelieu's
death (4th December, 1642), Louis XIII. also died (14th
May, 1643), leaving his kingdom to his son Louis XIV.,
a child of five years old.
§ 8. England and Ireland under the house of Tudor,
1485—1603.
(94.) 1. Henry VII. (1485—1509) put an end to
the long war between the houses of York and Lancaster
by the victory of Bosworth Field (1485), and by his sa-
gacity, vigilance, and firmness defeated all the subsequent
machinations of the Yorkists. The English nobility hav-
ing been almost exterminated during the civil wars, Hen-
ry experienced little opposition to his authority, which he
exercised as absolutely as any English king since the
signing of Magna Charta. He increased the influence
of the crown, secured to his subjects the protection of
wise laws, encouraged trade and industry, took part in
the new discoveries (Newfoundland, &c.)5 and laid the
foundation of England's naval supremacy.
9,5. §8.]
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(96.) 2. Henry VIII. (1509—1547) married Oath
erine of Arragon, his brother's widow, and soon expended
the treasure bequeathed to him by his father in court pa-
geants and wars with France, carried on in conjunction
with his father-in-law, Ferdinand, and at a later period
with Charles V. Leaving the management of public af-
fairs (for seventeen years) to Cardinal Wolsey, Henry oc-
cupied himself in theological studies, and published a
reply to Luther's treatise concerning the Sacraments,
which obtained for him from the Pope the title of " De-
fensor fidei." After a time, however, he quarrelled with
the Pope, to whom he had addressed an unsuccessful pe-
tition for a divorce from his wife on the plea of his mar-
riage being uncanonical. The king, exasperated by the
vexatious delays on the part of the Pope in pronouncing
a decision, determined to take the matter into his own
hands, and was privately married to Anna Boleyn (1532),
by whom he had a daughter, the future Queen Elizabeth.
Henry now broke off all communication with Rome, and
declared himself the supreme head of the Anglican
Church. Many persons who resisted this claim were put
to death by the advice of Thomas Cromwell, who had
succeeded Wolsey in his office of Chancellor. Anna Bo-
leyn, whose lively demeanor had excited the tyrant's jeal-
ousy, ended her days on the scaffold. The very day after
her death he married one of her maids of honor, named
Jane Seymour, who died soon after the birth of Edward
VI. The obsequious parliament was now required to de-
clare both his former marriages illegal, and consequently
to bastardize Mary and Elizabeth. From his fourth wife
(Anne, sister of the Duke of Cleves) he was soon di-
vorced ; his fifth (Catherine Howard) was beheaded for
acts of unchastity committed before her marriage ; and
the sixth (Catherine Parr) was condemned to death for
claiming to differ from the King on religious subjects, but
obtained a remission of her sentence. His son
(97.) 3. Edward VI. (1547— 1553), a boy of nine
years old, was placed at first under the protectorate of
his maternal uncle, who assumed the title of Duke of
Somerset. After the death of Somerset (who was execu-
ted on a charge of attempting to dethrone the King), the
98, 99. $8.] ENGLAND AND IRELAND. 47
administration of public affairs was committed to the
Duke of Northumberland, who persuaded the King to
declare the Lady Jane Grey (Northumberland's daughter-
in-law) heiress to the crown. After Edward's death, and
before the parliament could confirm this change in the
succession, Jane Grey was persuaded to assume the
crown, which she resigned at the end of nine days in fa-
vor of the eldest daughter and rightful heiress of Henry
VIII.,
(98.) 4. Mary Tudor (1553— 1558), who soon af-
terwards married Philip II., at that time King of Naples
and Duke of Milan. Northumberland, who had been
chiefly instrumental in interrupting the regular succes-
sion to the throne, was convicted of high treason and exe-
cuted : Jane Grey and her husband were also condemned
to death ; but the sentence was not carried into execution
until it was rendered necessary, as the government al-
leged, by the breaking out of fresh disturbances. The
re-establishment of Romanism in England was the signal
for a fierce persecution of the Protestants, which contin-
ued until the death of the Queen. Cranmer, Ridley, Lat-
imer, Hooper, and other fathers of the Reformed Church,
with many persons of inferior note, were cruelly burnt at
the stake : others fled to the continent. Mary seems in
this, as well as other passages of her reign, to have acted
under the influence of her husband, Philip II., by whose
persuasion she also engaged in a war with France, and
lost Calais, the last of the English possessions in that
country. After her death, the title of Queen of England
was assumed by Mary Stuart, Dauphiness of France ; but
her party was too insignificant to resist successfully the
claims of
(99.) 5. Elizabeth (1558—1603), a sovereign
whose character seems to have been a union of opposite
qualities. Possessing extraordinary talents for govern-
ment, she was at the same time eminently successful in
the cultivation of classical literature ; her severity and
caprice were tempered by gentleness and magnanimity ;
her vanity was willingly pardoned by those who witnessed
her courageous patriotism. She restored the Anglican
Episcopal Church, and was recognized by parliament as
48 MODERN HISTORY. [99. $8.
its supreme head. ' ° The wise administration of her min-
isters (Nicholas Bacon, Lord High Chancellor, and Wil-
liam Cecil, Lord Burghley, -chief Secretary of State) and
the long peace, insured the prosperity of agriculture and
domestic trade ; the operations of manufacturing indus-
try were extended by the invention of the stocking-loom,
and the ingenuity of fugitives from the Netherlands ; and
foreign commerce was promoted by voyages of discovery
(see page 6), the establishment of colonies in North
America, and the incorporation of the East India Com-
pany. The assistance rendered by Elizabeth to the re-
volted provinces in the Netherlands, the execution of
Mary Stuart (see § 9), the capture of a hundred Spanish
merchantmen on the high seas, and the destruction of a
Spanish fleet in the harbor of Cadiz (both by Sir Francis
Drake), provoked Philip to send out (after five years of
preparation) " the Invincible Armada," under the Duke
of Medina Sidonia ; but before the fleet could form a
junction, as it had been proposed, with a squadron from
the Netherlands under Alexander Farnese, it was at-
tacked by the English under Howard, and soon after-
wards was scattered and almost annihilated by storms
(1588). This victory was followed by the building of an
English fleet of forty-two ships of war, and the establish-
ment of a colonial power in North America (Virginia).
Towards the end of Elizabeth's reign, Ireland, which
(with the exception of the eastern third) had been, espe-
cially since the Reformation, scarcely more than a nomi-
nal province of England, was more closely united to the
English crown. The free exercise of their religion had
been guaranteed to the Irish (under the Earl of Tyrone)
by the Queen's favorite, the Earl of Essex, perhaps in
the hope of obtaining for himself the Irish crown ; but
after his fall, and the expulsion of the Spaniards who had
landed on the coast, the Irish were compelled to submit
unconditionally to the authority of England. Whilst all
the other nations of Europe were becoming daily more
enfeebled and insignificant, England, under the govern-
ment of Queen Elizabeth, gradually raised herself to the
w See Article XXXVH. of the Church of England.
100, 101. $9.] SCOTLAND. 49
rank of a first-rate power. By her last ordinance (re-
specting the succession) Scotland was united to England
and Ireland.
§ 9. Scotland under the Stuarts.
(100.) Scotland since the year 1371 had been gov-
erned by princes of the house of Stuart, the most un-
fortunate royal family in Europe. Of five kings named
James, two were murdered by their subjects, two slain in
wars with England, and the last, James V., was driven
mad by the treason of his discontented vassals, and died
in 1542, leaving one daughter, an infant of eight days'
old.
(101.) Mary Stuart (1542—1568 [f 1587]), whilst
her mother, Mary of Guise, governed Scotland as regent,
was educated in France, where she married the Dauphin
(afterwards Francis II.). After the death of Mary Tu-
dor, she assumed the title of Queen of England, but was
unable to prevent the accession of Elizabeth. The pre-
rogative of the Queen of Scotland was vigorously defended
by the regent at the commencement of John Knox's
Reformation in Scotland, and after the death of her
mother and her husband, Mary returned to her native
country, and herself undertook the government (1561).
Soon after her arrival she married her cousin Darnley,
who (after the murder of her confidential secretary Riz-
zio) was blown up with the house in which he lay sick.
The marriage of Mary with Bothwell (believed by the
people to be the murderer of Darnley) occasioned an in-
surrection of the nobles, who compelled Mary to abdicate,
drove Bothwell out of Scotland, and placed the crown on
the head of Mary's son James, a child of a year old, and
appointed her brother Murray regent of the kingdom,
Mary effected her escape from confinement ; but being de^
feated in a struggle to regain the crown, she fled to Eng-
land, where she was detained in prison for eighteen years,
partly on the ground of her having been pronounced by
the English courts an accomplice in the murder of Darn?-
ley, and partly because she refused compliance with the
demands of Elizabethj to renounce her pretensions to the
3
50 MODERN HISTORY. [102 104. $ 10.
English crown, and break off all communication with the
Romanist party in that country as well as with the court
of Spain, to punish the murderers of Darnley, never to
marry without the consent of Elizabeth, and to permit
her son to be educated in England. In the year 1587
she was beheaded, in consequence of her alleged partici-
pation in a conspiracy against the life of Elizabeth. Dur-
ing the minority of her son,
(102.) James VI. (1567—1603, in Scotland alone),
who succeeded his mother in 1567, Scotland was governed
by four regents in succession, all of whom, with one ex-
ception, died a violent death. During his own feeble ad-
ministration the Presbyterians triumphed over the Epis-
copalians, notwithstanding the preference of the King for
episcopacy. James, as the next heir-male to the English
crown, was nominated to the succession by Queen Eliza-
beth, and consequently was the first sovereign who bore
the title of King of Great Britain and Ireland. The
complete union of the two kingdoms (with one parliament)
was not effected until the year 1707.
$ 10. Great Britain and Ireland under the first two Stu-
arts, 1603—1649.
(103.) I.James I. (1603— 1625). The unfortu-
nate personal peculiarities of this sovereign, his prefer-
ence for the Scotch, his blind affection for unworthy fa-
vorites, such as the Duke of Buckingham, and the desire
which he manifested to exercise an authority over the
parliament as absolute as that of the mighty Tudors, ex-
cited the disgust of his English subjects ; whilst his in-
tolerant treatment of the Romanists provoked several
members of that communion to engage in the Grun pow-
der Plot, the object of which was to blow up the King
and parliament. Happily for the nation, this conspiracy
was betrayed by an accomplice, and the machinations of
the traitors defeated.
(104.) 2. Charles I. (1625— 1649) quarrelled with
his parliament respecting the imposition of taxes, the
toleration granted to the Romanists, and the retention in
office of his father's unpopular minister the Duke of
104. § 10.] GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. . 51
Buckingham. After two dissolutions, Charles, in order
to procure funds for carrying on the war (in defence of
the continental Protestants) against Austria, France, and
Spain, was compelled to summon a third parliament, and
give his assent to the " petition of right," which provided
that no taxes should be levied without the consent of par-
liament, and secured personal liberty to the King's sub-
jects. But as neither this concession nor the assassina-
tion of Buckingham satisfied the malcontents, the King
dissolved his third parliament, and did not call another
for eleven years. After the conclusion of peace with
France and Spain, Charles, in direct contravention of the
" petition of right," levied throughout the kingdom, on
his own authority, a tax called ship-money, professedly to
meet the expenses of fitting out a fleet. In Scotland, in
consequence of an attempt to enforce the use of the An-
glican ritual, " a solemn league and covenant" was formed,
the avowed object of which was a general resistance to
the King's proclamation. The intelligence of their prep-
arations so alarmed Charles, that he immediately sum-
moned the so-called " long parliament," and demanded a
vote of money for carrying on war against the rebels.
The parliament now required the dismissal of the King's
ministers (Laud and Strafford, both of whom were after-
wards executed), assumed the royal prerogative, expelled
the Bishops from the Upper House, and joined the Scotch
in their rebellion. The parliament army (in which Oli-
ver Cromwell soon distinguished himself) obtained
two victories over the ill-disciplined forces of the King,
who sought an asylum among the Scotch, and was deliv-
ered up by them to the English parliament on his refusal
to embrace puritanism. About this time (1647) began
the disputes between the Puritans, who were most in-
fluential in parliament, and the Independents, who
governed the army. The latter having obtained posses-
sion of the King's person, their leader, Cromwell, defeat-
ed the Scotch, who had invaded England for the purpose
of rescuing him. It was now resolved to bring Charles
to trial, and. the Presbyterian members of the House of
Commons, who opposed this treasonable proceeding, were
all expelled ; those who remained were called in derision
52 MODERN HISTORY. [105 107. §11.
the " Rump-parliament." Disregarding the protest of
the Upper House, this remnant of the House of Com-
mons nominated a high court of justice (including Crom-
well among its members), which condemned Charles I. to
suffer death, as a " tyrant, murderer, traitor, and cause of
all the blood that had been shed." On the 30th Jan.
1649, this sentence was carried into execution in front of
Whitehall palace.
§11. Italy.
(105.) 1. The Spanish Possessions. — The political
equipoise which had been established in the fifteenth cen-
tury between the different states of Italy, was destroyed
in the sixteenth by the preponderance obtained by Spain
through her Italian conquests. To Sicily and Sar-
dinia, which already belonged to Arragon, Naples was
added in 1504 by Ferdinand the Catholic ; and after the
extinction of the house of Sforza, Milan was granted as
a fief by Charles V. to his son Philip II.
(106.) 2. The Duchies, a. Savoy with Nice and
Piedmont (Geneva also until 1536). b. Mantua (ori-
ginally a marquisate (1432 — 1530), then raised to the rank
of a duchy, and (1536) augmented by the addition of
Montferrat after the extinction of its marquisate) was
governed by the house of Gronzaga, and after the extinc-
tion of that line, and a war of succession which had lasted
four years, was settled on Duke Charles of Nevers by the
peace of Chierasco. c. Modena, with Reggio and Fer-
rara, under the house of Este (1288 — 1796). Ferrara,
on the extinction of the legitimate line of Este, lapsed
to its feudal sovereign the Pope. d. Parma and Pia-
cenza, which belonged sometimes to France, sometimes
to the states of the Church, were subject at a later period
(1545) to the house of Farnese.
(107.) 3. The Republics, a. Venice (which pos-
sessed also the. whole northeastern side of Upper Italy as
far as the Adda (terra firma), Istria, the coasts of Dalma-
tia and Albania, several Neapolitan ports, the Ionian and
many of the Greek islands, Candia and Cyprus) occupied
during this period a prominent position among the states
108—111. §12.] GERMANY. 53
of Italy ; but her supremacy in the Adriatic and Med-
iterranean occasioned jealousies, and involved her in wars
with the southern powers of Italy, which terminated in
the loss of most of her continental possessions. Several
of the Greek islands and Cyprus were also wrested from
her by the Turks ; and lastly, her commerce was ruined
by the discovery of a passage by sea to the East Indies,
and the conquest of Egypt by the Turks, b. G-enoa,
which belonged at first to Milan, and was twice conquered,
together with that duchy, by the French, obtained her
independence by means of a revolution effected with sur-
prising suddenness by Andrew Doria. An aristocratic
form of government was established, which lasted until
the year 1797. A conspiracy, set on foot by Fiesco,
Count of Lavagna, for the ruin of the Doria family and
the overthrow of this constitution, miscarried in conse-
quence of the sudden death of Fiesco, who was drowned
in the harbor of Genoa, c. Lucca.
(108.) 4. Tuscany remained subject to the house of
Medici, at first as a republic, then as a duchy (1531 — •
1574), and finally as a grand duchy (1574—1737).
(109.) 5. The states of the Church were enlarged
by the conquest of the republic of Bologna and the mark
(margraviate) of Ancona, and the annexation of Ferrara.
$ 1 2. Germany, from the abdication of Charles V. to the
peace of Westphalia, 1556—1648 (comp. § 3).
(110.) 3. Ferdinand I. (1556—1564),
King of Bohemia and Hungary in right of his wife (see
page 21), and Roman King since 1531, was elected Empe-
ror without a dissenting voice, it being merely required
that he should swear to respect the resolutions passed by
tho diet of Augsburg. He reigned with prudence and
moderation ; but was unable to recover from France the
three bishoprics in Lorraine, and was obliged, as the con-
dition of an armistice with the Turks, to abandon to them
all the territory of which they had taken possession in
Hungary.
(111.) The disappointment occasioned by the failure of
these attempts, and of his plan for the reconciliation of the
54 MODERN HISTORY. [112 — 114. $12.
two confessions, by conceding to the laity the use of the cup
in the Holy Eucharist, and permitting the marriage of
priests, probably hastened his death. He was succeeded
by his son
(112.) 4. Maximilian II. (1564—1576),
a mild and sagacious prince, who was persuaded by Zapo-
lya's son to engage in a fresh Turkish war, which was ter-
minated by an armistice, after the death of Solyman II.
before the fortress of Sigeth (defended by Zriny). Wil-
liam of Grrumbach, who had murdered the Bishop of Wiirz-
burg, was put to death by the Emperor with most of his
followers. Maximilian was succeeded by his eon
(113.) 5. Rudolph II. (1576— 1612),
a feeble-minded sovereign, whose reign was distracted by
the disputes of the Romanists, Lutherans, and Calvinists.
The religious peace of Augsburg had failed to reconcile the
contending parties, who were still further estranged by
the decision of the Council of Trent, and by various un-
toward circumstances, such as the expulsion of the Pro-
testants from Aix-la-Chapelle, where they had seized on
the reins of government; the excommunication by the
Pope of Grebhard, Elector of Cologne, who had gone over
to Calvinism, and married the Countess Agnes of Mans-
feld; the expulsion of a Protestant Bishop from Stras-
burg; and the placing the Protestant city of Donauwerth
under the bann of the empire for obstructing the Romish
worship. By the advice of the Elector Palatine, Frede-
rick IV., several of the Protestant princes formed a U n i on
(1608), the professed object of which was mutual protec-
tion.
(114.) To this "Union" the Romanist princes opposed
a "League," headed by Duke Maximilian of Bavaria
(1609); consequently, the representatives of the two
branches of the house of Wittelsbach were opposed to one
another as leaders of the antagonist parties, — the elder or
Palatine line supporting the Union, and the younger or
Bavarian the League. In Bohemia, where most of the
115 118. $12.] GERMANY. 55
Utraquists l had joined the Lutheran communion, the Pro-
testants compelled the Emperor to publish a Letter of
Majesty, by which religious freedom was secured to the
three estates of nobles, knights, and royal cities, with their
vassals.
(115.) The death (without issue) of John William,
Duke of Julich (Juliers), Cleves, and Berg, was followed
byawarofsuccession between the descendants of his
sisters, the Elector John Sigismund, of Brandenburg, and
the Count Palatine Wolfgang of Neuburg (1609). After
raging eighteen years, this war was terminated by the
convention of Diisseldorf, by which the territories of the
late Duke were equally divided between the two claimants,
Brandenburg receiving for his share Cleves and the coun-
ties of Mark and Ravensberg, and Neuburg obtaining
Julich, Berg, and the seignory of Ravenstein. In the
reign of Rudolph's brother and successor
(116.) 6. Matthias (1612—1619)
began the thirty years' war (1618 — 1648), the com-
mencement of which may be dated from an insurrection
at Prague, occasioned by disputes respecting the erection
of Utraquist churches, when two of the royal counsellors
(Martinitz and Slavata) were thrown out of the windows
of the senate-house by a tumultuous assemblage headed
by Count Thurn.
A. Bohemian-Palatine period. 1618 — 1623.
(117.) The Bohemian Protestants, supported by the
Union with an army under Count Ernest of Mansfeld, had
already made themselves masters of the greater part of
Bohemia, when Matthias died, and was succeeded (after
the repulse of Count Thurn from Austria) by
(118.) 7. Ferdinand II., (1619—1637),
a grandson of Ferdinand I. Although this prince had
already been two years King of Bohemia, the Protestant
1 The Hussites, or Bohemian Brethren, called Utraquists be-
cause they partook of the Holy Eucharist "sub utraque forma" (in
both kinds).
56 MODERN HISTORY. [119. §12.
estates refused to recognize his election, and placed on the
throne the Elector Palatine Frederick V., head of
the Union and of the Calvinistic party in Germany. On
the other hand, the Elector of Saxony, who disliked the
spread of Calvinism in Bohemia, formed an alliance with
the Emperor, whilst Maximilian of Bavaria (commander-
in-chief of the League), after compelling the Protestant
estates of Lower Austria to return to their allegiance, en-
tered Bohemia, and utterly routed the army of Frederick
(which was exhausted by a night-march) on the White
Mountain, near Prague (8th November, 1620). Fre-
derick, who had fled to Holland, was placed under the
bann of the empire, and all his estates confiscated, Bohe-
mia was subdued, the Letter of Majesty torn in pieces, the
Protestants deprived of all their civil privileges, and their
preachers banished.2 The bann of the empire was carried
into effect by the League, whose general, Tilly (an officer
of Maximilian's), took possession of the territories of the
exiled Elector on the Danube and Rhine, after defeating
Ernest of Mansfeld and Christian of Brunswick. The
vacant electorate was conferred on Maximilian (whose ap-
pointment gave the Romanists a majority in the electoral
college), and Lusace on the Elector of Saxony. The Union
had been dissolved since the year 1621. The valuable
library collected by the Elector Palatine at Heidelberg,
was presented by Maximilian to the Pope.3
B. Danish period, 1625 — 1629.
(119.) Hostilities were recommenced by Christian
IV., King of Denmark, who came forward as defender of
his brother-in-law, Frederick V., and the Protestant cause,
at the head of a considerable army, which he had levied in
conjunction with England, Holland, and France. Mean-
while the Emperor, whose jealousy of Maximilian became
daily more apparent, had found .an able supporter in Al-
2 It is calculated that no less than 30.000 families were forced
to leave Bohemia at this time. They resorted, for the most part,
to Saxony and Brandenburg. — S.
3 This library, at the intercession of the Emperor of Austria
and the King of Prussia, was restored to Heidelberg, in the year
1815.— S.
120. $ 12.] GERMANY. 57
bert of Waldstein, orWallenstein, Prince, and after-
wards Duke, of Friedland, in Bohemia, who raised an army
at his own expense, defeated Count Mansfeld at the bridge
of Dessau, and followed him into Hungary. At the same
time the arms of the League were victorious under Tilly,
who defeated (1626) the Danish and Lower Saxon army com-
manded by Christian IV., near Lutter on the Baren-
berg, in the territory of Brunswick, and effected a junc-
tion with Wallenstein on his return from Hungary, for the
purpose of making a combined attack on the territories
of the King of Denmark. Holstein was conquered by the
united forces of the two generals, and Schleswig and Jut-
land by Wallenstein alone : the two Dukes of Mecklen-
burg were expelled from their dominions for promising
aid to the Danes, and the Duke of Pomerania forced to
place his hitherto peaceful country at the disposal of Wal-
leDstein. The strong fortress of Stralsund alone refused
to receive an imperial garrison, and, with the assistance of
Denmark and Sweden, repulsed the besiegers. In order
to prevent a junction of the Swedes and Danes, a peace
was concluded at .Ltibeck (1629) between the Emperor
and the King of Denmark, on terms exceedingly favorable
to the latter, who received back all the territories of which
he had been deprived by Wallenstein and Tilly, on pledg-
ing himself never to become a party to any confederacy,
against the Emperor.
(120.) As a compensation for the expenses incurred
in the war, the Elector of Bavaria received the Upper
Palatinate, and Wallenstein the duchy of Mecklenburg.
The Emperor, who considered this a favorable opportu-
nity for the re-establishment of Romanism, at first in his
hereditary dominions, and then throughout the empire,
demanded (at the instance of the papal nuncio, and with
the Consent of the four Romanist Electors) the restoration
of all ecclesiastical endowments which had been appropri-
ated by the Protestants since the convention of Passau,
(1552), viz. two archbishoprics (Magdeburg and Bremen),
twelve bishoprics, and almost all the abbeys and monaste-
ries of Northern Germany. At the same time he issued
a decree that no sectaries should in future be tolerated
except those who recognized the Confession of Augsburg.
3*
58 MODERN HISTORY. [121. § 12.
This edict was carried into effect with great severity by
Wallenstein, in conjunction with the troops of the League.
The discontent excited by these proceedings was express-
ed by the estates of the empire, and especially by Maxi-
milian (at a diet held by Ferdinand at Ratisbon, for the
purpose of procuring the election of his eldest son as Ro-
man King), so loudly and unequivocally as to compel the
Emperor to dismiss Wallenstein from his service (Sep-
tember, 1630).
C. Swedish period, 1630 — 1635.
(121.) The divided state of the Romanist party, and
the vacillation of the Emperor, who still suspended the
execution of the Restitution Edict, had given fresh cou-
rage to the Protestants, especially since the accession to
their cause ofGustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden,
with whom they had formerly entered into negotiations,
and who was now ready to declare war against the Empe-
ror, partly out of zeal for the Lutheran faith, and partly
for reasons independent of his religious opinions ; the ex-
pulsion, for instance, of his relatives, the Dukes of Meck-
lenburg, and the rejection of his mediation at the peace of
Liibeck. Having formed an alliance with France, Gusta-
vus Adolphus yielded to the solicitations of the German
Protestants, and in the summer of 1630 landed on the
coast of Pomerania, drove the Austrians out of that coun-
try, and advanced as far as the March of Brandenburg.
Meanwhile Tilly (now commander-in-chief of the imperial
forces), in conjunction with Pappenheim, invested the city
of Magdeburg, which had made common cause with the
Swedes. Gustavus Adolphus advanced to its relief, but
before he could cross the Elbe Magdeburg-was taken,
sacked, and almost levelled with the ground (May 20,
163 1).4 Tilly now determined to secure Electoral Saxony,
as the most likely means of arresting the progress of the
Swedes ; and the Electors, who had hitherto stood aloof,
4 The savage and monstrous cruelty and outrage of the soldiery
under Tilly, almost surpass belief. From this date all glory and
good fortune deserted him, and his name was never pronounced
without a malediction. — S.
122. § 12.] GERMANY. 59
placed themselves under the protection of Gustavus Adol-
phus. On the 7th September, 1631, Tilly was defeated
by the united Swedish and Saxon army on the great plain
near Leipzic. This victory annihilated the two formida-
ble armies of the Imperialists and Leaguists, and neutral-
ized at one blow all the advantages which the Emperor
had obtained during the whole war, whilst to the mind of
Gustavus Adolphus it suggested the ambitious design of
proclaiming himself, under some form or other, head of
the German empire, or at least of the Protestant portion
of it. A plan of operations was now settled between the
Conqueror and the Elector of Saxony, who was to attack
the Emperor in his hereditary kingdom of Bohemia, whilst
Gustavus Adolphus overran Western and Southern Ger-
many, and destroyed the remnant of the League. In pur-
suance of this plan, Gustavus traversed Thuringia and
Franconia as far as Mainz (Mayence), and then advanced
on Bavaria, leaving his generals, with Duke Bernard of
Saxe Weimar at their head, to complete his conquests on
the Rhine.
(122.) On the frontier of Bavaria the passage of the
Lech was contested by Tilly, who fell in the engagement.5
Gustavus Adolphus then marched without interruption to
Munich, having overrun the whole of the German empire
except the hereditary dominions of the Emperor in Aus-
tria. Meanwhile Wallenstein had been persuaded to raise
a fresh army of 40,000 men, with which he drove the Sax-
ons out of Bohemia. Then he joined the Elector of Ba-
varia, and marched to Number g, where the Swedish
and Imperialist armies remained opposite one another for
eleven weeks, each party hoping that the other would be
compelled by want of provisions to abandon his position.
At last Gustavus Adolphus, after an unsuccessful attack
on Wallenstein's camp, returned to Bavaria, hoping that
the enemy would follow him. Wallenstein also broke up
his encampment ; but, instead of proceeding southwards,
he marched into Saxony, for the purpose of compelling the
Elector to renounce his alliance with the Swedes, and in
the following spring of cutting off the retreat of the Swe-
6 He died twenty-five days after the battle.— S.
60 MODERN HISTORY. [123. §12.
dish army by reconquering northern G-ermany, especially
Mecklenburg. On receiving intelligence of this move-
ment, Grustavus, at the earnest entreaty of the Elector,
returned by forced marches to Saxony, and finding that
Wallenstein's troops were now dispersed in winter quar-
ters, and that a detachment under Pappenheim had been
sent to the Rhine, he compelled the Imperialists to give
him battle at Liitzen (Nov. 16, 1632). In this engage-
ment Grustavus Adolphus lost his life,6 and the Swedish
troops were already beginning to waver, when the intelli-
gence of their King's death goaded them to such exertions
as secured the victory, notwithstanding the arrival of re-
inforcements under Pappenheim, who was borne from the
field mortally wounded. The prosecution of the war was
then undertaken by the Swedish Chancellor Axel Oxen-
stiern, in conjunction with Cardinal Richelieu, whose sole
object was the humiliation of Austria and the acquisition
of the territory on the left bank of the Rhine. Thus the
war assumed every day more unequivocally the character
of a mere political rather than a religious contest.
(123.) Whilst Bernard of Saxe Weimar, who
had taken the command of the Swedish army after the
death of Grustavus Adolphus, employed himself in the
conquest of Franconia, which had been granted him as a
fief of the Swedish crown; and Grustavus Horn, one of
the most distinguished pupils of the deceased King, made
himself master of the greater part of Alsace, Wallenstein,
instead of profiting by the confusion caused by the death
of Grustavus Adolphus, remained inactive, and entered into
negotiations with France for the crown of Bohemia. This
conduct was the result, it would seem, of a conviction that
the watchful jealousy of his enemies would prevent his
receiving the grant of an hereditary principality from the
Emperor. The apparent inconsistency of the policy pur-
sued towards the German Protestants and Sweden, with
whom he was sometimes at war, and sometimes engaged
in negotiation (for the purpose, as he pretended, of pre-
venting a junction of their forces), his backwardness in
6 Not without suspicion of treachery at the hands of the Duke
of Saxe-Lauenburg. See Schiller's " Tidrly Years' War"—S.
124. § 12.] GERMANY. 61
marching to the rescue of Bavaria, the negotiation with
France, of which we have just spoken, and, lastly, the pre-
tended conspiracy of Pilsen, furnished his enemies at the
imperial court (among whom the Bavarian ambassador was
the most conspicuous) with sufficient grounds of accusa-
tion. Without affording him an opportunity of being
heard in his own defence, the Emperor removed Wallen-
stein from his command, and on the 25th February, 1634,
he was assassinated at Eger by some of his own officers.7
Wallenstein was succeeded in the command of the imperial
forces by the Emperor's eldest son, Ferdinand, King of
Hungary and Bohemia, with Grallas as his lieutenant. In
conjunction with the Bavarian army under John von
Werth, the new commander-in-chief ascended the Danube,
and defeated the two Swedish generals at Nordlingen
in Swabia. Bernard fled to the Rhine, Horn was taken
prisoner, and Swabia, Franconia, and the Palatine were
occupied by detachments of the imperial army. As little
assistance could now be expected from their Swedish allies,
the Protestants of south-western Germany were compelled
to purchase the protection of France by the sacrifice of
Upper Alsace.
D. Swedish French Period (1634—1648).
(124.) Before the French could cross the Rhine (for
the purpose of relieving Heidelberg, which was besieged
by John von Werth), the condition of discreditable de-
pendence on a foreign power in which the Protestants of
Germany now found themselves, was fully recognized by
the Elector of Saxony, who, in the spirit of a true patriot,
set on foot such negotiations as terminated in the peace
of Prague (1635). By the terms of this peace (which
were gradually subscribed by all the Protestant princes,
except the Landgrave of Hesse Cassel), the operation of
the Restitution Edict was defered for forty years, and the
Elector obtained possession of Lusace. In the following
year, however (1636), the Saxons joined the Imperialists
7 The question of Wallensteinrs guilt or innocence is well dis-
cussed by Schiller. There is no proof of his treason, though great
mystery covers the closing career of this wonderful mail.— S.
62 MODERN HISTORY. [125. §12.
under Count Hatzfeld, for the purpose of attacking B an e r,
commander of the Swedish forces in central and northern
Germany, and were utterly defeated by that general near
Wittstock in Brandenburg.
Ferdinand III. (1637—1657.)
(125.) The passages of the Rhine having been left un-
defended by the removal of Gallas, who had been sent
against Baner by the new Emperor, Bernard of Saxe
Weimar recrossed the river from Alsace, and, after gain-
ing a victory at Rheinfelden (where John von Werth was
taken prisoner), obtained possession of several places on
the right bank, all of which (after his death in 1639)
again fell into the hands of the French, together with his
army, the leaders of which had been corrupted by French
gold. After Baner's death, the command in chief of the
Swedish forces devolved on Torstenson, a brave but
inferior general, who entered Silesia- and Moravia in 1642,
and, after permitting his lieutenant Wrangel to advance
almost to the walls of Vienna, retraced his steps for the
purpose of obtaining reinforcements, and defeated the
Imperialists near Leipzic. The breaking out of a war
between Denmark and Sweden recalled Torstenson from
Germany ; but after a short absence he re-entered the
hereditary dominions of the Emperor, obtained a victory
at Jankau in Bohemia (1645), and advanced a second
time to Vienna, where he sustained so heavy a loss as
compelled him to abandon all hopes of following up his
victory. Soon after this reverse, his increasing infirmity
compelled him to resign the command. Meanwhile the
war was carried on, with various success, on the banks of
the Rhine, by the united forces of France and Protestant
Germany on the one side, and a Bavarian army on the
other. Wrangel, who succeeded Torstenson in the com-
mand, twice joined Turenne, for the purpose of attacking
Bavaria, but never advanced farther than Augsburg,
where Konigsmark quitted the main army, and marched
into Bohemia. He had already made an impression on
Prague, when the peace of Westphalia^ after negotiations
which had been protracted for five years, was concluded at
126, 127. § 12:] GERMANY. 63
Minister and Osnabriick (Osnaburg) on the 24th October,
1648. The conditions of this peace, (which terminated the
thirty years' war) were,
(126.) (a.) With respect to ecclesiastical matters, the
confirmation of the Convention of Passau,and the Religious
Peace of Augsburg, and the extension of their provisions
to the Calvinist or " Reformed " Protestants. Ecclesi-
astical property to remain in the same hands as in the
year 1624, and both parties to enjoy equal political
rights.
(127.) Political matters. 1. France obtained as an
indemnification the Austrian possessions in Alsace, the
confirmation of her sovereignty over the bishoprics and
cities of Metz, Toul, and Verdun, and the right of garri-
soning Philipsburg. 2. Sweden received a considerable
portion of Pomerania (with the island of Riigen), Wismar,
the secularized bishoprics of Bremen and Verden, and five
millions of thalers (dollars), as an indemnification for ex-
penses incurred in the war. 3. Brandenburg was recom-
pensed for her sacrifices in Pomerania by being permitted
to hold the secularized bishoprics of Magdeburg, Halber-
stadt, Minden, and Camin, as four temporal principalities.
4. Mecklenburg received the bishoprics of Schwerin and
Ratzeburg (on the same terms), as an indemnification for
the loss of Wismar. 5. Hesse-Cassel, for the assistance
rendered by her to Sweden during the war, obtained seve-
ral places in Westphalia, and 600,000 thalers. 6. The
son of the Elector Palatine, Frederick V., received the
Lower Palatinate, with an understanding that the Upper
Palatinate also should revert to the electoral line on the
extinction of the Bavarian house. At the same time an
eighth electorate was founded expressly for his benefit.
For all other immovable property lost during the war, a
general system of restitution was arranged. The inde-
pendence of Switzerland and the united Netherlands was
fully recognized by, the German empire. With regard to
political rights, no measures of legislation, war and peace,
taxation, expenditure, defence, or alliance with foreign
powers, were to be adopted by the Emperor without a
vote of the princes of the empire assembled at a diet ;
the sovereignty of the princes within their own terri-
64 MODERN HISTORY. [128 130. § 13, 14.
tories was secured to them ; and they were allowed to
conclude treaties of alliance with one another and with
foreign powers, provided always that nothing were done
against the'Emperor and empire, the intestine tranquillity
of G-ermany, or the peace of Westphalia.
§ 13. Prussia.
(128.) The Teutonic Order, which had governed
Prussia since the year 1283, was entirely suppressed in
that country, when the Grand Master, Albert of Branden-
burg Anspach,8 became a Lutheran, and received, at the
diet of Cracow, in 1525, Eastern Prussia as a temporal
duchy, to be held as a fief of Poland.
(129.) On the accession of his imbecile son Albert
Frederick (1508—1618), the Electors of Brandenburg
obtained first the co-investiture of Prussia, then the guard-
ianship of the idiot Duke ; and finally, the Elector, John
Sigismund, after the death of his father-in-law (Al-
bert Frederick), annexed the duchy to Brandenburg (in
$ 14. Scandinavia.
(130.) Since the Union of Calmar, in the year
1397, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden had formed one
8 1. Frederick I., first Elector of Brandenburg, of the line of
Hohenzollern, 1 1440.
2. Frederick II., 1 1471. 3. Albert Achilles, f I486.
4. John Cicero, f 1499. Frederick, Margrave of Anspach and
5. Joachim I., f 1535. Baireuth.
6. Joachim II., 1 1571. • , * N
7. John George, f 1598. Albert, Grand master George,
8. Joachim Frederick, of the Teutonic Order, Margrave of
f 1608. Adminis- - Duke of Prussia in Anspach.
trator in Prussia, 1525.
1605. , * ,
9. John Sigisinund, Albert Frederick (of weak intellect),
Administrator, mar. Mar}7 Eleanor, daughter of the
and (in 1618) Duke of Jiilich, Cleves, and Berg.
Duke of Prus- , * N
sia, mar. Ann, Ann, mar. John Sigismund.
heiress of Jiilich,
Cleves, and Berg.
131, 132. § 14.] SCANDINAVIA. 65
kingdom ; but the kings chosen by the Danes from the
house of Oldenburg were not acknowledged in Sweden
until Christian II. enforced their recognition in 1520, and
endeavored to confirm his authority by a cruel slaughter
of his enemies at Stockholm. Gustavus Vasa, who had
escaped this massacre, placed himself, after a succession
of romantic adventures, at the head of an army of Dale-
carlians, declared war against the Danes, was elected Ad-
ministrator, and afterwards King (in 1523), and delivered
Sweden from the Danish yoke.
(131.) 1. The unbridled ambition of the house of Old-
enburg occasioned also the loss of Denmark9 (which in-
cluded Norway, the South of Sweden, Gothland [until
1645], and Iceland), to the Duke of Holstein and
Schleswig (Frederick I.). For the introduction of the
Keformation, see p. 14. For Christian's part in the thirty
years' war, p. 56.
2. Sweden under the house of Vasa, 1523 — 1654.
(132.) G-ustavus I. (Vasa) introduced the Reforma-
tion into Sweden with considerable tact and circumspec-
tion ; but here, as elsewhere, the change was accompanied
by acts of unjust severity, especially towards the clergy,
whose immense wealth was confiscated to supply the de-
ficiencies of the royal exchequer. The repeated declara-
tions of the King that he wished to abdicate, induced the
estates to grant all his demands, and even to settle the
crown upon himself and his descendants. Gustavus cre-
ated the nucleus of a naval force, and encouraged the
extension of Swedish commerce. Both these objects were
still further promoted by his successor Eric XIV. This
sovereign was subject to periodical fits of insanity, on ac-
count of which he was placed under restraint by his
brothers, deposed, with consent of the estates of his king-
dom, and poisoned in prison. His next descendant but
one, Sigismund, King of Poland, was educated in the faith
of the Church of Rome, and in consequence was deposed
9 Danish Kings : Christian II. deposed in 1523. Frederick I.
1523—1533. Christian III. 1533—1559. Frederick II. 1559—1588.
Christian IV. 1588—1648.
66 MODERN HISTORY. [133. §14.
soon after his coronation, through the intrigues of his
uncle, Charles, Duke of Sudermania, who was appointed
Administrator of the kingdom, and, after completing the
work of the Reformation in Sweden, ascended the throne
as Charles IX. His son,
(133.) GustavusII. (Adolphus), 1611—1632,
found his kingdom distracted by intestine commotions,
and involved in three foreign wars (with Denmark, Po-
land, and Russia). A peace was concluded with the
Danes, who restored all the territory taken from Sweden
in the war, Gustavus on his part consenting to pay an in-
demnification of a million thalers. Russia, after one cam-
paign, was driven from the Baltic. For his German ex-
pedition and death at Lutzen, see p. 60. He was succeeded
by his daughter Christina, who commenced her reign
under the guardianship of the Chancellor Axel Oxenstiern
and the Council of State. Whilst the young queen, who
possessed extraordinary abilities, was receiving a learned
education in obedience to her father's injunctions, the war
was continued in Germany, and hostilities were recom-
menced against the Danes, who had manifested consider-
able jealousy of Sweden on account of her recent successes.
Both these wars were terminated, as soon as Christina
herself assumed the reins of government, under circum-
stances very advantageous to Sweden. The period of
tranquillity which ensued was favorable to the extension of
commerce and the cultivation of the arts and sciences ;
but the literary tastes of the Queen were soon found to
be inconsistent with the conscientious discharge of her
political duties ; and complaints of the time and treasure
squandered on unworthy favorites became so general, that
Christina, in 1654, abdicated in favor of her cousin
Charles Gustavus, Count Palatine of Zweibrucken.
After her abdication, Christina became a Romanist,
and resided generally t at Rome. She made an inef-
fectual attempt to resume her crown after the death
of her cousin, and twice revisited Sweden for that pur-
pose, and also became a candidate for the crown of
Poland, but with no better success. She died at Rome
in 1689.
134 — 136. § 15, 16.] POLAND — RUSSIA. 67
$ 15. Poland.
A. Under the Jagellones.
(134.) Under the last Jagellones, Poland, with Lithu-
ania and Western Prussia, became the most important
state of Eastern Europe, and, by the addition of Masovia
and Livonia, extended its limits from the Baltic to the
Black Sea, and almost from the Oder to the Don. But,
amidst all this apparent prosperity, there existed an ele-
ment of dissolution in the ambition of the nobles, who con-
tinued to encroach on the prerogatives of the King as well
as the rights of the citizens and peasants, until at length
they extorted from the last of the Jagellones the privilege
of electing their King, and imposing conditions on him
(pacta conventa).
B. Poland an elective monarchy (1572 — 1791).
(135.) After the extinction of the Jagellones, the
nobles, now the only powerful body in the state, elected
Henry of Anjou, who quitted Poland in the following
year for the purpose of ascending the throne of France,
vacant by the death of his brother Charles IX. He was
succeeded by Stephen Bathori, Prince of Transylvania,
who was followed by three kings of the house of Vasa
(1587—1669), Sigismund III. of Sweden, Wladislaw IV.,
and John (II.) Casimir, whose elevation to the throne of
Poland, instead of uniting, as was intended, the two great
northern kingdoms, involved the country in a long war
with Sweden, which was terminated in 1660 by the peace
of Oliva, by which Livonia was ceded to Sweden, and
Prussia recognized as a sovereign power. The nominal
supremacy of Poland over the Moldau had been lost since
the year 1616.
$ 16 Russia.
(136.) After her liberation from the Mongolic yoke,
Russia advanced rapidly in power and civilization under
the last rulers of the house of R u r i c. Casan, the kingdom
of Astrachan, and the countries of the Caucasus and Sibe-
ria were added to her territories by conquest; German
68 MODERN HISTORY. [137. $17.
handicraftsmen, miners, artists, and learned men were in-
troduced ; the corps of tirailleurs (Strelitzes) established,
and a commercial treaty concluded with England. But,
after the extinction of the race of Ruric in 1598, the coun-
try was distracted by a disputed succession which lasted
fifteen years, and by foreign wars, in which Poland and
Sweden reconquered many of the territories which they
had formerly lost. In the year 1613, the throne became
hereditary in the family of Romanow (a branch of the
house of Ruric), who reigned with absolute authority.
Peace with Poland and Sweden was purchased by the re-
nunciation of all the claims of Russia to Courland, Livo-
nia, and Esthonia.
§ 17. The Ottoman or Osmanic Empire.
(137.) Extent of the empire in 1500.— All the
continent, from the Ionian Sea to the Euphrates, in the
north to the Danube, and on the other side of the Danube
Bessarabia; some islands of the Archipelago, and the
southern coast of the Crimea. To this territory, Selim I,,
during his short reign (1512—1520), added by conquest
Armenia, Mesopotamia, Palestine, and Egypt, But the
Turkish power attained its highest elevation under So ly-
nx an II. (1520 — 1566), surnamed the Magnificent, the
most distinguished of all the Osmanic sultans, whose fleets
and armies were indebted for their victories to the reck-
less courage rather than the skill of their commanders.
Their first conquest was the island of Rhodes, which was
garrisoned by the Knights of St. John, who capitulated
after an obstinate defence, during which 40,000 Turks
were killed, and the town itself was laid in ashes. The
Knights then retired to Malta, which was placed at their
disposal by the Emperor Charles V. Solyman visited
Hungary six times: 1. For the sake of conquest and
plunder. After the defeat and death of King Lewis at
Mohacz, the whole of Hungary seemed to be at the dispo-
sal of the conqueror, when he was suddenly recalled by the
intelligence of an outbreak in his Asiatic provinces. Sec-
ond and third times as an ally of Zapolya (comp. page 25).
Siege of Vienna ; loss of 80,000 men. 4. On the fourth
138. § 18.] RELIGION, ARTS, SCIENCES, ETC. 69
occasion Solyman compelled King Ferdinand to cede a
portion of Hungary and pay a yearly tribute. Fifth and
sixth times, as an ally of Zapolya's son (John Sigismund),
prince of Transylvania. In his sixth campaign, Solyman
died during the siege of Sigeth. Between these several
campaigns occurred, 1. The conquest of Algiers, Tunis,
and Tripoli, by the Corsair Hayraddin Barbarossa. Tunis
was afterwards recaptured by Charles V. (see page 26).
2. The seizure of the Venetian possessions in the Morea,
and of most of their settlements in the Archipelago. 3.
The conquest of Yemen in Southern Arabia. 4. Two wars
with Persia, which ended • in the conquest of Georgia.
5. Descents on the coasts of Spain and Italy, for the pur-
pose of weakening the power of Charles V. during the war
with France. 6. An unsuccessful attack on Malta. By such
means as these, Solyman extended his empire from Al-
giers and the Adriatic Sea to the country beyond the Tigris
(with the exception of a few islands), and from the Carpa-
thian Mountains, the Dniester, and the mouth of the Don,
to Southern Egypt and Arabia. The unwearied energy
of his character was displayed in peace no less than in
war : order and security were re-established throughout
his dominions, the courts of justice again placed on a re-
spectable footing, military discipline improved, a system
of finance introduced, and even the arts and sciences pro-
tected and encouraged. The heterogeneous elements of
which the empire was composed were again disunited un-
der his successors, whose effeminacy rendered them mere
puppets in the hands of the Janissaries. Cyprus, it is
true, was wrested from the Venetians ; but the naval pow-
er of Turkey was annihilated in 1571 in the battle of
Lepanto; most of their strongholds in Hungary were
lost, and an almost perpetual, though not disastrous, war
with Persia, prevented any further military operations in
Europe.
§ 18. Religion, Arts, Sciences, SfC., during the First
Period.
(138.) 1. The Church (Romish).
a. The credit of propagating Christianity among the
heathen during this period, especially in Hindostan, Thi-
70 MODERN HISTORY. [139, 140. § 18.
bet, China, Japan, and the newly-discovered continent of
America, is chiefly due to the religious orders ; among
whom the Jesuits (Francis Xavier and others) were the
most conspicuous for their zeal, courage, and self-denial.
For the promotion of such missions, Pope Gregory XY.
established at Rome, in 1622, the " Congregation for the
propagation of the Faith," to which Urban VIII. united
the " Collegium de propaganda Fide," where missionaries
were educated for all parts of the globe. Among the
American missions, we may especially notice the state
of Paraguay, which was founded and governed by the
Jesuits. l
(139.) b. T}ie establishment of new orders and congre-
gations (the Theatines, Capuchins, Ursulines, &c.), and
the partial reformation of those which already existed,
were productive of some benefit, as regarded the improve-
ment of monastic discipline, but could not check the pro-
gress of the Reformation, or restore to the Church of
Rome the influence which she had lost. To attain this
object, a Spanish nobleman, named Ignatius Loyola,
founded, in 1540 (in Guipuscoa), a brotherhood, called
the SocietyofJesus, under the sanction of Pope Paul
III., who conferred several important privileges on the
order. In addition to the three usual vows of poverty,
chastity, and obedience, the Jesuits promised to undertake
the work of conversion in any country to which the Pope
might think fit to send them as missionaries. They were
also employed as preachers, catechists, and especially as
instructors of youth.
(140.) The principal or " General" of the order, who
resided at Rome, was chosen for life, and exercised uncon-
trolled authority over the members. In spite of opposi-
tion, this order spread (until the middle of the eighteenth
century) over all the Romanist countries of Europe, as
well as over Spanish America, the Philippine Islands, and
China, and eventually comprehended thirty-nine "Pro-
vinces."
1 The efforts of Protestants in the great missionary field, "the
world," are, with slight and unimportant exceptions, subsequent
to the period here spoken of.— S.
141 145. §18.] RELIGION, ARTS, SCIENCES, ETC. 71
( 1 4 1 .) c. Dogmatic disputes were occasioned by the publi-
cation (by Jansenius, a professor of Louvain) of five theses
on the subject of grace. These doctrines were defended
by the disciples of Jansenius, and condemned by the Pope
as heretical.
(142.) 2. Political constitution. In the Ger-
manic kingdoms the development of absolute mon-
archy and the fall of the aristocracy.
(143.) a. In France this result was produced by the
appropriation of the crown fiefs, the dissolution of the
general assembly (etats-generaux), and the grant of unli-
mited powers to the ministers of the crown, b. In Spain,
by the Inquisition, the assumption by the crown of the
grand mastership of the three orders of chivalry, the trea-
sures of the new world, the dismissal of the general Cortes,
and the despotism of Philip II. c. In Germany we must
ascribe the establishment of absolutism, not to the Empe-
ror, whose powers were limited by the compact entered
into at his election, but to individual princes, whose su-
premacy within their own territories was secured to them
by the peace of Westphalia, d. In most of the Protestant
countries the sovereigns were rendered independent of
their subjects by the possession of property which had
formerly belonged to the Church. In England, Denmark,
and Sweden, great additional powers were given to the
sovereign by the union in his person of the supreme eccle-
siastical and civil authorities. In Sweden, moreover, the
cause of absolutism was promoted by the establishment of
an hereditary instead of an elective monarchy, and gene-
rally throughout Europe by the introduction of standing
armies, a regular system of taxation, and legislation with-
out the sanction or advice of the nobles.
(144.) In Poland alone, since the establishment of an
elective monarchy, the nobles exercised a power similar to
that possessed in England by the House of Commons in
the reign of Charles I. In Italy, Switzerland, and the
Netherlands, there existed republican constitutions ; in
Hungary the system was representative, and in Russia
and Turkey the government was an unmixed despotism.
(145.) 3. Legislation. Since the abolition of the
Faustrecht (right of the strong hand), a more regular sys-
72 MODERN HISTORY. [146 — 148. $ 18.
tern of legislation had been introduced; but except in
England, which retained its ancient institution of trial by
jury, the laws were administered, not by the community,
but by lawyers nominated by the sovereign. The pro-
ceedings were always in writing, and the punishments in-
flicted were ferociously severe. The foundation of most
of their codes was the Roman law. The Spanish In-
quisition, and the prosecutions for witchcraft, carried on
in Germany by virtue of a penal ordinance called the
" Witch-hammer," delivered over thousands of innocent
persons to torture or the stake.
(146.) 4. War. The system of warfare was consider-
ably modified by the introduction of standing armies, the
use of muskets and heavy ordnance (which had become
more and more general, especially since the days of Grus- .
tavus Adolphus), the construction of regular fortifications,
particularly in the Netherlands, the establishment of light
cavalry, the introduction of an extended instead of a deep
order of battle, and the formation in many countries of a
formidable marine.
(147.) 5. In the sciences a system of more pro-
found, as well as more active investigation, was created
by the rapid spread of the art of printing, the continual
establishment of new universities (in G-ermany, Witten-
berg, Frankfort on the Oder, Marburg, Konigsberg, Jena,
Helmstadt, Griessen, and Strasburg), and schools (the
Jesuit colleges, schools established by princes, &c.), and
the inquiries set on foot by the Reformers and their
opponents.
(148.) a. The groundwork of a learned education was
the study of classical literature, which imparted its tone,
more or less, to all the sciences. This study, which had
been revived in Italy during the preceding period, ex-
tended first to France, where it was cultivated, partly as
an independent science (by the able critic and interpreter
Lambinus (J1572) ; the distinguished Latin scholar Mu-
retus (1585); the learned printers, Robert and his son
Henry Stephanus [Etienne, Ang. Stephens'} (Thesau-
rus Linguae G-rascae) ; the philosopher Julius Caesar
Scaliger, and his son, the chronologist and philologist,
Jos. Scaliger (fl609) ; the profound critic and translator
149, 150. $ 18.] RELIGION, ARTS, SCIENCES, ETC. 73
Casaubon (|1614) ; the great linguist Salmasius (f!653),
and many others, partly as the handmaid of theology and
jurisprudence. It was not without influence on the na-
tional literature, especially on tragical composition. In
G-ermany, the most renowned " Humanists" were Reuch-
lin (J1522), who revived the study of Hebrew literature ;
Erasmus of Rotterdam (f!536), and a distinguished Greek
scholar; Melancthon (fl560); Freinsheim (fl660), &c.
But the great seat of classical learning was Holland,
where Justus Lipsius (|1606), Hugo G-rotius (1645), Gerh.
Vossius (f!649), Daniel Heinsius (f!655), and his son
Nic. Heinsius (f!681) distinguished themselves as ety-
mologists, grammarians, and critics.
(149.) b. This revival of the study of classical anti-
quity had an influence also on philosophy, which was now
elevated from the rank of a mere handmaid of theology,
to its proper station as an independent science. The
scholastic philosophy of the middle ages was, in a great
measure, supplanted by the study of Plato, and especially
of Aristotle, which had been recently revived, and by the
mystic philosophy, the chief professor of which was the
celebrated physician and chemist Philip Bombast von
Hohenheim (f!541), who calls himself in his (theosophic)
writings Theophrastus Paracelsus. The struggle
was maintained during the first half of the seventeenth
century, and produced three new schools. — 1. Those who
believed, with the English philosopher, Francis Bacon,
Lord Verulam (f!626), that the source of all philosophy
was to be found in experience (de Dignitate et Augmentis
Scientiarurn ; Novum Organum) ; or, 2, in the intellect,
as Descartes (Cartesius, fl650 — cogito, ergo sum); or,
3, in divine revelation, general or particular, confirmed by
signs and miracles. This was the doctrine of the Theo-
sophists, who thought that they received direct illumina-
tion from the Almighty. Their leader was a cobbler of
G-drlitz, named Jacob Bohme (f!624).
(150.) c. The physical sciences underwent a great re-
volution. Nicholas Copernicus (of Thorn, f!543) dis-
covered that the sun remained immovable in the centre
of the planetary system, the earth revolving round it and
round its own axis. John Keppler (f!630) discovered
74 MODERN HISTORY. [151,152. $ 18.
the laws which regulate the revolutions of the planets,
and the relations which their respective distances bear to
the time occupied in their course round the sun. His
contemporary Galileo Galilei (of Pisa, f!642) dis-
covered the laws of gravitation and of the pendulum, im-
proved the telescope, which had been invented some years
before in Holland (by Jansen ? or Lippersey ?) defended
the Copernican system, and became the founder of a new
system of natural philosophy. His pupil Torricelli (f 1647)
invented the barometer. Botany, zoology, and physiology
began also to be studied. Mathematics were the ground-
work of the physical sciences. Pope Gregory XIII. un-
dertook the reformation of the Julian calendar, which, by
erroneously making the year consist of 365 days and six
entire hours, had caused a difference of ten days between
the vulgar reckoning and the actual position of the sun. '
(151.) d. Political science found able expounders in
Nic. Macchiavelli (1527, Principe), Hugo Grotius {de
Jure Belli et Pacis), and Thomas Hobbes (f!679, de Give,
Leviathan).
(152.) e. History. Whilst the method of treating
universal history remained still in its infancy, on account
of the singular practice which prevailed for more than a
century of dividing its subject-matter according to the
four great monarchies — the Assyrian, Persian, Grecian,
and Romano-German — much had been effected in the
department of particular history by Macchiavelli (Storie
Florentine), Paolo Sarpi (Storia del Concilio Tridentino),
Johannes Sleidanus (de Statu Religionis et Reipublicse
sub Carolo V.), de Thou (Historia sui Temporis). Me-
moirs also began to be written during this period (de
Commines, Sully), and political journals to be published
(the earliest at Venice, in manuscript in 1536) ; the Eng-
lish Mercury (the first printed newspaper) in 1588; the
Frankfort Journal in 1615; the Gazette de France in
1631. The foundation of liter a? y history was laid by
1 He had observed that the vernal equinox, which in the year
325 was on the 21st March, was now ten days earlier. This altera-
tion of the style was not adopted in England until the year 1752,
when eleven days were left out between the 2nd and 14th Sep-
tember.
153. § 18.] RELIGION, ARTS, SCIENCES, ETC. 75
Conrad G-essner (Biblioth. Univ.), of chronology by Jos.
Scaliger (de Emendatione Temporum), and of numisma-
tics by the two Stradas.
(153.) 6. Literature. Poetry was cultivated dur-
ing this period most successfully in Southern Europe.
In Italy, where princes and popes vied with one another
in their patronage of genius, Epic poetry appeared in its
most perfect form in the fantastic " Orlando Furioso" of
Ariosto (f!533), and the romantic " Gerusalemme Lib-
erata" ofTorquato Tasso (f!595). Extraordinary
richness of imagination is displayed in the great Epic
(Os Lusiadas) of the Portuguese poet, Luis de Camoens
(|1579), on the subject of Vasco de Gama's voyage. In
Spain we find Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (11616),
who produced the famous romance of " Don Quixote de
la Mancha," a burlesque representation of the worn-out
chivalry of that country; Lope de Vega (f 1636), the
most prolific of dramatic writers, and his more polished
successor C alder on de la Barca (f 1687), the author of
a great number of pieces composed for the feast of Cor-
pus Christi, and of several comedies. In France, Fran-
^ois Rabelais (f!553) exhibited in his half-philosophi-
cal, half-satirical romance of " G-argantua and Pantagruel,"
a masterly caricature of his own times; and Malherbe
(|1628) prepared the way, by his lyrical compositions,
for the transition from the romantic to the modern clas-
sical school of poetry. England produced, in the person
of William Shakspeare (1564 — 1616), the greatest
dramatic poet that the world ever saw. In Germany the
Epic was almost entirely lost; for we find nothing in
that class of poetry except a sort of " Beast-Epic" in-
troduced, for the second time, at the commencement of
this period, in the form of a Low German translation of
" Reineke Fuchs" (Reynard the Fox). The drama was
more successfully cultivated by a shoemaker of Ntirn-
berg [Nuremberg] named Hans Sachs (1494 — 1576).
During this period the popular ballad (Vokslied) at-
tained its highest degree of excellence, and gradually
declined. The most remarkable novelties in German lit-
erature were : a. The introduction by Luther of the
Evangelical Church Songs. b. Comic and satirical
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poetry, in an epic as well as a didactic form (Brandt's
" Ship of Fools," and many other pieces of the same
character), c. The creation by Luther in his prose works,
especially his translation of the Bible, of anew High
German language, compounded of the various High
German dialects previously in use. With the establish-
ment of the first Silesian poetical school (by
Opitz), 1624, began the corruption of the language by
the introduction of foreign words, — a practice which
continued, especially in poetry, for more than a century
(1624—1730). To Opitz, however, belongs the credit of
having invented a regular system of prosody.
(154.) 7. Art. a. Ever since the 15th century the
modern school of architecture in Italy had been engaged
in restoring the ancient Roman style, from the speci-
mens which still existed, or from the descriptions of Vi-
truvius. The two earliest schools of architecture, the
Florentine and Venetian, had been chiefly employed in
the erection of palaces ; but when Rome became the
centre of Italian architecture, church-building assumed
a prominent position. The most distinguished profes-
sors were Bramante (f!514), who commenced the
building of St. Peter's at Rome, and Michael Angelo
Buonarotti (J1563), who revived Bramante's plan of
an immense cupola over a Greek cross. He was also
celebrated as a sculptor, and chief of the Florentine
school of painting. From Italy the Italian style found
its way into other countries, and gradually displaced the
* Gothic.
(155.) b. The most distinguished sculptors were
found at Florence and Venice, where the classical mod-
els of antiquity were diligently studied and copied
with great success. Naples was also celebrated as a
school of sculpture. Benvenuto Cellini was re-
nowned as a worker in metals (f!572).
(156.) c. Painting attained its highest degree of ex-
cellence during this period, aa. In Italy, where the
most distinguished professors were chiefs of the schools :
viz. Raphael Sanzio d'Urbino (1483—1520) of the Ro-
man; Michael Angelo Buonarotti of the Florentine;
Tiziano [Titian] (1477— 1576) of the Venetian; Alle-
157, 158. § 18.] RELIGION, ARTS, SCIENCES, ETC. 77
gri da Corregio (f!534) of the Lombard, which was
first brought into notice by Leonardo da Vinci
(f!519). To these names we may add G-iulio Romano,
Paolo Veronese, the three Caracci, Gruido Reni, and Do-
menichino. bb. In Germany we have Albert Diirer
(f!528), Lucas Kranach (|1553), and Hans Holbein
(f!554). cc. In the Netherlands, especially in Brabant,
Peter Paul Rubens (born at Cologne. 1577, fat Ant-
werp, 1640), and his pupil Antony van Dyk [Vandyke]
(J1611).
(157.) d. Music. The Flemish school, which flour-
ished at the commencement of this period, was thrown
into the shade by Palestrina, the inventor of a new
style of Church music. The Roman school of which he
was the founder, produced also Allegri (composer of the
famous " Miserere") and Carissimi. The establishment
of an opera at Florence in the 16th century contributed
to the formation of a better style of vocal as well as in-
strumental music.
(158.) 8. Commerce and manufactures. The
discovery of America, and of a passage by sea to the
East Indies, occasioned a complete revolution in the
commerce of the world, which became maritime instead
of overland. Its great highway was now the Atlantic
Ocean ; and one consequence of this change was, that the
countries of Western Europe, — Spain and Portugal in
the first instance, then England and Holland, and lastly
France, — established a trade at the expense of the Vene-
tians and of the German Hansa, which gradually fell into
decay, and in the year 1630 dissolved itself, with the ex-
ception of three towns. The establishment of colonies
greatly facilitated the operations of commercial enter-
prise. Europe now exported largely to the East and
West Indies, and to America, receiving in return the
products of those countries. The East Indian trade
was at first exclusively in the hands of the Portuguese,
partly in the shape of an agency or commission business
in India itself, partly as a direct trade between that
country and Portugal. Lisbon became the grand depot
for Indian produce (pepper and other spices, woollen and
silk wares, pearls, &c.). By the union of Portugal with
78 MODERN HISTORY. [159, 160. § 18.
Spain, the latter country became possessed of the foreign
and colonial trade of both hemispheres, which was soon
shared by the Dutch commercial companies. Amster-
dam now raised itself to the position of the first com-
mercial city in the world ; whilst at the same time the
Dutch wrested from the Hanse towns the privilege which
they had hitherto monopolized of conducting the com-
mission trade of Europe. The herring and whale fish-
eries also employed nearly half a million of men.
(159.) Circumstances favorable to trade. The open-
ing of fairs at Leipzic, Brunswick, &c. : the establish-
ment of Assurances (the first at Florence) ; construction
of canals and chaussees (first in France) ; Exchanges (at
Antwerp, London and Amsterdam), and Banks ; regula-
tion of the post-offices (in Germany by the family of Tour
and Taxis) ; commercial treaties (between Russia and
England). New products: — tobacco, potatoes, coffee,
tea, porcelain. New trade, in negro slaves.
(160.) Manufacturing industry. The silk and cloth
manufactures flourished in Spain until the expulsion of
the Moors in the reign of Philip III. — Cloth and linen
manufactures in the Netherlands. — Commencement of
silk-weaving at Tours and Lyons, afterwards (about
1625) in England.— Lace-making in the Saxon Erzge-
birge. — Invention of watches (Nuremberg eggs as they
were called) by Peter Hele of Nuremberg ; of the spin-
ning-wheel by Jorgens of Brunswick, and of the stock-
ing-loom by William Lee of Cambridge.
161. $ 19-] FRANCE UNDER LOUIS XIV. 79
SECOND PERIOD.
From the peace of Westphalia to the French Revolution.
1648—1789.
1. To the Spanish war of succession, the
northern war, and the elevation of Prussia into
a kingdom.
§ 19. France under Louis XIV.
A. Louis XIY. under the guardianship of
Mazarin, 1643—1661.
(161.) THE guardianship of Louis XIV., who was only
five years old when his father died, was conferred by the
parliament of France on his mother Anne of Spain ; but
the actual functions of government were discharged by
Cardinal Mazarin, a minister recommended by Riche-
lieu. The unpopularity of this minister, who from the
first had been disliked as a foreigner, was increased by a
dispute with the parliament respecting the imposition of
some fresh taxes for the purpose of carrying on the war
with Germany and Spain (victories of the young Conde,
Duke of Enghien, at Rocroi and Lens), by which he
hoped to withdraw public attention from the defects of his
domestic administration. The parliament having rendered
itself obnoxious to the court by the pertinacity with which
it demanded a constitution, many members were arrested
by command of the Queen, who was encouraged to this
act by the intelligence of a fresh victory gained by Conde
near Lens. But before he could reach Paris the populace
(whose favor the parliament had conciliated) had raised
barricades in the streets (1648), liberated the prisoners,
established the Fronde (as the party opposed to the
court was called), and, headed by the coadjutor of the
Archbishop of Paris, afterwards Cardinal Retz, had de-
clared war against the Queen Mother and Mazarin, who
quitted Paris, but returned on the re-establishment of
4*
80 MODERN HISTORY. [162 166. $ 19.
peace by the Prince of Conde. The systematic attempts
of this general to concentrate in his own person all the
functions of government, occasioned his arrest by Mazarin,
who was soon compelled by the populace to liberate his
prisoner, and himself seek safety in exile.
(162.) Conde now formed an alliance with the King
of Spain, and declared war against his master, who had
recently attained his majority. After a bloody but inde-
cisive skirmish in the Faubourg St. Antoine, between
Conde and the royal troops commanded by Turenne, the
former quitted Paris, was placed under the bann of the
kingdom, and sought an asylum in Spain, whilst Maza-
rin returned to France and resumed his functions as
minister.
(163.) For an account of the termination of the war by
the peace of Westphalia, and the territories acquired by
the different powers, see page 53.
(164.) The war with Spain, which had broken out
during the period of the thirty years' war, was terminated
(after the defeat of the Spanish army under Conde by
Turenne at Dunkirk in 1658), by the peace of the
Pyrenees, negotiated by Mazarin himself. By this
peace France acquired the country of Rousillon, the Bel-
gian district of Artois, and several cities with their terri-
tories in Flanders, Hennegau, and Luxembourg. Conde
was re-established in the enjoyment of his estates
and dignities, and Louis XIV. married Philip the
Fourth's eldest daughter, Maria Theresa, who formally
renounced for herself and heirs all claims to the Spanish
crown.
(165.) Mazarin died in 1661, leaving behind him
an enormous property (forty millions of livres), and
Louis XIV. at once declared his intention of carry-
ing on the government without the assistance of a
minister.
B. Preponderance of France in Europe
during the administration of Louis XIV.,
1661—1715.
(166.) The attempts of Louis were directed, 1. To
166. §19.] FRANCE UNDER LOUIS XIV. 81
the establishment of absolute sovereignty at home (1'etat
c'est moi). In pursuance of this object he governed
without a prime minister for fifty-four years, never con-
voked either the estates of the kingdom or the provincial
estates (except in the frontier provinces of Languedoc
and Britany), allowed the highest offices of state to remain
vacant (Prime Minister, Constable, Grand Admiral), or
placed them in commission, and attached the nobles to
his person by conferring on them profitable offices, or
titles and orders, to which the rigid etiquette of the court
attached the highest importance. Even in ecclesiastical
matters he endeavored to establish an authority inde-
pendent of the Pope, by the publication of the four Arti-
cles of the Gallican Church, which, however, fell into dis-
use before the expiration of ten years. 2. To the mainte-
nance of his rank as the first sovereign of Europe, and the
establishment of a sort of dictatorship throughout that
quarter of tJie globe. This end was attained, a. through
the weakness of the neighboring states, and the decline of
the house of Hapsburg since the peace of Westphalia and
of the Pyrenees. Although his endeavors to obtain the
imperial crown were unsuccessful, he was enabled, by
means of the so-called Rhenish confederacy, which was
often renewed, to exercise his authority as protector over
a great part of Germany, b. By the influence of French
civilization. c. By the administration of the great
Colbert, who had been appointed, on the recommenda-
tion of Mazarin, Controller-General of the Finances,
which had been in a disordered state since the dismissal
of Sully (1661 — 1683). Notwithstanding the expensive
wars in which Louis engaged, and the sums squandered on
buildings, fetes, mistresses, &c., the condition of the ex-
chequer improved under Colbert's administration ; indus-
try was aroused and encouraged ; existing colonies were
treated with consideration ; new settlements established,
and commercial companies formed for the East and West
India trade. But this improvement was in a great
measure effected by the imposition of fresh taxes, by mo-
nopolies, and by the so-called "commercial system" of
Colbert ; and the sums thus raised were expended for the
most part in the gratification of the King's ambition.
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82 MODERN HISTORY.. [167, 168 $ 19.
Colbert constructed the canal of Languedoc, embellished
Paris, founded several academies for the arts and sciences,
patronized distinguished scholars, placed the courts of
justice and the police on a more efficient footing, and,
during the period of his service as minister of marine, es-
tablished a respectable navy. d. By the good fortune
which attended the arms of France under a succession of
distinguished commanders (Turenne, Conde, Luxembourg,
Catinat, Villars, Venddme, Vauban), and under the direc-
tion of such an able minister of war as Louvois (fl691),
who involved the King in several aggressive wars, for the
purpose of proving, as it would seem, how indispensable
his services were.
(167.) First war of spoliation against the Spanish
Netherlands (1666 — 1668). After the death of his father-
in-law, Philip IV. of Spain, Louis XIV., as a set-off
against his wife's renunciation of her claims to the Span-
ish crown, brought forward a law which existed in some
of the Belgian provinces, by which the daughters of the
first marriage inherited, to the exclusion of sons of the
second marriage, and on the strength of this law laid claim
to the Netherlands, conquered Flanders and Hennegau,
and took possession of the free country of Burgundy.
Meanwhile, however, England and Holland, in order to
prevent the Netherlands becoming a province of France,
had formed, in conjunction with Sweden, and by the in-
tervention of the Dutch pensionary1 de Witt, a triple
alliance, which compelled Louis XIV. to conclude the
peace of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1668, and to content himself
with retaining the places which he had already conquered
in Flanders.
(168.) Second war of spoliation against Holland
(1672 — 1678). In order to avenge himself on the Dutch
for the share which they had taken in the formation of
the triple alliance, and at the same time to extort from
them a reversal of the decree by which the importation of
French merchandise into Holland was prohibited, Louis
1 This was the title of the Prime Minister of Holland. He
held office for the term of five years, and was capable of re-
election.— S.
168. §19.] FRANCE UNDER LOUIS XIV. 83
gained over their allies the English and Swedes (as well
as Cologne and Munster, for the purpose of annoying the
Dutch on their eastern frontier), invaded Holland, which
at that time was distracted by party struggles, and was
only restrained from conquering the whole country by the
opening of the sluices and the consequent submersion of
the land, whilst at the same time a tremendous storm, ac-
companied with an extraordinary ebb tide, prevented the
English and French sailors (after a victory at sea) from
reaching the shore. Assistance was now promised to the
Dutch republic by the great Elector, Frederick William
of Brandenburg (through the influence of his nephew, the
Prince of Orange), who concluded an alliance with the
Emperor, and subsequently with Spain; so that France
was compelled to maintain a war on three of her frontiers
at once. The King of England, paving obtained the ele-
vation of his nephew the Prince of Orange to the dignity
of Stattholder of Holland, and being unable to obtain any
more subsidies from his parliament, concluded a separate
peace with the Netherlands (as well as with Cologne and
Munster). Louis XIV. was now forced to act on the de-
fensive : a battle was fought (near Senef), without any
decisive result, between the French army under Conde
and William III. of Orange, whilst Turenne, who had
manfully opposed the imperial general Montecuculi on the
Upper Rhine, was slain in the battle of Sasbach. An at-
tempt on the part of the Swedes to effect a diversion, by
invading the territories of the great Elector from the side
of Pomerania, was successful, in so far as it compelled his
return from the Upper Rhine ; but on the 18th June,
1675, they were defeated at Fehrbellin, and lost Pome-
rania. About the same time the French fleet was defeated
by the united fleets of Holland and Spain under de Ruy-
ter. These disasters compelle'd Louis to conclude the
•peace of Nimeguen in 1678, by which France restored
to Holland all the places which she had taken in the war,
receiving in return fourteen partly fortified places in
Flanders, with Hennegau and the free country of Bur-
gundy (Franche-comte, which had been hitherto occupied
by Spain as a part of the Burgundian circle under Ger-
man supremacy), and of the German empire Freiburg and
84 MODERN HISTORY. [169, 170. $ 19.
Haningen. The Elector of Brandenburg, being now aban-
doned by his allies, and threatened by the French with
the loss of his Rhenish and Westphalian territories, was
compelled to conclude with France and Sweden the peace
of St. Germain-en-Laye in 1679, and to surrender all
his conquests except a narrow strip of land on the right
bank of the Oder.
^ (169.) The Reunions, 1680-81. During a period of
thirty years, France, now at the summit of her glory un-
der Colbert's administration, had considerably augmented
her territories by four treaties of peace ; but, as the am-
bitious cravings of Louis XIV. were not yet satisfied,
Reunion-chambers were established (at Metz, Tournay
(Doornik), Breisach, and Besan^on), for the purpose of
ascertaining what places had at any time belonged to the
territories ceded to France. The result of this inquiry
was, the re-annexation of several districts, and the occu-
pation by the French of the fortresses of Strasburg and
Luxembourg. The Emperor, who was at this time en-
gaged in a war with the Turks, was forced to conclude an
armistice with Louis for twenty years, and to leave him
in undisturbed enjoyment of his new possessions. Dur-
ing this armistice, Louis XI V., chiefly at the instigation
of his second wife, Madame de Maintenon, widow of the
comic poet Scarron, revoked the edict of Nantes in 1685,
forbade the public profession of Protestantism, and com-
manded that the children of Protestant parents should be
brought up in the Romish faith. Although the emigra-
tion of Protestants was forbidden under the severest pen-
alties, and all the frontiers were strictly watched, 50.000
Protestant families escaped into the neighboring states
and into Brandenburg.
(170.) Third war of spoliation, 1688-97. The im-
perial generals having driven the Turks out of Hungary,
and stormed the important Turkish fortress of Belgrade,
Louis XIV., under the most frivolous pretexts, violated
the armstice, and without any previous declaration of war
took possession of the capitals of the three spiritual elec-
tors (Mainz, Treyes, and Bonn). This breach of the law
of nations was speedily followed by the devastation of the
Palatinate, notwithstanding the readiness with which the
171, 172. §20.] GERMANY. 85
inhabitants yielded to the most unreasonable demands of
the French. Heidelberg, Mannheim, and all the towns
as far as the frontier of Alsace, with the imperial cities
of Spires and Worms, were reduced to ashes.
(171.) William of Orange having ascended the Eng-
lish throne, an alliance offensive and defensive was formed
between England and Holland against France, which had
afforded an asylum to the exiled King, James II. The
war by sea commenced with the invasion of Ireland by a
French force, for the purpose of replacing James on the
throne, and concluded with the destruction of their fleet
off Cape la Hogue. By land their arms were more suc-
cessful : three brilliant victories were gained by Luxem-
bourg; over the Dutch at Fleurus, and over William
III. at Steenkirk and Neerwinden; and Savoy, the
Duke of which had joined the alliance against France,
was conquered by a French army under General Catinat.
The exhausted state of his finances, and the diversion of
the ambitious plans of Louis XIV. into a new channel by
the immediate prospect of the death without issue of
Charles II. of Spain, on the one side, and the mutual
mistrust of the allies on the other, hastened the conclu-
sion of peace at Ryswick (a village near the Hague)
in 1697. By the terms of this peace Louis restored all
his conquests, and all the re-united territories, except
Alsace, to their legitimate possessors (Freiburg and Brei-
sach to the house of Austria), and recognized William III.
as King of G-reat Britain, retaining eighty-two places
taken from the Spaniards in Belgium, and a part of the
island of St. Domingo.
$ 20. Germany.
(172.) Ferdinand III. was succeeded by his son,
Leopold I., 1658 — 1705, King of Hungary and Bo-
hemia, who was obliged, at his election, to submit to still
further limitations of the imperial authority. The Em-
peror was now compelled to govern in conjunction with
the estates of the empire, the number of which, although
the limits of the empire were contracted, had been increas-
ed, by the elevation of inferior nobles, to 240, and after
86 MODERN HISTORY. [173, 174. $ 20
the peace of Westphalia had been divided, with reference
to religion, into two distinct corporations, viz., Corpus
Catholicorum and Corpus Evangelicorum. The diei now
sat perpetually (since 1663), and, instead of being visited
by the Emperor in person, and the great body of the
nobles, consisted of a congress of deputies. The German
empire at this period of our history was reduced to the
condition of a powerless confederation, by the religious
and political divisions of its princes and estates.
(173.) Turkish war, 1683—1699. Whilst Louis
XIV. was conquering Alsace in the west, the Turks re-
appeared in formidable strength on the eastern frontier
of the empire. A system of oppressive taxation and re-
ligious persecution had produced an insurrection of the"
Hungarians, headed by the Protestant count, Emmerich
Tokely, and at their instigation, seconded by the persua-
sions of Louis XIV.j the Sultan had declared war against
Austria.
(174.) The Turks advanced without opposition (un-
der the grand vizier, Kara Mustapha,) as far as Vienna
(1683), which was abandoned by the Emperor, who fled
to Passau. His capital, which was heroically defended
by Count Stahrenberg, with 10,000 men, against the daily
assaults of 270,000 Turks, was chiefly indebted for its
preservation to John Sobieski, King of Poland, who, in
conjunction with the imperialists under Duke Charles (V.)
of Lorraine, defeated the besieging army, and saved not
only Austria, but the whole German empire. The war
with Turkey was now carried on so successfully, that
after the capture of their principal fortress, Belgrade, the
question of a partition of the Turkish provinces was agi-
tated ; but the policy pursued by France, and the third
war of spoliation undertaken by Louis XIV., prevented
the expulsion of the Turks from Europe. After the death
of Charles of Lorraine, Prince Lewis of Baden gained the
victory of Salenkemen ; but it was not until Prince Eu-
gene of Savoy had also been victorious at Zentha (1697)^
that negotiations were commenced for the establishment
of peace, which was concluded at Carlowitz in 1699,
By this treaty Transylvania and the country between the
Danube and Theiss were assigned to Austria, and the
175 179. §21.] BRANDENBURG AND PRUSSIA. 87
Morea, with several places in Dalmatia, to Venice, for the
assistance which she had rendered during the war.
(175.) Hungary, hitherto an electoral kingdom, was
created an hereditary monarchy at the diet of Presburg in
1687, and settled on the male line of the house of Aus-
tria. The Tyrol had belonged to the Emperor (by in-
heritance) since the year 1665, and Transylvania by treaty
since 1699. For the wars with France, see § 19. Eleva-
tion of German princes —
1. The Romanist line of Pfalz Neuburg having suc-
ceeded to the Electorate of the Palatinate, the Protest-
ants were now in a minority in the electoral college. To
restore the balance of power, Hanover was erected into a
ninth electorate in 1692.
(176.) 2. -After the death of John Sobieski, the Elec-
tor of Saxony was chosen King of Poland, under the
name of Augustus II. (1697), having previously qualified
himself by going over to the Church of Rome.
(177.) 3. The elevation of the Elector of Brandenburg
to the rank of King of Prussia, 1701.
§ 21. Brandenburg and Prussia to 1701.
(178.) 1. Frederick William, the Great Elec-
tor, 1640 — 1688. Out of the scattered provinces be-
tween the Nieinen and the Rhine, which hitherto had
had no bond of union, except their common subserviency
to the same master, Frederick William formed a state,
which was raised by his son to a high rank among Ger-
man governments, and under his great-grandson became
a first-rate European power. This eminent position was
attained partly by the interference of Frederick the
Great in the politics of north-eastern Europe, and in an
inferior degree in those of the west, and partly by the
consummate skill with which he administered the inter-
nal affairs of his kingdom.
(179.) a. Participation in the Swedo- Polish war
(1655-60). The possession of the Swedish throne was
contested by the line of Vasa (at that time reigning in
Poland) with Charles Gustavus ^of Zweibrucken (Charles
X.), who had succeeded on the abdication of Christina,
88 MODERN HISTORY. [180 185. §21.
( 1 80.) In the war which followed, between Sweden and
Poland, both parties appealed to the Elector, who availed
hhriself of this circumstance to throw off his feudal al-
legiance to Poland. The conquest of Poland, and inva-
sion of eastern Prussia, by Charles X. having compelled
the Elector to form an alliance with Sweden, the united
armies engaged the Poles near Warsaw in 1656, and de-
feated them, after a battle which lasted tnree days. In
the following year, the King of Poland (by the conven-
tion of Welau) recognized the independence ofPrus-
si a, which was finally established by the peace of Oliva,
near Dantzic, notwithstanding the opposition of the
Prussian nobles, who were adverse to the measure, partly
because they had not been consulted, and partly because
the grand object of the Elector was to emancipate him-
self from their authority, especially as regarded their
right of voting, or refusing the imposition of taxes.
For the war with France and Sweden, see page 82.
(181.) b. Internal administration. The foundation
of all Prussia's greatness for the next century and half,
in her army, finances, agriculture, commerce, manufac-
tures, arts and sciences, was laid by the Great Elector.
(182.) aa. Immediately after his accession, he formed
the nucleus of a standing army, which was gradually in-
creased to 24,000 (?) men, who were strictly disciplined
and exercised in the use of different weapons. For the
support of this force he introduced,
(183.) bb. In addition to the ancient taxes and du-
ties, the excise on various articles of food and clothing,
as an extraordinary impost, which eventually became
perpetual, and extended over the whole country. At the
same time he endeavored to reform the financial ad-
ministration, by a more judicious system of expendi-
ture, and a better management of the electoral estates.
(184.) cc. Foreigners and discharged soldiers were
encouraged, by immunity from taxation for several years,
to colonize those portions of his dominions which had
been devastated by the thirty years' war.
(185.) dd. In order to facilitate inland commu-
nication, he united the Oder with the Spree, and also
with the Havel and Elbe by the Frederick William Ca-
186 188. $22.] GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 89
nal (three miles in length). Encouragement was also
given to the formation of a commercial marine. The
settlements on the coast of Guinea disappointed the
expectation of their founders. The improvement in
manufactures was rather the result of the influx of
French artisans into Germany, after the revocation of
the edict of Nantes, than of the stringent -prohibitory
laws passed for the protection, as it was supposed, of na-
tive industry.
(186.) ee. He founded the University of Duisburg,
and the Royal Library at Berlin.
(187.) 2. Frederick III, as Elector, 1688—1701,
assisted the Austrians against the French (whom he de-
feated near Neuss) and the Turks. In return for these
services, the Emperor agreed to recognize the independ-
ence of Prussia. Berlin was enlarged and embellished
by the addition of the 'Friedrichsstadt, the University
of Halle-- founded (1694), and academies of sciences
(1701), of sculpture, and of painting, established at Ber-
lin. With consent of the Emperor, who was anxious,
now that the crown of Spain was vacant, to conciliate
the most powerful princes of the empire, Frederick pro-
claimed himself King of Prussia, and on the 18th of
January, 1701, placed the crown on his own head, and
that of his consort, at Konigsberg, and founded the or-
der of the Black Eagle, in commemoration of the event.
$ 22. Great Britain and Ireland.
(188.) 1. Under the parliament, 1649-53. After the
execution of Charles I., the upper house of parliament
was dissolved, monarchy abolished, England proclaimed a
republic by the lower house, and the government placed
in the hands of a council of state consisting of forty-one
members. The son of the murdered king having been
proclaimed as Charles II., in Ireland as well as in Scot-
land, Cromwell reduced the Irish to submission, and then
marched into Scotland, where the King was residing, de-
feated the Scotch near Dunbar, and penetrated into the
Highlands. Meanwhile Charles, availing himself of Crom-
well's absence, attempted to surprise England, but was
90 MODERN HISTORY. [189 191. §22.
soon followed by the usurper, and compelled, after his de-
feat at Worcester, to wander in disguise, until at length,
after a series of romantic adventures, he landed in safety
on the coast of Normandy.
(189.) The new Commonwealth avenged itself on Hol-
land for the murder of its ambassador, by passing the
Navigation Act, which restricted foreign nations to
the importation of their own produce in their own vessels,
and thus annihilated the principal carrying trade of
Holland.
(190.) Cromwell, reckoning with certainty on the
support of the army, now dissolved the Rump Parliament
by force, and assembled another, called, in mockery, from
a fanatic leather-seller who played a principal part in its
proceedings, " Barebone's Parliament." After dissolv-
ing this parliament also, Cromwell was nominated by his
officers Protector of the three realms.
(191.) 2. Under the Protectorate of Oliver Crom-
well, 1653 — 1658. The executive authority was vested
in Cromwell and the legislative in the parliament, which
was called together every three years. The management
of the army was divided between them. The new navi-
gation act occasioned a war between England aijd the
united Netherlands, whose carrying trade was, as we have
mentioned, nearly annihilated by that measure. No
sooner was this war happily concluded, than a demand on
the part of Cromwell of a free trade to the Spanish colo-
nies produced a war with Spain, in which Jamaica and
Dunkirk fell into the hands of the English. The question
of offering the crown to the Protector, for which the par-
liament had been gradually and cautiously prepared, was
at length brought forward, and through the exertions of
his friends carried in the affirmative ; but Cromwell was
compelled by circumstances to refuse to accept the title
of King. The anxiety occasioned by repeated conspira-
cies and attempts on his life embittered the latter days
of the usurper, and hastened his death, which took place
on the 3d September, 1658. Cromwell was succeeded
in the Protectorate by his feeble-minded son Richard,
who was compelled by the army to dissolve the parliament,
and after a reign of eight months retired into private life
192, 193. §22.] GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 91
(1659). The state of anarchy which followed his resig-
nation was terminated by General Monk, commander-in-
chief in Scotland, who returned to London, and estab-
lished a parliament, consisting of an Upper and Lower
House, which recalled Charles II. in 1660.
B. Under the last two Stuarts, 1660 — 1688.
( 192. ) Charles II. ( 1 660 — 1 685) proclaimed an almost
universal amnesty, appointed the wise Earl of Clarendon
his prime minister, and re-established episcopacy in Scot-
land as well as in England. But the profligacy of his
manners, and the recklessness with which he squandered
the public money, soon disgusted the people, who wit-
nessed with indignation the sale of Dunkirk to France ;
the disgraceful termination of two wars with Holland,
which had been begun on the most frivolous pretences ;
the dismissal and banishment of Clarendon (whose place
was supplied by the CABAL1 ministry), and the fre-
quent prorogations of parliament. An act of toleration,
which he had published on his own responsibility, was an-
nulled by parliament, who then passed the test-act (by
which Dissenters and Romanists were excluded from pub-
lic employments, and the latter also from parliament), and
the Habeas Corpus Act, by which the King's subjects
were secured from vexatious arrest. The debates respect-
ing the settlement of the succession brought the Whig or
opposition party into collision with the Tory or court
party. During the last years of his reign, Charles gov-
erned without a parliament, and steadily opposed the ex-
clusion of his Romanist brother James from the suc-
cession.
(193.) James II. (1685— 1688), who ascended the
throne without opposition, pursued with the most blind
and reckless eagerness his two favorite plans, of rendering
the authority of the crown absolute, and re-establishing
Romanism. The appointment of Romanists to important
civil and military oflices, the attempt to abolish the test-
1 So called from the first letters of the names of its members, —
Clifford, Ashley, Buckingham, Arlington, and Lauderdale.
92 MODERN HISTORY. [193. $22.
act, and in Scotland to repeal all the laws against Ro-
manism, and the arrest of the seven bishops who ventured
to resist his arbitrary proceedings, occasioned discontents,
which terminated (on the exclusion from the succession of
his Protestant daughters, Mary and Anne, by the birth of
a prince) in the English Revolution of 1688.
194. §22.]
(194.)
GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
93
94 MODERN HISTORY. [195 197. $23.
(195.) On the approach towards the capital of
William of Orange, the King's son-in-law, who had
been invited over from Holland by the malcontents,
James II. fled to France, and the throne was immediately
declared vacant by the parliament. In the year 1689,
Mary and her husband William III. were proclaimed
King and Queen of England, the authority of the crown
being at the same time limited by the " Bill of Rights."
In the event of their dying without issue, it was settled
that the Princess Anne should succeed them on the
throne.
C. The house of Orange, 1689—1702.
(196.) The hopes which the exiled King entertained
of recovering his throne by the aid of the French were
annihilated by William III., who gained two decisive
victories (at the river Boyne in Ireland and la Hogue),
and punished the Irish for their support of James by
another confiscation of their estates. In Scotland, the
King and Queen were recognized, and peace in some
measure restored by the abolition of episcopacy. Im-
provements were effected in the constitution by the estab-
lishment of ministerial responsibility, greater freedom of
the press, and the independence of the judges. William
was permitted to retain his hereditary dignity of Statt-
holder in the republic of Holland, and during the Spanish
war of succession exerted himself to maintain the balance
of power in Europe.
§ 23. The republic of Holland.
(197.) The republic of Holland, or seven United Pro-
vinces of the Netherlands, had reached its highest state
of prosperity about the middle of the seventeenth century,
when its independence was secured by the peace of West-
phalia : its commerce extended over the face of the globe,
and every sea was covered with its fleets ; its herring
fisheries were an unfailing source of wealth, and the car-
rying trade of almost every nation in Europe was in the
hands of its merchants. But the naval supremacy of the
republic was soon contested by Crownwell, whose Naviga-
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tion Act inflicted a death-blow on its carrying trade ; and
the result of two wars with England (in which the Ad-
mirals Van Tromp and de Ruyter distinguished them-
selves) was only a very slight relaxation of the act. To
these causes of decay were added the domestic troubles
occasioned by the resistance of the Anti-Orange party
under the Pensionary, John de Witt, to the ambitious
designs of William II., whose death was the signal for the
abolition of the Stattholdership in five provinces,
Friesland and Groningen had their own Stattholder (Count
William of Nassau). During the war with Louis XIV.
(occasioned by the anger of the French King on account
of the triple alliance), the Stattholdership was re-
established, at first in two, and subsequently in all the
five provinces, and the dignity conferred for life on Wil-
liam III. of Orange, in whose family it soon afterwards
became hereditary. The two brothers, John and Cor-
nelius de Witt, who had resisted this arrangement, were
assassinated by the mob at the instigation of the Orange
party.
(198.) The marriage of William III. with the Prin-
cess Mary, and his consequent elevation to the English
throne, enabled the two great naval powers of Europe to
act in concert against the ambitious plans of Louis XIV. ;
but this advantage was more than counterbalanced by the
additional restrictions imposed on the trade of Holland
by her powerful ally. This circumstance, and the con-
tinued residence of William in England, considerably
weakened the attachment of his Dutch subjects. After
his death (without issue) in 1702, the Stattholdership re-
mained vacant in the five provinces until the year 1747,
when the invasion of the Dutch territory by the French,
towards the end of the Spanish war of succession, occa-
sioned the restoration (in all the provinces) of the he-
reditary dignity of the house of Orange. In the inter-
val between the Spanish and Austrian war of succession,
the republic observed strict neutrality in all its foreign
relations.
§ 24. The north-east of Europe.
(199.) Under the first three Kings of the house of
96 MODERN HISTORY. [200. § 24.
Zweibrucken, Sweden occupied in northern Europe
a position similar to that of France in the south and
west, the possession of all the best harbors in the Baltic
having placed her in the rank of a first-rate power from
the time of the thirty years' war.
(200.) The claims which the house of Yasa advanced
to the throne of Sweden afforded the ambitious Charles
(1654 — 1660) a welcome pretext for declaring war against
Poland. The rapidity with which his plan of invasion
was executed placed the greater part of the kingdom at
his disposal, and compelled the reigning sovereign (John
Casimir) to take refuge in Silesia, whilst Charles, in con-
junction with his ally, the Great Elector, defeated the
Poles in the battle of Warsaw, after three days of
hard fighting (1656). A confederation having been
formed about this time for the maintenance of the bal-
ance of power in the north of Europe, and war declared
against Sweden by the King of Denmark, Charles X.
withdrew his forces from Poland, and, after rapidly over-
running the Danish continent, crossed the frozen Belt,
and subdued the islands also. A peace was now conclud-
ed (at Roeskild, in 1658), by which the independence of
Bornholm and the southern -provinces of Sweden was
recognized. But Charles soon repented of the facility
with which he had acceded to these conditions, and, land-
ing unexpectedly on the coast of Zealand, laid siege to
Copenhagen, which was enabled, by the assistance of a
Dutch fleet, to resist successfully all the attacks of the
Swedes. The death of the King, and the minority of his
son Charles XI. (1660 — 1697), induced the Swedish gov-
ernment to conclude a peace with Poland and her allies
at Oliva in 1660 (John Casimir renouncing his claims to
the Swedish throne, and giving up Esthonia, Orsel, and
the greater part of Livonia), and with Denmark at
Copenhagen. The conditions of the peace of Roeskild
were confirmed by the peace of Copenhagen, except as re-
garded Drontheim and Bornholm, which were restored to
Denmark. The participation of the Swedes in the war of
Louis XIY. against Holland and Brandenburg occasioned
the loss of their G-erman possessions (after the battle of
Fehrbellin, in 1675), but most of these were afterwards
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restored (in 1679) by the peace of S. Germain-en-Laye.
During the minority of Charles XL, his ministers had
governed with absolute authority, and most of the estates
of the crown had been appropriated by the higher nobility ;
but the unlimited powers conferred on him by the estates
of the kingdom, after he had obtained full age, enabled
him to recover the royal demesnes, which had been sold,
or otherwise alienated, by his predecessors. By this ac-
cession of revenue, he was enabled to place the finances,
army and navy, on a new and more efficient footing, and
to bequeath to his son, Charles XII. (1697—1718), a
flourishing kingdom and well-filled exchequer; but the
fool-hardy and romantic projects of the new monarch soon
reduced Sweden to her original state of poverty. In
Denmark (under Frederick III., 1648—1670, and
Christian V., 1670—1699), the utter exhaustion of her
resources: occasioned by the war with Sweden and the
loss of territory at the peace of Koeskild and Copenhagen,
was followed by a change in the constitution ; the clergy
and commons, who were disgusted at the tyranny of the
nobles, declaring the monarchy hereditary (in the female
as well as the male line), and compelling the nobles to
recognize the King as an absolute hereditary sovereign
(1660). In a fresh war with Sweden, undertaken by the
Danes as allies of the Great Elector, some conquests were
made, which were afterwards relinquished at the peace of
Lund.
(201.) Poland, at this time one of the most im-
portant empires of Europe, had exhibited a wretched pic-
ture of aristocratic tyranny since the establishment of an
elective government, which placed the supreme authority
in the hands of deputies chosen by all the nobles who had
attained full age, — a power being given to each individual
to annul the resolutions of the rest by his " liberum veto."
The last of the three kings of the house of Vasa, John
Casimir, was so disgusted at the turbulent state of his
kingdom, and his unsuccessful wars with Sweden and
Russia (cession of Smolensk, Kiev, and the Ukraine be-
yond the Dnieper), that he resigned his crown and retired
to France, where the revenues of two abbeys were settled
on him by Louis XIV. His next successor but one, the
5
98 MODERN HISTORY. [201. §24.
brave John Sobieski (1673 — 1695), entered into an
alliance with the Emperor against the Turks (by whom
Austria and Poland were equally threatened), and com-
pelled them to raise the siege of Vienna (1683) ; but the
Turkish war was not terminated until the reign of his
successor Augustus II. (1697 — 1733), Elector of
Saxony, who concluded a peace at Carlowitz (1699), by
which Poland, through the intervention of Austria, re-
covered Podolia and the Ukraine. Russia, under the
able and energetic Czars of the house of Romanow, had
risen from an Asiatic into a European state. Not only
had the frontier of the empire been extended on the side
of Poland by Alexei, but the way had been prepared for
the introduction of European civilization (posts, manufac-
tures, &c). Under his son (Feodor III.) the Ukraine was
wrested from the Turks. After his death, his two sons —
Ivan, who was of weak intellect and almost blind ; and
Peter, a prince of extraordinary ability — were raised to-
gether to the throne by the Strelitzes,1 under the guardi-
anship of their elder sister, Sophia (1682). The treacher-
ous policy of this princess, in suffering her brother Peter
to receive a foreign education for the purpose of render-
ing him unpopular among his subjects, laid the foundation
of his future glory. Sophia, who had excited an insur-
rection of the Strelitzes against her younger brother, was
sent to pass the rest of her days in a convent, whilst
Peter, leaving to his brother Ivan the empty title of
Czar (1689 — 1725), assumed the authority of sole mon-
arch (under the guidance of a Genevese named Lefort), and
commenced a complete revolution in the empire. The
army was remodelled after the European pattern, and
preparations were made for the creation of a navy. Azov,
the key of the Bla'ck Sea, was wrested from the Turks.
For the purpose at once of satisfying his curiosity, and of
acquiring a knowledge of European civilization, Peter,
after sending before him an embassy headed by Lefort,
travelled through Germany into Holland (1697), where he
1 The Russian strelitzy were a large and powerful body of sol-
diers, who, like the Turkish janizaries, continually interfered with
the government. — S.
202. ^ 25.] WAR OP THE SPANISH SUCCESSION. 99
worked in the dockyard at Saardam as a common ship-
wright. Then he visited William. III. in England, and
on his return through G-ermany was on the eve of enter-
ing Italy, when a fresh insurrection of the Strelitzes, for
the purpose of resisting his innovations, recalled him to
Moscow. After punishing the guilty with barbarous
severity, and disbanding the corps of Strelitzes, Peter
established an army officered exclusively by foreigners,
founded schools, introduced foreign manners (the German
style of dress, &c.), and, having abolished the office of
Patriarch, united in his own person the supreme spiritual
as well as temporal authority.2 His project of extending
the boundaries of Russia to the shore of the Baltic, at the
expense of Sweden, involved him in the great northern
war (see $ 26).
II. To the French Revolution.
§ 25. War of the Spanish succession, 1701 — 1714.
(202.) No sooner was it known that Charles II., King
of Spain, son of Philip IV., and the last male descendant
of the Spanish- Austrian house, was likely to die without
issue, than several princes claimed the succession to the
Spanish throne. 1. Louis XIV. (as husband of the King's
eldest sister), on behalf of his grandson, Philip, Duke of
Anjou. In bringing forward this claim, Louis declared
his consort's renunciation (see page 80) null and void as
regarded her descendants. 2. Leopold I., as husband of
the younger sister of the King of Spain (who had never
renounced her claim to the Spanish crown), for his younger
son Charles. 3. The Elector of Ba^saria, as immediate
descendant of Charles's younger sister. With the view of
anticipating a partition of the Spanish monarchy, as con-
templated by France and the maritime, powers, Charles,
by will, declared the Elector of Bavaria, and (on his sud-
den demise, during the lifetime of the testator) the
Dauphin's second son, Philip of Anjou, universal heir to
2 His supremacy over the Church was much the same as that
exercised by the king or queen of England.— S.
100 MODERN HISTORY. [203,204.
all his dominions. On the 1st November, 1700, soon
after the death of Charles II., the Duke of Anjou assumed
the title of Philip V., King of Spain. To punish France
for this violation of the partition-treaty, the maritime
powers (or rather William III.) concluded with the Em-
peror the so-called Grand Alliance, pledging themselves
to recover for the house of Austria the Spanish posses-
sions in the Netherlands and Italy, and never to permit
the union of the French and Spanish crowns. The first
of the German princes who joined this alliance was the
King of Prussia. On the other hand, the Electors of
Bavaria and Cologne sided with their nephew, Philip
of Anjou.
A. Struggles in Italy and Germany, 1701 —
1704.
(203.) 1. In Italy. The Emperor, supported by
the two German princes, who were indebted to him for
their elevation to a higher rank (the King of Prussia and
the Elector of Hanover), despatched one army, under
Prince Lewis of Baden, to dispute the passage of the
Rhine with the French, and another under Prince
Eugene of Savoy (who had distinguished himself at
the raising of the siege of Vienna, and in the subsequent
Turkish wars, as well as in three wars with France) into
Italy, which had been already entered by a French army
under General Catinat. Eugene crossed the Tyrolese
Alps, defeated Catinat at Carpi, and took Villeroi (the
King's incapable favorite) prisoner at Chiari, but was
compelled to retire, after an indecisive engagement at
Luzzara, before the overwhelming force of the Duke of
Vendome.
(204.) 2. In Germany. Louis XI Y. having recog-
nized the son of James II. as King of England, in the
hope of sowing the seeds of dissension in that country,
supplies were granted to William III. by his parliament,
for the purpose of commencing a war in the Spanish Ne-
therlands and the Electorate of Cologne, under the Earl
(afterwards Duke) of M a r 1 b o r o u g h. At the same time
Portugal and Savoy joined the Grand Alliance. Mean-
205,206. §25.] WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION. 101
while the French, under Villars, had circumvented the
German army on the Rhine, and effected a junction with
the Elector of Bavaria. The Elector's plan of entering
the Tyrol, and uniting his forces with the army of Ville-
roi on its return from Italy, was rendered abortive by the
bravery of the Tyrolese (under Martin Sterzinger), and
both armies were forced to retreat.
(205.) In the year 1704, Marlborough unexpectedly
effected a junction with Eugene for the purpose of mak-
ing a combined assault on the Bavarian-French army.
Eugene covered the Rhine, whilst Marlborough (with the
Margrave of Baden) defeated the Bavarians on the Schel-
lenberg near Donauwerth ; but, being unable to hinder the
passage of the Rhine by a fresh detachment of French
troops (under Tallard), he rejoined Marlborough, and in
conjunction with him defeated the Bavarians and French
near Hochstadt and Blenheim with such terrible slaugh-
ter, that of an army of 60,000 men scarcely one-third
reached the Rhine after the engagement. The whole of
Bavaria was overrun by the conquerors, who treated the
inhabitants with the- utmost severity ; the Electors of Ba-
varia and Cologne were set aside and placed under the bann
of the empire by the Emperor,
Joseph I. (1705—1711),
and the Upper Palatinate was restored to the Elector
Palatine.
B. Struggle in Spain, the Netherlands, and Ita-
ly, for the united Spanish monarchy, 1704 — 1710.
(206.) 1. In Spain itself the war began in 1704, on
the landing of the Archduke Charles on the coast of Por-
tugal with a body of English and Dutch soldiers. The
only important event of the first year was the re-capture of
Gibraltar from the English ; but no sooner had four prov-
inces (Catalonia, Valencia, Arragon, and Navarre) de-
clared for Charles III., than a civil war began, the horrors
of which are almost without a parallel in history. Philip
V. was driven from his capital, but soon afterwards re-
102 MODERN HISTORY. [207. $25.
turned, on finding that Charles had neglected to take ad-
vantage of his flight. The war, however, still continued,
fostered by national hatred, between the Castilians and
A.rragonese ; the latter, after defeating the allies near Al-
manza, ravaged the province of Valencia. A reinforce-
ment of German troops under the brave Stahremberg, and
fche exhausted condition of France, enabled Charles III.
i second time to drive Philip V. out of Madrid ; but,
within two months from the period of his triumphal entry
into his capital, the arrival of Venddme in Spain com-
pelled him again to seek safety in flight, and return (after
the death of his brother, Joseph I., in 1711) to Germany.
(207.) 2. In the Netherlands and Italy. After
the battle of Hochstadt, Eugene and Marlborough had
again parted company, the former returning to Italy, and
the latter to the Netherlands. The efforts of both gen-
erals were crowned with unexpected success. Bavaria,
as before, surrendered after a single battle, and the most
important Spanish provinces in the Netherlands fell into
the hands of the allies. Marlborough, whose qualifica-
tions as a subtle diplomatist and accomplished courtier had
stood him in good stead in his negotiations with the courts
of Vienna and Berlin, again took the field against the
French, who were projecting the invasion of Holland, de-
feated near Ramillies an army of 60,000 men under
Villeroi (1706), subdued Brabant, Flanders, and a part of
Hennegau, and compelled those provinces to swear allegi-
ance to Charles III. In the autumn of the same year,
Eugene, assisted by the Prussians under Leopold of Des-
sau, defeated a French army of 80,000 men which was be-
sieging Turin, and obtained an enormous amount of
booty. After their defeat the French evacuated Lom-
bardy ; and Eugene, who had been nominated Viceroy of
Milan by Joseph I., compelled the principal inhabitants
of that province to swear allegiance to Charles III. An
army, which he had despatched to Naples under the com-
mand of Count Daun, was received with every demonstra-
tion of joy by the Neapolitans. In the year 1708 the
English took possession of Sardinia ; so that of all her Eu-
ropean provinces there now remained to Spain only the
island of Sicily. After the termination of the war in It-
208. §25.] THE PEACE OF UTRECHT. 103
aly, Eugene re-entered Flanders, and in conjunction with
Marlborough defeated the French atOudenardeon the
Scheldt (1708), and stormed the fortress of Ryssel (Lille),
the chef-d'oauvre of the celebrated engineer Yauban, which
had been always considered impregnable. Meanwhile,
Louis XIV., dispirited by such a series of disasters, and
deprived of the resources necessary for a fresh campaign
by an unusually severe winter, was negotiating a peace (at
the Hague), and had already consented to relinquish the
pretensions of his family to the Spanish crown, and to
cede Alsace with certain fortresses on the frontier of Sa-
voy, when the allies, rendered insolent by success, de-
manded that he should send an army into Spain for the
purpose of deposing his own grandson. On receiving
this insult, Louis at once broke off the negotiations, and
by extraordinary exertions raised another army (under
Villars), which was defeated in 1 709 by Eugene and Marl-
borough at Malplaquet. The negotiations for peace
were then renewed, and Louis had already declared himself
ready to furnish a considerable portion of the funds ne-
cessary for the expulsion of his grandson, when the sim-
ultaneous occurrence of three important events entirely
changed the aspect of affairs.
C. Reverse of fortune. Peace concluded at
Utrecht, Rastadt, and Baden, 1711—1714.
(208.) 1. Tliefall of Marlborough (leader of the
Whig party in England), and the change of policy conse-
quent on the formation of a Tory cabinet by Queen Anne.
2. The death of the Emperor Joseph, who was succeeded
on the imperial throne by the Archduke Charles ; and 3.
The victories of the Duke of Vendome in Spain, which en-
abled Louis, towards the end of his life, to conclude a
peace on terms unexpectedly favorable to France. In the
first place he concluded with the maritime powers, who
were opposed to the re-union of Austria with the Spanish
monarchy, the peace of Utrecht (1713), by which Philip
V. was recognized as King of Spain and her transalantic
colonies, it being at the same time stipulated that no re-
union of the French and Spanish crowns should ever take
place.
104 MODERN HISTORY. [209 211. §26.
(209.) In this peace England obtained from France
the recognition of the Protestant succession, and posses-
sion of Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, andHudson's Bay ; and
from Spain the island of Minorca and Gibraltar, with the
privilege of trading in slaves to Spanish America. Prus-
sia obtained Upper Guelderland, and the universal recog-
nition of her recently established monarchy ; and Savoy
the island of Sicily, which she soon afterwards exchanged
for Sardinia. In the year 1714 a treaty was concluded
at Rastad t between Charles VI. and the sovereigns who
had been parties to the peace of Utrecht, the Emperor
receiving the Spanish provinces, viz. the Netherlands, Na-
ples, Milan, and Sardinia (with the exception of Mantua and
the Tuscan sea-ports), and the Electors of Bavaria and
Cologne being reinstated in their dignities. This treaty,
which had been negotiated between Eugene and Villars,
was fully recognized at the peace of Baden, by which
the German empire obtained merely the confirmation of
the treaties concluded at Miinster, Nimeguen, and Rys-
wick.
$ 26. The northern war, 1700—1721.
(210.) Causes of the war. 1. The desire of Peter
the Great to re-conquer those provinces on the shores of
the Baltic which had been wrested from Russia by the
Swedes. 2. The anxiety of Augustus II., Elector of Sax-
ony and King of Poland, to recover Esthonia and Livonia,
and at the same time to repress domestic discontent by
employing his disaffected subjects in a foreign war. 3.
The designs of the King of Denmark (Frederick IV.) on
the portion of Holstein at that time possessed by the Duke
of Holstein Gottorp, brother-in-law of Charles XII., and
his wish to recover the provinces which had been ceded to
Sweden by the peace of Copenhagen. At the instance of
Augustus II., a league was formed between Russia and
Denmark, the object of which was to take advantage of
the youth of Charles XII., and compel him to restore the
provinces which had been wrested by his ancestors from
Russia, Poland, and Denmark.
(211.) 1. The Danish war, 1700, began with the
212,213. $26. THE NORTHERN WAR. 105
invasion of Holstein Gottorp by the Danes, and of Livo-
nia by the Saxons. Addressing himself to the danger
which seemed the most imminent, the young King landed
on the island of Zealand, and advancing to the capital
compelled Frederick IV. (in a separate peace concluded
at Travendal in 1700) to renounce his alliance with Rus-
sia, and restore to the Duke of Holstein Gottorp all the
territory of which he had been deprived by the Danes.
(212.) 2. The Russian-Saxon war, 1700—1706.
The Czar, Peter, having marched at the head of an enor-
mous force to the assistance of his ally the King of Po-
land, Charles XII., after forcing him (1700) to raise the
siege of Narva, drove the Russians and Saxons out of
Livonia, conquered the greater part of Lithuania, and, en-
tering Poland in triumph, compelled the Poles to depose
Augustus II., and elect in his room the Waiwode of Po-
sen, Stanislaus Lesczinsky (1704), whose general re-
cognition was the result of fresh victories over the Saxons,
and the invasion of Lithuania by the Swedes. Leaving
his most dangerous enemy, the Czar, to extend his con-
quests on the shores of the Baltic, and found a new capital
within the frontiers of Sweden herself (1703), Charles XII.
invaded Saxony, and compelled^Augustus II. (in the peace
of Altranstadt, 1706) to recognize Stanislaus Lesczinsky
as King of Poland, renounce his alliance with the Czar,
and deliver up the Russian ambassador Patkul (the insti-
gator of the war), who was broken on the wheel by com-
mand of the conqueror.
(213.) 3. Russian war to 1709. Reverse of fortune.
All the fruits of these brilliant successes were
lost through the obstinacy and fool-hardiness of Charles.
Having received intelligence that the Czar had entered
Poland for the purpose of wueaking vengeance on Stanis-
laus and the Swedish party in that country, he quitted
Saxony, and, advancing by forced marches, drove the
Russians out of the Polish territories. Elated at his suc-
cess, Charles now conceived the design of dethroning the
Czarr whose innovations and cruelties had rendered him
odious, and J^ad already forced his way through forests
and morasses to the banks of the Dnieper, and crossed that
river, when the Hetinan of the Cossacks, Mazeppa, per-
5*
106 MODERN HISTORY. [214. §26.
suaded him (instead of advancing at once on Moscow, after
effecting a junction with General Lowenhaupt) to adopt
a circuitous route through the Ukraine for the purpose of
joining his new ally. Although he found the Cossack
leader abandoned by his own troops, Charles obstinately
persisted in advancing, notwithstanding the severity of the
weather, and engaging with the miserable remnant of his
army (15,000 men) 50.000 Russians at Pultawa, where
he was so utterly defeated, that he was compelled to cross
the Dnieper with a few attendants, and take refuge in the
Turkish city of Bender.
(214.) 4. Charles XII. in Turkey, 1709—1714.
The flight of Charles XII. , and his five years' residence
in Turkey, afforded the Poles and Danes an opportunity
of violating the conditions of peace which he had com-
pelled them to subscribe. Augustus II. declared his ex-
torted abdication null and void, and having expelled Stan-
islaus from his dominions, re-ascended the Polish throne,
whilst the Danes invaded the southern provinces of Swe-
den, where they sustained two disgraceful defeats, but
succeeded in wresting Schleswig from the Duke of Hoi-
stein Grottorp. Meanwhile Peter, availing himself of the
absence of his enemy, conquered the Swedish provinces of
Livonia, Esthonia, and Finland, and at the same time pro-
ceeded with his plans for the civilization of the Russian
people. After various negotiations and intrigues, Charles
at length persuaded the Sultan to declare war against
Russia ; and Peter, who had endeavored to anticipate the
« attack of the Turks, was surrounded by them on the
banks of the Pruth, and only escaped through the exer-
tions of his wife, Catherine, who bribed the Grand Vizier
to grant a peace, by which the Russians were excluded
from the Black Sea. Charley, who still lingered at Ben-
der in the hope of persuading the Turks to renew hostili-
ties, was at length required to quit the Turkish territory,
and on his refusal was attacked in his fortified house, and
after an obstinate defence was compelled to yield himself
a prisoner. In the year 1714, after a succession of ro-
mantic adventures, Charles returned to Sweden.
215,216. §26.] THE NORTHERN WAR. 107
5. Ivasion of Norway and death of Charles XII.
(215.) Meanwhile Frederick William I. , King of Prus-
sia, and G-eorge I., Elector of Hanover and King of Eng-
land, had joined the enemies of Sweden, which now lost
the last of her possessions in Germany (Stralsund and
Wismar). Whilst Peter I. was kept in play by Count
von Grorz, who amused him with the prospect of obtaining
the Swedish Baltic provinces by negotiation, Charles took
advantage of the fresh courage with which his arrival had
inspired the Swedes, and prepared to invade Norway, in
the hope of recompensing himself for all his other losses
by wresting that country from the Danes. The first cam-
paign (17 16) was a failure in consequence of the severity
of the weather, and in the third Charles fell in the trenches,
before the fortress of Friedrickshall, probably by the hand
of an assassin, and the victim of a conspiracy (1718, in
his thirty-sixth year). Passing over the nephew of the
late sovereign, the Duke of Holstein Gottorp, the conspir-
ators raised to the throne his younger sister, Ulrica
Eleanor a, wife of the hereditary prince of Hesse-Cassel,
who had declared herself ready to renounce all claim to
the succession in the female line, and to recognize the
right of the senate to enact laws, impose taxes, and settle
questions of war and peace. At a later period (1720) the
Queen resigned the reins of government into the hands of
her husband, who consented to make still further conces-
sions in order to secure the recognition of his title by the
estates of the realm.
(216.) 6. The war was terminated by treaties con-
cluded separately with the enemies of Sweden. 1.
Hanover obtained Bremen and Verden in return for a
payment of one million of thalers. 2. Prussia had the
whole of Pomerania between the Oder and Peene, with
Stettin and the islands of Usedom and Wollin (for two
million thalers). 3. Denmark received a portion of
Schleswig. 4. The Russians, by repeated descents on the
coast of Sweden, compelled the Swedes (in the peace of
Nystadt, 1721) to cede to them Livonia, Esthonia, Inger-
manland, and a part of Carelia (with the island of Oesel)
in return for the restoration of Finland. Thus Sweden
108 MODERN HISTORY. [217,218.
lost her preponderance in the north of Europe, which was
now assumed by Russia. Stanislaus Lesczinsky, who had
found an asylum in France, was permitted to retain the
title of King by virtue of a convention between Sweden
and Saxony.
§ 27. The Emperor Charles VI. 1711—1740.
1. War of the Turks against Venice and Austria
(17H_1718).
(217.) Scarcely had the Turks concluded the Russian
war by the peaee of the Pruth, when they availed them-
selves of a paltry pretext for wresting from the Venetians
the peninsula of the Morea, which had been ceded to them
Tby the peace of Carlo witz. On learning that the Emperor
Charles VI. was preparing to assist the Venetians, they
declared war against him also, and advanced towards the
Danube ; but in spite of their overwhelming force, they
were utterly routed by Prince Eugene near Peterwar-
dein (1716), with the loss of their Grand Vizier, camp,
and military chest. Eugene then conquered the Banate
and a great portion of Wallachia, obtained a brilliant vic-
tory near Belgrade, and made himself master of that im-
portant fortress. The Emperor, whose Italian possessions
were assailed by Spain, was now anxious to conclude a
peace with the Turks, the conditions of which (signed at
Passarowitz in 1718) were as follows: That he should re-
tain all the territories wrested from the Turks during the
war (the Banate, Servia, and a portion of Wallachia, Bos-
nia, and Croatia), the Turks, on their part, retaining the
Morea, which Charles had fruitlessly endeavored to recover
tor Venice.
2. The quadruple alliance (1718).
(218.) No arrangement had yet been effected between
the two principal claimants of the Spanish succession ;
Charles VI. still refusing to recognize Philip V. as King
of Spain, whilst on the other hand the Spanish minister,
Cardinal Alberoni, devised a plan for re-annexing the
Italian provinces to the crown of Spain, and, availing
219,220. §27.] THE EMPEROR CHARLES VI. 109
himself of the diversion caused by the Turkish war, took
possession of Sicily and Sardinia. France and England
(with a provision for the subsequent accession of Holland
to the treaty) concluded with the Emperor a quadruple
alliance for the maintenance of the peace of Utrecht ; and
after a short war compelled Philip (after the dismissal of
Alberoni) to restore Sicily and Sardinia, and renounce all
claim to the Spanish provinces in Italy, the Emperor, on
his part, consenting to recognize his title as King of
Spain. Savoy received Sicily from the Emperor in ex-
change for the kingdom of Sardinia.
3. The pragmatic sanction.
(219.) In order to prevent a war of succession after
his decease, Charles VI., who had no male issue, published
an edict (which was confirmed by the diet of the empire,
and received the name of the pragmatic sanction),
declaring his daughter Maria Theresa sole heiress of all
the Austrian states. During the remainder of his life,
the grand object of his government was to obtain from
foreign powers, as well as from his own subjects, the com-
plete recognition of this decree.
4. War of the Polish succession (1733—1738).
(220.) After the death of Augustus II. King of Po-
land, a majority of the Polish nobles were persuaded by
Louis XY. to restore his father-in-law, Stanislaus Lesczin-
sky, whilst at the same time another party, supported by
Russia and the Emperor, chose Augustus, Elector of Sax-
ony and son of the deceased King. Stanislaus having
been expelled by the Russians, Louis XV., and his rela-
tives the Kings of Spain and Sardinia, declared war
against the Emperor. Lorraine (the Duke of which coun-
try, Francis Stephen, was a candidate for the hand of
Maria Theresa), Austria, Lombardy, Naples, and Sicily,
were occupied by the allies until the year 1738, when a
peace was at last concluded at Vienna, after a long period
spent in negotiation. Stanislaus renounced his claim to
the crown of Poland, receiving as an indemnification for
this sacrifice the dukedoms of Lorraine and Bar, with an
understanding that after his death they would revert to
110 MODERN HISTORY. [221. §27.
France as the hereditary possessions of his daughter.
Francis Stephen, Duke of Lorraine, obtained the grand
duchy of Tuscany, at that time vacant by the extinction
of the house of Medici (1737), and the crown of the two
Sicilies was bestowed on the Spanish Infant Don Carlos,
who relinquished to the Emperor the duchies of Parma
and Piacenza.
5. War of the Turks against Russia and
Austria (1736—1739).
(221.) Availing herself of the opportunity afforded
by the breaking out of a war between the Turks and Per-
sians, the Empress Anne took possession of Azov, which
had been ceded to the Turks by Peter the Great at the
peace of the Pruth.
222. $ 27.] THE EMPEROR CHARLES VI.
Ill
tony
,
An
112 MODERN HISTORY. [223 226. §28.
(223.) Her ally, the Emperor Charles, was less for-
tunate,,his armies (which since the death of Prince Eu-
gene [f!736] had been commanded by incapable generals)
being defeated in three several engagements by the Turks,
who recovered (at the peace of Belgrade, 1739) most
of the territory which had been wrested from them in for-
mer wars (the Austrian portion of Servia and Wallachia,
with Belgrade). The Empress Anne was also compelled
to relinquish all her conquests, and content herself with
the recognition of her title by the Sublime Porte.
§ 28. Prussia under her first two Kings, 1701 — 1740.
(224.) 1. Frederick!., 1701— 1713. For his elevation
to the rank of King, see page 89 ; for the part taken by
him in the war of the Spanish succession, see page 100.
By the death without issue of William III., King of Eng-
land, Frederick, as grandson of the Prince of Orange,
Frederick Henry, became possessed of the countries of
Lingen and Meurs, and after the extinction of the house
of Orleans, LoYigueville was recognized by the estates of
the principalities of Neuenburg and Valendis (Neufchatel
and Valengin) as rightful heir of the house of Nassau-
Chalons-Orange (1707).
(225.) 2. Frederick William I, 1713—1740. This
prince, who was frugal, moderate in his desires, and strict
even to severity, entirely banished from his court the lux-
ury which had reigned there during the lifetime of his
father, the only expensive amusement in which he indulged
being the collection from different countries of a regiment
of giants.
(226.) Frederick William amassed a considerable
treasure (more than eight millions of thalers), established
a new system of finance and justice, and at his death left
to his successor a well disciplined army of 72.000 men.
The population was increased by the protection afforded
to foreign settlers, new cities were built, and those which
already existed, especially Berlin and Potsdam, were en-
larged and beautified. At the peace of Utrecht he re-
ceived Upper Gruelderland as an indemnification for his
resignation of the principality of Orange, and at the peace
of Stockholm (at the close of the northern war, in which
227, 228. § 29.] WAR OF AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION. 113
he took part w.ith the enemies of Sweden), Pomerania, as
far as the Peene, with Stettin and the islands of Usedom
and Wollin. For many years he lived on bad terms with
his son Frederick, whose early passion for music and po-
etry so disgusted his father, that he threatened to exclude
him from the succession. A plan laid by Frederick (dur-
ing a royal progress, in which he accompanied his father)
for escaping from Wesel to England, having been betrayed
by his enemies, the unfortunate Prince was placed under
close arrest at Klistrin, his accomplice Katte executed
before his face, and himself only rescued from a disgrace-
ful death by the intercession of some of the most distin-
guished officers and the remonstrances of several foreign
courts. Soon afterwards, however, he was reconciled to
his father in consequence of his marriage with the Prin-
cess of Brunswick-Bevern (Elizabeth Christina), and re-
ceived from him the county of Ruppin and the little town
of Rheinsberg, where he resided in the midst of a circle
of scientific and learned men until his accession in 1740.
His favorite associate (for a time) was the philosopher
Voltaire, under whose direction he cultivated French lit-
erature with considerable success.
§ 29. War of tJie Austrian succession, 1740 — 1748, and
the two first Silesian wars, 1740 — 1745.
(227.) On the accession of Maria Theresa (1740—
1780) to the thrones of Austria, Hungary, and Bohemia,
the Electors, Charles Albert of Brandenburg, and Augus-
tus III. of Saxony (who claimed the Austrian crown as
sons-in-law of the Emperor Joseph I.), were supported
by France and Spain, notwithstanding the pragmatic
sanction.
(228.) Frederick II. (the Great) availed himself of
this opportunity for reviving the ancient claims of Bran-
denburg to the Silesian duchies of Brieg, Liegnitz,
and Wohlau (which had belonged to her, by virtue
of a compact, since the extinction of the Piast line
in 1675, but had been taken possession of by the Em-
peror), and to the principality of Jagerndorf (which
had belonged to the Margrave of Anspach, and been
114 MODERN HISTORY. [230. $29.
seized by Austria in 1623). The refusal of Maria Theresa
to recognize these claims, occasioned
The first Silesian war, 1740—1742.
(229.) This war began with the rapid conquest of Sile-
sia and a victory gained by the Prussian troops near
Molwitz (at Brieg, April 10, 1741), through the skill
and valor of Field-marshal Schwerin, who continued the
engagement after Frederick had abandoned all hope of
success. In the following year Frederick overran Mora-
via and Bohemia, gained a second victory at Czaslau, and
obtained (at the peace of Breslau) almost the whole
of Silesia (except Teschen, Troppau, and Jagerndorf),
with the fortress of Grlatz. By these concessions the
Empress separated Frederick from her other enemies.
Meanwhile Charles Albert, supported by a French army,
had entered Austria, and caused himself to be proclaimed
Archduke of that country at Linz, and crowned King of
Bohemia at Prague, and Emperor (Charles VII.) at
Frankfort (1742—1745). The Saxons had entered Bo-
hemia and taken possession of Prague ; but Maria Theresa,
who had received supplies of monev from England and
Holland, so inspirited the Hungarians by appearing in
person at the diet of Presburg, that they equipped two
armies simultaneously, and recovered possession of Bo-
hemia and Upper Austria. Charles, VII. was driven out
of Bavaria by the Austrians, and Maria Theresa pro-
claimed at Munich, whilst at the same time Charles's
allies, the French, were defeated by the so-called pragmatic
army (composed of English, Hanoverians, and Hessians,
and commanded by George II. King of England) at
Dettengen on the Main. These events produced a fresh
alliance between France, the Emperor Charles, and
Frederick II., the last joining the confederacy because
he dreaded the success of the Austrian arms, and
commencing
The second Silesian war, 1744, 1745,
(230) with the invasion of Bohemia at the head of an
army of 80,000 men, whom he called " imperial auxilia-
231. $30.] THE THIRD SILESIAN WAR. 115
ries," whilst at the same time the imperialists regained
possession of Bavaria. On the death of Charles VII.,
soon after his return (which was accomplished by the aid
of his French allies), his son Maximilian Joseph re-
nounced all claim to the Austrian succession (at the
peace of Fiissen in 1745), and the Grand Duke of Tus-
cany (husband of Maria Theresa) ascended the imperial
throne as Francis I., 1745 — 1765. England was com-
pelled to withdraw her troops from the continent to op-
pose the advance of the Pretender, who had landed on the
coast of Scotland, and overrun the greater part of that
country. Meanwhile, however, Austria had found a new
ally in Saxony ; and the Austrian general, Prince Charles
of Lorraine, had not only driven the Prussians out of
Bohemia, but even advanced into Upper Silesia, where he
was defeated (1745) near Hohenfriedberg by Frederick,
who followed him into Bohemia, and a second time over-
threw him at Sorr. A plan for invading the King's ter-
ritories in conjunction with the Saxons was also rendered
abortive by a victory gained by the veteran Dessau near
Kesselsdorf ; and the peace of Dresden confirmed
Frederick in the possession of Silesia and Grlatz. Mean-
while the French, under the command of Marshal Saxe, a
natural son of Augustus II., King of Poland, had made
themselves masters of the whole of the Spanish Nether-
lands, except Luxembourg, Limburg, and Greldern. The
French and Spanish armies also prosecuted the war in
Italy, but without any permanent results. In the year
1748, a Russian army of 30.000 men was despatched to
the Rhine by the Empress Elizabeth, and soon afterwards
peace was concluded at Aix-la-Chapelle, the French
relinquishing all their conquests in the Netherlands,
and Austria ceding Parma and Piacenza to the Spanish
Infant, Don Philip.
§ 30. The third Silesian or seven years1 war.
(231.) After the peace of Dresden, Maria Theresa, by
advice of her minister Count Kaunitz, employed all the
arts of diplomacy for the purpose of embroiling the King
of Prussia with the other European courts. During the
116 MODERN HISTORY. [232, 233. § 30.
war, she had represented to the Empress of Eussia the
danger to be apprehended even by first-rate powers from
the ambitious character of Frederick, and his intimate
connection with France; and in the year 1746 a secret
treaty was concluded between the two Empresses, who
pledged themselves, supposing Frederick to violate the
conditions settled at the peace of Dresden, to strain every
nerve for the re-conquest of Silesia and the abasement of
Prussia. The Saxon court, where Count Briihl, the per-
sonal enemy of Frederick, ruled with absolute authority,
seems to have been also a party to this treaty. Mean-
while, a dispute respecting the boundaries of their re-
spective possessions in America had occasioned a war be-
tween England and France ; and the former country,
anxious to secure her German territories (Hanover)
against invasion, had concluded an alliance with Frede-
rick of Prussia. On the other hand, France allied herself
with Austria, in the hope of securing the neutrality of
that power during the maritime war between herself
and England.
The year 1756.
(232.) Frederick, who was well aware of the machina-
tions of his enemies, and the preparations which they were
making in Bohemia and Moravia, anticipated their move-
ments by suddenly entering Saxony at the head of
60,000 men, laying siege to Dresden, and blockading a
hastily-levied Saxon army of 17,000 men in their fortified
camp between Pirna and Konigstein. On the advance of
an Austrian army (under Brown) to the assistance of the
Saxons, Frederick divided his forces, and with only half
his army defeated the enemy near Lowositz (Oct. 1).
After this victory he returned into Saxony, where he
passed the winter, after compelling the Saxon soldiers,
who were blockaded at Pirna, to surrender as prisoners
of war.
The year 1757.
(233.) The invasion of Saxony by Frederick com-
pelled the French, however unwillingly, as parties to the
233. $30.] THE THIRD SILESTAN WAR. 117
peace of Westphalia, to conclude an alliance, offensive and
defensive, against Prussia, with Austria, Russia, and the
German empire. To this treaty Sweden also became a
party, in the hope of obtaining possession of Prussian
Pomerania. Leaving to his by no means numerous al-
lies (England, Hesse-Cassel, Brunswick, and Gotha) the
duty of keeping the French at bay, Frederick, after send-
ing a detachment to meet the Russians and Swedes, ad-
vanced at the head of his grand army against his bitter
enemies the Ajustrians, who prosecuted the war with more
rancorous pertinacity than the other powers, to most of
whom, especially the Protestant Princes, the aggrandize-
ment of Austria was by no means a desirable event ; nor
was a very determined opposition to be expected from the
King of Sweden, who was Frederick's own brother-in-law.
His enemies brought altogether 431,000 men into the
field, the Prussians and their allies 200,000. All the
troops quartered in Saxony advanced into Bohemia in
four divisions, and, uniting before Prague, defeated the
Austrian generals, Prince Charles of Lorraine and Brown,
in the famous battle of Prague (May 6), where Field-
marshal Schwerin lost his life after rallying the wavering
Prussians for a final charge. The greater part of the de-
feated army took refuge in Prague, where they were be-
sieged by the Prussian army ; but on the advance of Field-
marshal Daun to the relief of the city, Frederick attacked
him in his strongly-fortified position at Kollin (June
18), and was for the first time defeated. This check,
which compelled him to raise the siege and retire into
Saxony, encouraged the hitherto inactive allies of Austria
to attempt a decisive stroke. The French (100,000 men),
who had already taken possession of the Prussian terri-
tories on the Rhine, now advanced as far as the Weser
(under the command of Marshal d'Estrees), and defeated
the allies of Frederick (40,000 men, under the Duke of
Cumberland) at Hastenbeck, in the territory of
Hameln (July 26) ; but instead of availing themselves
fully of the advantage thus gained, they were satisfied
with levying contributions in Hanover. The Russians
(104,000 men), under Apraxin, marched into Eastern
Prussia, and defeated Field-marshal Lehwald near Gross-
118 MODERN HISTORY. [234. §30.
jagerndorf (August 30), but were unexpectedly recalled.
On receiving intelligence that the imperial army (under
the Prince of Hildburghausen), and (at the earnest so-
licitation of Austria) a second French army (under Sou-
bise, a favorite of Madame de Pompadour) were advancing
to the relief of Saxony, Frederick, leaving the Duke of
Bevern with 43,000 men in Lusace, advanced with
22,000 men to meet the combined imperial and French
troops (64,000 strong), and completely routed the ill-
assorted and badly-officered masses at Rossbach, on
the Saale (5th November)). For this victory Frederick
was mainly indebted to a desperate charge made by
Seidlitz at the head of his cavalry. Having thus secured
Saxony, the King advanced by forced marches into Si-
lesia, in order to effect a junction with the Duke of
Bevern, who had retreated into that country. To pre-
vent this, Prince Charles of Lorraine attacked the Duke
near Breslau (22nd November), and routed his army.
The Duke himself was taken prisoner, and soon after-
wards the fortresses of Schweidnitz and Breslau surren-
dered to the conqueror. Frederick, who was resolved to
relieve Silesia at all hazards, now collected an army of
33,000 men,1 composed of the remnant of Severn's army,
and his own heroes of Rossbach, to whom he addressed a
spirited harangue. With this force he defeated, near
Leu then, 5th December (after an engagement which
lasted only three hours), the Austrian army, 80.000
strong, under Charles of Lorraine and General Daun,
and regained possession of Silesia. During the winter,
several unsuccessful attempts were made by the King
to negotiate a peace. The campaign of 1758 was carried
on in the east by the King in person, against the Aus-
trians and Russians (whose union he effectually pre-
vented), and in the west by his allies, under Duke Ferdi-
nand of Brunswick, against the French. The latter
general opened the campaign by driving back the French
from the Elbe to the Rhine, and defeating them near
Cref eld (23rd June).
(234.) This disaster, as well as all the other failures
1 Called by the Austrians, in derision, "the Potsdam parade."
235. § 30. WAR OF AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION. 119
of the French, may be attributed partly to the incapacity
and petty jealousies of their generals ; and partly to the
policy of Louis XV., who was unwilling either that the
power of Austria should be increased, or Prussia be too
much weakened. Meanwhile Sehweidnitz, the last Silesian
fortress in the occupation of the Austrians, had surrendered
to Frederick, who now marched into Moravia, for the
purpose of withdrawing the Austrians as far as possible
from the Russians ; but an irruption of the Russians into
Pomerania compelled him to return to Silesia. On the
25th August, he attacked a superior Russian force (at
Zorndorf, near Kustrin), which had set fire to the city
of Kiistrin, and defeated them, after a hard-fought and
bloody engagement, in which his own loss was very con-
siderable. For this victory, also, Frederick was mainly
indebted to General Seidlitz. On his march to relieve
his brother Henry, who was closely pressed by General
Daun, in Saxony, Frederick was surrounded, in the mid-
dle of the night (in an unfavorable position near Hoch-
kirch), by a superior Austrian force, and compelled
to retreat, after sustaining a heavy loss. But this
disaster produced no further results, for Frederick
soon afterwards turned Daun's position; and, after ex-
pelling the enemy first from Silesia, and then from
Saxony, had, before the end of the year, recovered all his
possessions except Prussia, which was still occupied by
the Russians.
(235.) The year 1759 was the most disastrous in
the whole war for Frederick. His resources were gradu-
ally becoming exhausted, for it was impossible that raw
recruits, or soldiers collected in haste from different
parts of his dominions, could supply the places of the
veterans who had fallen in the war ; and this difficulty
was increased by the necessity of distributing his forces
over a great extent of ground. Under these unfavorable
circumstances, the King was obliged to confine himself to
a defensive war. An attempt was again made to prevent
the union of the Russians and Austrians ; but the Rus-
sian army under Soltikow, consisting of 70,000 men,
advanced to the Oder, and defeated (at Kay, near Ziilli-
chau), General Weddell, who had been nominated dictator,
120 MODERN HISTORY. [236. $30.
and then effected a junction with the Austrians under
Laudon. On the 12th of August, Frederick attacked the
Russians at Kunersdorf, near Frankfort on the Oder,
and had already gained a considerable advantage, which
he persisted in following up, notwithstanding the weari-
ness and reluctance of his soldiers, when Laudon, who
had hitherto remained inactive, suddenly charged the ex-
hausted Prussians, and changed the fortune of the day.
Eighteen thousand Prussians, among whom was Ewald
von Kleist, the poet of the " Spring," were left dead on
the field. Had the conqueror listened to the advice of
Laudon, and marched at once to Berlin, the ruin of Prus-
sia would have been accomplished ; but it seems probable
that he had received secret instructions which prevented
his adopting this course. The prosecution of the war
was also retarded by disputes between Soltikow on the
one side, and Laudon and Daun on the other ; and at last
the removal of the Russians into winter quarters beyond
the Vistula and the Warth, relieved Frederick from all
apprehension of an attack on his eastern frontier. In
Saxony, however, all the fortresses, including Dresden
itself, were surrendered to General Daun ; and Fink, who
had endeavored to intercept the passes, and cut off Daun's
army from Bohemia, was himself blockaded near Maxen,
by an overwhelming body of Austrians, and compelled to
surrender himself a prisoner with 13,000 men. The al-
lies of Frederick, under the command of Duke Ferdinand
of Brunswick, were also unfortunate at the commencement
of the campaign, having been defeated by the French at
Bergen, near Frankfort on the Main. But this disgrace
was afterwards (August 1) obliterated by the brilliant vic-
tory of Mind en.
(236.) The commencement of the year 1760
was also disastrous for Frederick. The Russians, it is
true, although Austria had promised them East Prussia
as an indemnification for the expenses of the war, were in-
clined to relax in their exertions ; but, on the other hand.
General Foque, whom the King had stationed at Land-
shut with 9000 men, for the defence of Silesia, was at-
tacked at three several points by a French army three
times as numerous as his own, and, after an obstinate re-
237,238. § 30.J WAR OP AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION. 121
sistance, was taken prisoner, with half his troops. The
King, after an ineffectual attempt to reduce Dresden, and
the surrender of the fortress of Grlatz to the Austrians,
marched into Silesia, and encamped, with 30,000 men, at
Liegnitz, on the Katzbach. The advance of the Rus-
sian army, and the scarcity of provisions, having com-
pelled him secretly to shift his quarters, he engaged and
defeated Laudon's army on the heights of Pfaffendorf
(15th August), and by the promptitude with which he fol-
lowed up this advantage, was enabled again to prevent the
junction of the Austrians and Russians (who had been
plundering Dresden for several days), and thus to rescue
Silesia. After a victory (for which he was in a great
measure indebted to General Ziethen) over the second
Austrian army, commanded by General Daun, at T organ,
on the 3d November, Frederick regained possession of
the whole of Saxony, except Dresden, and compelled the
Russians to retire into winter quarters in Poland. In
the west, the war was prosecuted without any important
results, and merely, as it would seem, for the sake of
appearances.
(237.) The hopes of peace, which were entertained at
the commencement of the year 1761, were destroyed by
the rejection, on the part of Austria, of the proposals of
Prussia and England, and the conclusion of her long-
desired alliance with Russia for the re-conquest of Silesia ;
but the disagreement of their generals (Bulturlin and
Laudon), having prevented a combined attack on Freder-
ick's strongly-intrenched position at Bunzelwitz (near
Schweidnitz), the two armies soon separated. Scarcely, how-
ever, had the King escaped this danger, when the loss of
the fortresses of Schweidnitz and Kolberg (the former to
Laudon, the latter to the Russians), deprived him of the
half of Silesia and Pomerania. In the west, the French
appeared in imposing force, but no battle was fought, nor
any important undertaking attempted.
The years 1762 and 1763.
(238.) Frederick, who had been deserted even by
England, was unexpectedly extricated from his difficulties
122 MODERN HISTORY. [239. $31.
by the death of the Empress Elizabeth (5th January)
and the accession of his enthusiastic admirer. Peter II.,
who not only concluded a peace with Prussia, but even
commanded the Russian corps, which had hitherto acted
with the Austrians, to join the Prussian army in Silesia.
After reigning six months, the Emperor was assassinated,
and his successor, Catherine II., immediately recalled the
army of Silesia ; but not until Frederick had availed him-
self of its presence at the battle of Burkersdorf, near
Reichenbach (2 1 st July), where Daun was defeated. After
the re-taking of Schweidnitz by Frederick, the defeat of
the imperial troops, near Freiberg, by his brother Henry
(assisted by General Seidlitz), and the surrender of Cassel
to the Duke of Brunswick, peace was concluded at Hu-
bertsburg, a Saxon hunting seat, on the 15th February,
1763, between Prussia, Austria, and Saxony, each party
being replaced in the position which it had occupied before
the war ; and the rank of Prussia being established as one
of the five great European powers.
§ 31. The Emperor Joseph II, 1765—1790. Frederick
the Great after tlie seven years' war.
(239.) 1. The first partition of Poland, 1772.
After the death of Augustus III. (1763), the Empress
Catherine II., supported by Frederick of Prussia, pre-
vailed on the Poles to elect, as their King, her favorite,
Count Stanislaus Poniatowski, and to grant to the co-
religionists of the two monarchs (Protestants and mem-
bers of the Greek Church) equal rights with the members
of the Church of Rome. The immediate effect of these
concessions was a terrible civil war between a confedera-
tion of malcontents assembled at Bar, in Podolia, on the
one side, and the new King (who was supported by Rus-
sia) on the other. Soon after the occurrence of these
events, a war broke out between the Russians and Turks,
in which the former greatly distinguished themselves,
both by sea and land, and obtained several important
advantages (independence of the Crimea, free navigation
of the Turkish seas, cession of Azov, &c.). This fresh
aggrandizement of a power already sufficiently formidable,
240 242. §31.] THE EMPEROR JOSEPH IT. 123
having awakened the jealousy of Austria and Prussia, tne
former sent an army into Poland (which was completely
governed by Russian influence), for the purpose of re-
deeming the province of Zips, which had been pledged by
Hungary to Poland in 1402; an example which was soon
followed by Prussia, under pretence of establishing a san-]
itary cordon against the plague. In order, however, to ;
preserve the balance of .power, it was at last agreed that
Poland should be divided between Russia, Prussia, and
Austria.
(240.) In this first partition of Poland (5th
August, 1772), Austria, in addition to the province of
Zips, received Galicia and Lodomiria; Russia, the eastern
part of Lithuania (as far as the Diina and the Dnieper),
and Prussia recovered West Prussia (with the exception
of Dantzic and Thorn), which had been ceded to Poland
at the peace of Thorn in 1466. The King and diet were
thus compelled formally to relinquish their right to a
third of the kingdom.
(241.) 2. Disputed succession in Bavaria,
1778, 1779. After the death (30th December, 1777,) of
Maximilian Joseph, the last Elector of Bavaria, of the
younger line of the house of Wittelsbach, Charles Theo-
dore, Elector Palatine, as head of the elder line, took pos-
session of the Bavarian dominions, in virtue of his feudal
right, and of certain family arrangements. To a portion
of this territory Austria had long ago advanced a claim,
which the Emperor Joseph now persuaded the Elector to
recognize ; but to this convention the Duke of Zweibriicken
(heir presumptive to the Bavarian electorate), acting on
the advice of Frederick II., refused to become a party.
The invasion of Bohemia by Prussian troops, and the
threats of the Empress of Russia to support Frederick,
induced the Emperor, at the peace of Teschen (in Aus-
trian Silesia), in 1779, to withdraw his claims on Bavaria,
retaining only the " the quarter of the Inn," i. e. the coun-
try between the Inn, the Danube, and the Salza, by the
annexation of which Austria obtained an uninterrupted
communication with the Tyrol.
(242.) 3. Joseph II. sole Emperor, 1780—1790.
The Empress Maria Theresa, whose character was a happy
124 MODERN HISTORY. [242. §31.
union of mildness and dignity, had shared her throne, first
with her husband, and subsequently with her son, Joseph
II., but the reins of government had virtually remained
altogether in her own hands. To this sovereign Austria
was indebted for the simplification of her legal code, the
regulation of her financial system, the abolition of torture,
and a considerable improvement in the social condition of
the serf. By the courage and perseverance of Maria The-
resa, she was also enabled to maintain her position among
the European powers, in spite of the opposition of her
enemies, who, at the commencement of this reign, were ex-
ceedingly numerous. It was only after his mother's death
that Joseph II., who, like Peter III., was an enthusiastic
admirer of Frederick of Prussia, was enabled to bring for-
ward his daring projects of reform. His understanding,
naturally acute, had been improved by study and extensive
foreign travel, which had given him an elevated opinion of
the dignity of human nature ; but the unreflecting eager-
ness with which he sought to carry out his plans for the
improvement of his own dominions, in most instances, in-
sured their failure. For example, his attempt to intro-
duce, without any previous preparation, the same form of
constitution and administration into every province from
Belgium to Transylvania, occasioned excessive discontent
among the people, whose local privileges were thus rudely
violated ; and his toleration of every religious sect, and
the admission of the Jews to the Enjoyment of political
rights, produced disturbances in various quarters ; whilst
the suppression of several monasteries, and other sweep-
ing ecclesiastical reforms, involved him in a quarrel with
Pope Pius VI. The personal remonstrances of this pon-
tiff, during a visit which he made to the Emperor at
Vienna, in the . hope of persuading him to abandon his
project, were treated with the most mortifying contempt,
although,- after his departure, the plan was considerably
modified. In order to carry into effect his favorite scheme
of annexing Bavaria to the empire, he proposed (by ad-
vice of his minister Kaunitz), to the Elector, Charles
Theodore, an exchange of the Austrian Netherlands for
that country, promising, at the same time, to confer on
the Elector the title of King of Burgundy. This pro-
243. $31.] ADMINISTRATION OF FREDERICK II. 125
posal, which was readily embraced by Charles Theodore,
was rejected by his heir presumptive, the Duke of Zwei-
brucken, who immediately applied for assistance to Fred-
erick II. A confederation was then formed (in 1785),
under the auspices of the King of Prussia, consisting of
the three Electors of Saxony, Brandenburg, and Han-
over, for the conservation of the actual territorial condi-
tion of the German empire. This confederation, which
was called the League of the G-erman princes, was
afterwards augmented by the accession of other princes of
the empire.
(243.) 4. The administration and death of
Frederick II. The commanding abilities of Frederick
were displayed no less in the maintenance of peace for
twenty-three years, than in his previous long and success-
ful wars. Believing, as he did, that the most effectual
mode of securing to Prussia the uninterrupted enjoyment
of the rank which she had so recently assumed among the
nations of Europe, was to render her formidable to her
enemies, his first care was to keep on foot a well-disci-
plined army. For the support of this force a large sum
was raised by a stricter exaction of the indirect taxes, and
by several royal monopolies. At the same time he endea-
vored, by shortening the proceedings in the courts of
justice, and by the compilation of a new civil code (which
was not completed during his lifetime), to insure to his
subjects a speedy and impartial administration of the
laws. The welfare of his people was also promoted by
the encouragement afforded to agriculture, and the eager-
ness with which he set on foot plans for the introduction
and improvement of various manufactures. The unwearied
activity of the King, who reserved to himself the right of
ultimate decision on all questions of state ; the mental
energy which distinguished him above all the other mon-
archs of that period ; his honest zeal for the welfare of
his people ; the prudence invariably displayed in. the for-
mation of his plans ; and the firmness with which he ad-
hered to a resolution once adopted ; these qualities never
abandoned him during the whole of his long reign of forty-
six years, although it must be acknowledged that the
means employed for the attainment of his objects were
126 MODERN HISTORY. [244 246. §32.
not in all instances the most unexceptionable, nor the re-
sults always such as he had expected. But his greatest
protection was the extraordinary penetration with which
he discovered, and the tact with which he directed, the
political movements of other governments. Disdaining
the enjoyments of domestic life, Frederick passed his lei-
sure hours either in the society of men of science and
distinguished talent, or in the cultivation of his poetical
and musical taste, and the study of philosophy and his-
tory. His preference of the French language will scarcely
surprise us, if we- remember the wretched state of German
literature at that period.
(244.) Frederick died on the 17th August, 1786,
leaving to his nephew, Frederick William II. (1786 —
1797), a kingdom which he had augmented by the annexa-
tion of Silesia, the country of East Friesland (after
the death of the last Count, in 1744), and West Prus-
sia, with six millions of subjects, an exchequer containing
seventy- two millions of thalers, and an army of 200,000
men. Since the annexation of West Prussia he had ex-
changed the title of " King in Prussia," for that of " King
of Prussia."
(245.) 5. The last years of Joseph II. Joseph's
ecclesiastical and political reforms, which were vehemently
opposed by the Belgians, headed by an advocate named
Van der Noot, occasioned the separation of the Romanist
Netherlands from Austria, in 1790 ; but in the following
year (on the accession of Leopold II., 1790 — 1792, who
restored all their privileges), the revolted provinces re-
turned to their allegiance. A Turkish war, which had
been undertaken by Joseph II., in conjunction with Cath-
erine II., and carried on wiCh very indifferent success,
was terminated by Leopold II., who consented to restore
all the territory which his predecessor had wrested from
the Turks.
§ 32. Prance.
(246.) Louis XIV., whose long wars had saddled the
country with a debt of 300 millions of livres ($60,000,000),
and compelled him to mortgage the revenue for two years,
was succeeded by his third great-grandson.
247,248. J 32.] FRANCE. 127
(247.) Louis XV, 1715 — 1774, who commenced his
reign under the guardianship of the talented, but profli-
gate, Duke (Philip) of Orleans. By the advice of his
tutor and minister, the Abbe (afterwards Cardinal) Dubois,
and a Scotchman named Law, an attempt was made to
diminish the public burdens, by the establishment of a
bank of issue, and a joint stock Mississippi company (to
which the King made a grant of Louisiana) ; but the issue
of 6000 million of bank notes and actions [shares] occa-
sioned, as might have been expected, the bankruptcy of
the whole concern, notwithstanding the ingenious precau-
tions adopted to avert such a calamity.
For an account of the quadruple alliance with Eng-
land, the Emperor and Holland, see page 108.
(248.) After the deaths of Cardinal Dubois and the
Duke of Orleans, which happened about the same time
(ft 1723), Louis assumed the reins of government, and
married Mary, daughter of the dethroned sovereign, Stan-
islaus Lesczinsky. The management of affairs was soon
left almost entirely to the King's tutor, Cardinal Fleury,
(1726 — 1743), whose rigid economy and love of peace, in
a great measure, relieved the country from the embarrass-
ments in which it had been involved by the long wars of
Louis XIV. It was with difficulty that his sanction could
be obtained to the participation of France in the Polish
war (see page 109), and the Austrian war of succession.
The first of these wars ended in the acquisition of the
duchies of Lorraine and Bar for Lesczinsky ; the other
commenced inauspiciously, in consequence of the niggard-
liness of Fleury ; but, after his death, all losses were re-
paired by the brilliant victories of Marshal Saxe (see page
115). The weak monarch was now governed entirely by
his mistresses : first, by the Marquise de Pompadour, who
exercised unlimited control over the exchequer and the
patronage of the crown, whilst she amused the King with
every sort of diversion (in the pare aux cerfs), and sensual
gratification. A complete change was now effected in the
system of French politics, by the conclusion of a treaty
with the court of Vienna, through the influence of Kaunitz
with Madame de Pompadour. Through this alliance,
France was involved in an expensive, but fruitless, war of
128 MODERN HISTORY. [249. §32.
seven years's duration (see page 116), in addition to her
maritime war with England, which also lasted seven years,
and terminated in the loss of almost all the French colo-
nies. Effects still more deplorable were produced by the
King's utter want of principle, and the general deprava-
tion of morals, and contempt of religion, introduced by
the so-called school of philosophers, headed by Voltaire,
J. J. Rousseau, d'Alembert, and Diderot. Their grand
object, the subversion of religion and monarchy, and the
establishment, in their places, of infidelity and republican
equality, was steadily advanced by the publication of
works, in which all that had been hitherto esteemed sacred
was held up to ridicule, and by the influence which they
acquired (generally through the most unworthy moans),
at court, among the ministers, and in various educational
establishments. In conjunction with the Jansenists, these
philosophers were also called encyclopedist*, obtained from
the King and his parliament an ordonnance for the sup-
pression of the order of Jesuits in France, their statutes
being declared to be incompatible with the constitution of
the kingdom (1764). Corsica ceded to France by Genoa
(1768), see § 36. 4. Towards the close of his life, Louis
was entirely under the control of a low-born mistress,
whom he created Comtesse du Barry. The expenditure
of this profligate woman on herself and her favorites
(amounting in five years to 180 millions of francs), had
brought the nation to the verge of bankruptcy, notwith-
standing the imposition of heavy taxes, when the wretched
King died, to the great delight of his oppressed subjects,
who greeted his grandson and successor,
(249.) Louis XVI., 1774—1792, with the surname
of Le Desire. The good humour and straightforward
honesty of this monarch were but an indifferent substitute
for the ability and firmness required at such a crisis. The
constant changes of administration (Turgot, Necker, Ca-
lonne, Brienne, Necker) ; the lavish expenditure of the
Queen Marie Antoinette ; and the assistance rendered to
the revolted British colonies in North America, in the
hope of recovering at least a portion of the territory lost
by France during the seven years' war, had occasioned an
irremediable deficit (140 millions of livres annually) in
250, 251. $33.] GREAT BRITAIN. 129
the public accounts. To the discontent produced by these
causes, the writings of the infidel philosophers, and the
republican and revolutionary notions imported from Amer-
ica by the soldiers who had served in that quarter of the
globe, may be attributed the outbreak of the French Re-
volution.
$ 33. Great Britain.
(250.) William III. was succeeded by his sister-in-
law, Queen Anne (1702 — 1714), whose policy was dic-
tated, during the greater part of her reign, by the Whig
party, especially by the Duke of Marlborough and his
Duchess. Through the influence of these ministers, a
union was accomplished between England and Scotland,
which thenceforth had one parliament ; an equal system
of taxation ; and similar laws, in so far as this could be
effected without trenching on private rights, or altering
her ecclesiastical constitution. For the participation of
England in the Spanish war of succession, by which her
colonial possessions, trade, and influence, were extended,
see § 25. The attempts of Anne, in conjunction with the
Tories (after the disgrace of Marlborough), to obtain the
settlement of the crown on her step-brother, the Pretend-
er, James (III.), were frustrated by the Whigs, who in-
sisted on maintaining the Protestant succession, and, after
the death of the Queen, raised to the throne
The House of Hanover (1714),
(251.) Commencing with George I. (1714 — 1727),
Elector of Hanover, and grandson of James I., on the
mother's side. Under the guidance of his minister, Wai-
pole, this sovereign frustrated the repeated attempts made
during his reign to bring back the Pretender ; took part
in the northern war ; and joined the quadruple alliance.
His son, George II. (1727 — 1760), retained the services
of his father's minister. Walpole. His participation in
the Austrian war of succession (see page 114), having oc-
casioned a misunderstanding between the crown and the
parliament, France availed herself of this opportunity for
a last attempt to restore the exiled Stuarts; but the com-
6*
130 MODERN HISTORY. [252,253. §33.
plete overthrow. (1746), of the Pretender (son of James
III.), on the moor of Culloden, near Inverness, in Scot-
land (the last "battle fought on British ground), destroyed
for ever the hopes of the Jacobites. As an ally of Fred-
erick II., George II. sent an army into Germany, for the
protection of his hereditary dominions of Hanover against
the French ; whilst, at the same time, England carried on
the seven years' war against France, 1756 — 1763. This
war, which had broken out, in the first instance, in North
America, in consequence of .a dispute between the two
nations respecting the boundary line of their respective
colonies, soon extended to the other three quarters of the
globe. The first enterprises of the English were unsuc-
cessful ; but the superiority of their arms was restored by
Pitt (the elder), whose wise policy in the re-organization
of the army and fleet, the selection of competent com-
manders, and the preparation of a well-considered plan of
operations, ^produced the most brilliant results (defeat of
the French at Quebec, by General Wolf, &c. ). A treaty was
concluded between the Bourbon courts of Spain, Naples,
and Parma, by which they pledged themselves to make
common cause with France ; and, in consequence of the
refusal of
(252.) George III. (1760—1820), to sanction Pitt's
plans for an attack on Spain whilst that power was unpre-
pared for the war, the prime minister resigned his office.
Notwithstanding this untoward circumstance, however,
success still attended the British arms ; and, in the peace
of Paris, in 1763, Spain surrendered Florida to England,
and France the whole of Canada, her settlements on the
river Senegal, and several of her colonies in the West In-
dies. By this accession of territory, and the acquisition,
about the same time, of several important provinces in the
East Indies, England was placed in the elevated position
which she still occupies.
The North American War (the Revolution),
1775_1783.
(253.) The wars carried on by Great Britain on the
Continent had involved her very deeply in debt (the na-
tional debt at this date was about $700,000,000). The
253. §33.] GREAT BRITAIN. 131
Colonies in America had, of course, been partakers in the
disputes of England and France, and they had contributed
largely both money and men towards bringing to a suc-
cessful issue that war which rendered England predomi-
nant in North America (30,000 colonial soldiers had fallen ;
more than $16,000,000 had been expended, of which Par-
liament had reimbursed about $5,000,000). The mother
country had always exercised more or less control (though
not without protest) in regulating the trade, &c., of the
Colonies ; but she had never ventured upon that course
which her pecuniary necessities now impelled her to adopt.
She now claimed the right to levy taxes and collect reve-
nue in the Colonies, and accordingly the stamp act was
passed and attempted to be put in force in America (1765).
The Colonists, with one voice, declared that they never
would submit, as freemen, to any such measures ; for taxa-
tion without representation was virtually to make them
slaves. The act was denounced as unconstitutional, and
steadily resisted ; reluctantly and ungraciously parliament
the next year repealed the stamp duties. On the failure
of this plan, a duty was imposed on tea (and, in the first
instance, on glass, paper, and colors, 1767). This was
strenuously resisted by the Colonists, a party of whom,
disguised as Indians, boarded three ships laden with tea,
broke open 342 chests, and emptied their contents into
Boston harbor. The stringent measures adopted by Eng-
land, in consequence of this act (Boston Port Bill, subver-
sion of the ancient charter of Massachusetts, &c.)5
aroused the Colonies, and a congress assembled at Phila-
delphia in September, 1774, who passed a resolution that
all commercial intercourse with the mother country should
be broken off The British government now determined
to employ force, and hostilities having commenced with
the battle of Lexington (ten miles north-west of Boston),
April 19th, 1775, and soon after (June 17th), the battle
of Bunker's (Breed's) Hill, the thirteen United States
(New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecti-
cut, New-York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware,
Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and
Georgia), declared themselves independent of
England, July 4th, 1776. The defective discipline of
132 MODERN HISTORY. [254. $ 33.
the American army was, in a great measure, counterbal-
anced by the extraordinary military talents of George
Washington, an officer who had already distinguished
himself in the French war. A defensive and commercial
league was soon concluded (by the exertions of Benjamin
Franklin) between France and America (1778), to which
Spain and Holland afterwards became parties ; whilst, at
the same time, the northern powers were persuaded by
Russia to unite for the maintenance of an " armed neu-
trality" (in which they were supported by Joseph II., Por-
tugal, and Sicily), for the protection of the commerce of
neutral powers against the belligerents.
(254.) In consequence of these movements, the war
was carried into the East and West Indies ; and the Ameri-
cans, emboldened by the encouragement and (to some ex-
tent) support afforded by their allies, refused to listen to
the proposals of the English government for the re-estab-
lishment of peace (1778), although the terms offered were
of so favorable a character, that two years before they
would have been readily embraced (representation in par-
liament, extension of privileges of trade, &c.) ; nothing
short of entire independence was now deemed satisfactory.
After twenty-one, for the most part indecisive, engagements,
the English remained masters of the sea, the Spanish navy
having been nearly annihilated in a battle off Cape St.
Vincent ; and the French, after several successful encoun-
ters, sustaining a total defeat off the island of Guadaloupe
(1782). The attempts of the Spaniards and French to
re-take Gibraltar, by means of floating batteries, were
frustrated by the brave defence of General Elliot, who
fired red-hot balls on the enemy's vessels. Only Minorca
and West Florida were taken by the English. By land,
Washington, in conjunction with General Lafayette, de-
cided the event of the war by surrounding and taking pri-
soners a body of English troops, under Lord Cornwallis
(Oct. 17th, 1781); and at the peace of Versailles
(Jan. 20th, 1783), England was compelled not only to re-
cognize the independence of the thirteen United States, but
to restore Florida and Minorca to Spain, and Tobago to
France. On the other hand, the Dutch, who at last found
themselves fighting single-handed against the English,
255. $33.] GREAT BRITAIN. 133
were compelled to purchase peace by the sacrifice of a por-
tion of their East Indian possessions (September, 1783).
At the close of the war, the United States found themselves
very "deeply in debt (to foreign creditors $8,000,000 ; to
citizens and the army more than $30,000,000), and placed
in embarrassing circumstances in regard to the establish-
ment of the new government. The various difficulties
were happily surmounted by the wisdom and patriotism
of the noble men of those days, and, in September, 1787,
the Federal Constitution was elaborated and submitted to
the respective States for their adoption. Between Decem-
ber, 1787, and July, 1788, eleven States acceded to the new
Constitution, and it accordingly went into force after this
date. The Constitution made provision for the legislative,
judicial, and executive authority ; the first was vested in
Congress, consisting of the Senate (two from each State)
and the House of Representatives (the number of repre-
sentatives in proportion to the population of the State) ;
the second in the Supreme Court of the United States and
Circuit or District Courts for specific purposes ; and the
third in the President (aided by a cabinet and the advice
and consent of the Senate in certain cases). General
Washington was unanimously elected the first President
(1789 — 1797), and inaugurated on the 30th April, 1789,
in the city of New-York.
War in the East Indies (1767—1784).
(255.) Since the dismemberment of the empire of the
Great Mogul, through the defection of the Nabobs (1739),
several attempts had been made by European nations (the
French in the first instance, and then the English) to turn
the disputes of those petty sovereigns to their own advan-
tage. By the victories and conquests of Lord Clive, Eng-
land had not only been placed in an advantageous position,
as regarded her rival, but had obtained possession of Ben-
gal from the (titular) Great Mogul. In order to check the
progress of the British arms, a union was formed (not
without suspicion of French influence) between Hyder
AH, Sultan of Mysore, the Marattas, and the Nizam of Gol-
conda, whilst, at precisely the same moment, the French
134 MODERN HISTORY. [256,257. $34.
concluded an alliance with the revolted British colonies in
North America. In this critical state of affairs, the su-
premacy of the East India Company was maintained,
through the prudent as well as energetic policy of the go-
vernor-general, Warren Hastings. The conclusion of a
separate peace with the Marattas and the re-establishment
of friendly relations with France having deprived Tippoo
Sahib, son and successor of Hyder AH (f!782), of all his
allies, that sovereign -was compelled to purchase peace
(1784) by the sacrifice of his former conquests.
(256.) The attention of the British government hav-
ing been directed to the rapidly increasing power of the
East India Company, a bill (called the East India Bill)
was brought in by the younger Pitt (minister, 1783 — 1801),
which provided that thenceforward all the military, finan-
cial, and political business of India should be transacted
by a commission nominated by the Crown, the company
still retaining its direction of commercial affairs. An ad-
dition was made to the colonial possessions of England
by the discoveries of Captain James Cook (1768 — 1780),
who thrice circumnavigated the globe. In his first voy-
age, he visited the dangeFous eastern coast of New Hol-
land ; in the second, he discovered several islands in the
South Sea, but was disappointed in his expectation of find-
ing a southern continent, although he penetrated to the
71st degree of south latitude; and in the third, he sur-
veyed Behring's Straits, and was slain by the natives of
Owyhee, one of the Sandwich Islands.
$ 34. Spain under tlie Bourbons, from 1701.
(257.) At the peace of Utrecht, Spain had been com-
pelled to cede Naples, Sardinia, Milan, and the Nether-
lands to Austria, and Sicily to Savoy. The attempts of
Cardinal Alberoni to regain these possessions were frus-
tated by the quadruple alliance (see p. 108) ; but at the
close of the Polish war of succession the two Sicilies re-
verted to the Infant Don ""Carlos, and after the Austrian
war of succession Parma was settled on the Infant Don
Philip. Under Philip V. (1701—1746) the nation (with
the exception of Navarre and Biscay) lost all its constitu-
258,259. $35.] HOUSE OF BRAGANZA. 135
tional privileges. Charles III. (1759 — 1788), who had
been involved in the seven years' war between France and
England, by the Bourbon family compact, and been un-
successful against Portugal by land, and England by sea,
was compelled, at the peace of Paris, to cede Florida to
England ; but at the peace of Versailles he recovered
both that province and Minorca. Two attacks on Algiers,
and an attempt to reconquer Gibraltar, produced only dis-
appointment and disgrace. In the year 1767 an ordon-
nance was issued for the expulsion of the Jesuits from the
Spanish dominions, an insurrection of the common people
at Madrid having been attributed to their machinations.
$ 35. Portugal under the House of Braganza, from 1640.
(258.) Under the first kings of the House of Bra-
ganza, Portugal had not only maintained her independence
against Spain, but had recovered (at first by successful
wars, and subsequently by conventions) the colonies of
which she had been deprived by the Dutch (e. g. Brazil).
But the country, fettered by a commercial league with
England, and bankrupted by the extravagance of the court
of John V., notwithstanding its rich gold and diamond
mines of Brazil, was on the verge of utter ruin, when a
complete revolution in the commercial system was effected
by the energetic measures of Carvalho, Marquis of
Pombal, minister of Joseph I. (1750 — 1777).
(259.) In the prosecution of his plan for rendering
Portugal independent of other countries for her supplies
of food, Pombal destroyed several vineyards in order to
promote the cultivation of wheat on a more extensive
scale ; whilst, at the same time, protection was afforded
to native industry by the imposition of prohibitory duties
on foreign produce. The western quarter of Lisbon, which
had been destroyed by a terrible earthquake on the 1st of
November, 1755, when 30,000 persons perished, was re-
built with greater magnificence and regularity. To meet
this and other expenses, considerable sums were raised by
the confiscation of estates in America, which had been
granted to the nobility at an earlier period. An attempt
on the king's life afforded the minister an excuse for rid*
136 MODERN HISTORY. [260 262. $ 36.
ding himself of his most active opponents, the Jesuits,
who were condemned as instigators of this treasonable
plot, and banished the country by a royal ordonnance in
1759. On the accession of Maria I. (daughter of Joseph
I.), Pombal was removed from his office, brought to trial,
and condemned to suffer death as a traitor, but was sub-
sequently pardoned. Almost all the ordonnances issued
during his administration were repealed, with the excep-
tion of the decree for the banishment of the Jesuits, which
remained in force, notwithstanding repeated attempts on
the part of the order to obtain its reversal.
$ 36. Italy.
(260.) 1. Possessions of the House of Hapsburg. —
Naples, Sicily, Sardinia, and Milan continued to be de-
pendencies of Spain as long as the throne of that country
was occupied by the family of Hapsburg ; but on the ac-
cession of the Bourbons, they were ceded, together with
Mantua, to Austria (at the peace of Utrecht). Sicily, in
the first instance, was given to Savoy, and soon afterwards
exchanged for Sardinia (1720).
(261.) At the termination of the war of the Polish
succession.
2. Tke kingdom of tJie two Sicilies regained its inde-
pendence under a collateral branch of the Spanish Bour-
bon family (1738). An earthquake in Calabria and Sicily,
Feb. 5th, 1783.
(262.) 3. The Duchies. — a. Savoy, which had fallen
into the hands of the French in Louis Fourteenth's third
war of spoliation, and again in the war of the Spanish
succession, obtained the kingdom of Sicily at the peace of
Utrecht ; but was soon afterwards ( 1 720) compelled to
exchange it for Sardinia. The territories of the duchy
were afterwards augmented by the addition of Montferrat
and the annexation, at three several periods (in the Span-
ish, Polish, and Austrian wars of succession), of portions
of the duchy of Milan, b. Mantua, after the extinction
of the house of Nevers (1707), became a province of Aus-
tria, c. Mo den a remained subject to the house of Este.
d. Parma and Piacenza, after the extinction of the
263—266. §37.] DENMARK. 137
house of Farnese, were settled on the Spanish Infant Don
Carlos ; and after his accession to the throne of the two
Sicilies, were annexed to Austria, which restored the two
duchies to a Spanish. Infant (Don Philip) at the peace of
Aix-la-Chapelle.
(263.) 4. The Republics. — a. Venice was deprived
of Candia by the Turks ; but at the peace of Carlowitz
she obtained from them a great part of Dalmatia and the
peninsula of the Morea, which last was soon afterwards
again wrested from her (compare page 108). b. Genoa,
with the assistance of the French, suppressed an insurrec-
tion of the ill-treated Corsicans, headed by Baron Theo-
dore von Neuhof, a Westphalian, who had been nominated
King of Corsica. Neuhof fled to London, where he died
in extreme poverty in 1756. A fresh insurrection, of a
still more formidable character, having broken out, under
the brave Paoli, the Genoese senate sold the island of Cor-
sica to the French in 1768. This transfer was vehemently
opposed by the Corsicans ; but in the following year they
were compelled to submit, and Paoli, like his predecessor,
sought an asylum in England, which, at a later period,
aided him in an attempt to deliver his country from the
French yoke.
(264.) 5. The grand duchy of Tuscany, after the ex-
tinction of the Medici family (1737) descended to Duke
Francis of Lorraine, and on his elevation to the imperial
throne, became a possession of the house of Austria.
When Joseph II. was elected Roman king, the grand
duchy was settled on his brother Leopold and his descend-
ants as the patrimony of the second sons of that house.
(265.) 6. The states of the Church recovered Bene-
vento and Corvo from Naples.
§ 37. Denmark,
(266.) Denmark, with Norway and Iceland, tcf which,
after the northern war, Schleswig was annexed by treaty,
and Greenland fey colonization, enjoyed, after the termina-
tion of this war, uninterrupted peace during a period of
eighty years (under Frederick IV., Christian IV, Frede-
rick V., and Christian VII.) ; and, under the admirable
138 MODERN HISTORY. [267. $38.
administration of Count Bernstorf, the Elder, became a
flourishing kingdom. But in the reign of the feeble-
minded Christian VII. this able minister was supplanted
by the royal physician, Struensee, a favorite of the
Queen, who was elevated to the rank of count and privy
counsellor, and exercised almost arbitrary authority, al-
though profoundly ignorant of the Danish laws, constitu-
tion and language. His ill-considered and violent inno-
vations occasioned universal discontent, and at the expira-
tion of two years the minister (with his friend Brandt)
ended his life on the scaffold (1772). The disputes be-
tween Denmark and the ducal line of G-ottorp were ter-
minated by the cession of Oldenburg, which was erected
into a duchy and settled on the junior line of Gottorp, the
elder having been raised to the Russian throne. At the
same time Holstein was annexed to Denmark.
$ 38. Sweden from ilie termination oftJie Northern War.
(267.) Sweden had not only lost her fairest provinces
in the northern war, but had sunk lower and lower during
the disputes of the aristocrats, who had governed the
kingdom since the accession of Ulrica Eleanora, and were
divided into the factions of the " caps" and " hats ;" the
former being in the interest of Russia, the latter of France.
A precipitate attempt on the part of the " hats" (at the
instigation of France) to recover the provinces wrested
from Sweden by the Russians, occasioned the loss (in the
O
discreditable peace of Abo1, 1743) of a portion of Finland
(as far as the river Kymene), and the elevation to the
Swedish throne of a collateral branch of the house of
Holstein G-ottorp (1751 — 1818). Under the first king
of this house (Adolphus Frederick, formerly Bishop of
Liibeck) the disputes of the nobles continued, and the
power of the crown was still further restricted by certain
additions to the constitution of 1720. The exchequer
was also drained by the expenditure incurred in conse-
quence of the participation of Sweden in the seven years'
war. But this aristocratic tyranny was successfully re-
1 Pronounced " Aubo."
268. §38. SWEDEN. 139
sisted by his brave and ambitious son, Grustavus III.
1771 — 1792), who effected a complete but bloodless revo-
lution by the aid of the military. The executive author-
ity was now vested in the king, but without the power of
levying taxes or engaging in aggressive wars without the
consent of the estates of his realm, who possessed also
the legislative authority. His voluntary renunciation of
absolute power, the affability of his manners, the improved
administration of justice, the general revival of national
prosperity, and the encouragement given to trade and man-
ufactures, as well as to the arts and sciences (establish-
ment of an academy of science), rendered this sovereign
exceedingly popular. The nobles alone persisted in their
opposition, which had already assumed a distinct and dan-
gerous character, when the king renewed ( 1 789) the alli-
ance with the Porte, and, in defiance of the constitution,
took part with the Turks in the war against the Russians
(see page 108) without consulting the estates of his king-
dom. Probably his motive for this irregular proceeding
was a desire to re-conquer the eastern coast of the Baltic,
and to gain for Sweden a military reputation which might
increase her political influence among the powers of
Europe.
(268.) On the refusal of the generals of his army to
obey this unconstitutional order, Grustavus, notwithstand-
ing the vehement opposition of the nobles, persuaded a
Diet to pass an act, empowering the king to engage in an
offensive war without the consent of the estates. Mean-
while Russia had gained time for preparation : and the
war, both by land and sea, terminated ingloriously for
Sweden, whose public burdens were greatly increased by
the expense of carrying it on. The king now lost the af-
fection and confidence of his people, and before he could
execute his plan for the re-establishment of Louis XVI.
in the rights of which he had been deprived by the revo-
lutionists, fell by the hand of an assassin, named Anker-
strom, who had formerly been arrested on an unjust charge,
and now avenged himself by shooting the king at a
masqued ball in the opera-house at Stockholm.
140 MODERN HISTORY. [269. §39.
§ 39. Russia.
(269.) During the northern war P e t e r the Great
had made considerable progress in the civilization of his
subjects, and had built the city of St. Petersburg, which
was peopled by a forced immigration, and elevated to the
rank of the second capital of the Russian empire (1703).
He had also travelled a second time through most of the
countries of Europe. But on this, as on a former occasion,
the enemies of reform availed themselves of his absence
for a demonstration in favor of the ancient Russian insti-
tutions. At the head of this party was his own son
Alexei, who was condemned to death by a court assembled
soon after his father's return, and executed within a few
hours. After the war, Peter assumed the title of Em-
peror of all the Russias, and by a law passed in 1 722, se-
cured to the reigning sovereign the right of nominating
his successor without any regard to the claims of blood.
He died, the victim of his excesses, in the year 1725.
The short reigns of his wife, Catherine I., who was gov-
erned by her favorite, Menzikoff (1725 — 1727), and of his
grandson, Peter II. (1727 — 1730), were followed by the
succession of a daughter of Ivan, elder brother of Peter
the Great. Anne (Ivanovna [daughter of Ivan] 1730 —
1740), under the guidance of her ministers, Mimnich and
Ostermann, and her favorite Biron, laid the foundation of
the influence of Russia in Poland by her successful oppo-
sition to the restoration of Stanislaus Lesczinsky (see
page 110). Then she joined Austria in a war against the
Turks (see page 110) ; but, notwithstanding the superior-
ity of the Russian arms under Field-marshal Miinnich
(the " Eugene of the North"), nothing was gained (in con-
sequence of the hasty conclusion of a separate peace by
Austria) beyond the recognition by the Porte of the Em-
press's title. The nephew and successor of Anne (Ivan
III.) was set aside, after reigning one year, in favor of
the youngest daughter of Peter the Great.
270. §40.
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(271.) Elizabeth (1741—1762) who banished Mun-
nich and others to Siberia, and placed herself under the
guidance of the Vice-Chancellor Bestuchef, until the year
1758, when he was also sent into exile. At the peace of
Abo, which terminated the war with Sweden, Elizabeth
added the eastern portion of Finland to her territories,
and exhibited Russia for the first time in the character of
an influential European power, by sending an army to the
Rhine to resist her ally the Empress Maria Theresa, a
measure which hastened the conclusion of peace at Aix-
la-Chapelle. The bonds of this union with Austria were
strengthened during the seven years' war, by her personal
dislike of Frederick the Great. Elizabeth nominated as
her successor her sister's son Peter, duke of Holstein-
Grottorp.
House of Holstein-G-ottorp, 1762.
(272.) Peter III. (1762), a personal friend of Frede-
rick the Great, concluded an alliance with Prussia, and
commenced his reign with several important reforms (the
abolition of torture, organization of the army after the
Prussian model, &c.) ; but six months had scarcely expired,
when he fell a victim to a conspiracy, headed by his own
wife, whom he had threatened with imprisonment in a con-
vent. He was succeeded by his widow,
(273.) Catherine II. (1762— 1796), who followed in
the footsteps of Peter the Great, endeavoring by a display
of external magnificence to obtain for her empire (the
most extensive in the world) an influential position among
the kingdoms of Europe. Poland, which was distracted
by the struggles of opposing factions, was treated as a
Russian province by Catherine, who placed her favorite
Stanislaus Poniatowski on the throne, prevented any im-
provement in the constitution, and, under pretence of pro-
tecting the rights of the dissidents, excited a cruel civil
war between the confederation of Bar and the king, who
was supported hy the Russians. Of all the European
powers, the Porte alone acknowledged its apprehensions of
danger from the encroachments of Russia, and met the
274,275. §40. RUSSIA. 143
refusal of Catherine to withdraw her troops from Poland
with a prompt declaration of war.
(274.) In this first Russian-Turkish war (1768 —
1774) the Russians were for the most part superior to the
more numerous but badly officered and imperfectly disci-
plined troops of the Sultan ; and the whole Turkish fleet
was defeated off Scio, and burnt by a Russian squadron,
which had been dispatched to the Archipelago. In conse-
quence of these disasters, the Porte was compelled to seek
the intervention of Austria and Prussia, and through
their mediation an armistice was concluded between the
Turks and Russians ; but no sooner were the two medi-
ating powers pacified by the first partition of Poland
( 1 772), than the war broke out afresh. At first the Rus-
sians were unsuccessful against the Turks, whilst at the
same time their own country was distracted by a civil war
(which lasted two years), occasioned by the rebellion of a
Cossack named Pugatschew, who gave himself out as Pe-
ter III. ; but the blockade of the Grand Vizier in Schumla,
enabled them at length to negotiate a peace, which was
concluded at Kutschukkainardge, in 1774, on conditions
exceedingly favorable to Russia, the Turks conceding to
that power the free navigation of their waters, and the in-
dependence of the Tartars in the Crimea. In Poland also,
after the first partition of that kingdom, Catherine exerted
herself for the conservation of their ancient usages (an
elective monarchy, liberum veto, serfdom, &c.). Among
the avowed favorites of Catherine, was a man of coarse
manners and debauched character, named Potemkin, who
had been promoted from the rank of sergeant-major in the
imperial guard to that of minister of war, and been cre-
ated a prince of the German empire by Joseph II. For
sixteen years (until his death in 1791) this unworthy fa-
vorite continued to exercise the most despotic authority,
treating the nobles, and even his imperial mistress herself,
with insolence, squandering the public treasure, and put-
ting his fellow-subjects to death without the slightest
compunction.
(275.) Two magnificent projects occupied the atten-
tion of Catherine after the first Turkish war, 1. The
establishment of an uninterrupted intercourse between
144 MODERN HISTORY. [276, 277. § 40.
different nations, even in time of war. With this view
she instituted a system of armed neutrality, to which the
two northern powers, as well as the Emperor, Prussia,
and" Portugal, became parties. 2. Tlie expulsion of the
Turks from Europe, and the establishment of a new Greek
or eastern empire. The first step taken by Potemkin to-
wards the accomplishment of this plan (devised by Miin-
nich during his twenty years' banishment in Siberia), was
the incorporation into the Russian empire of the Crimea,
which had been independent since the last peace. During
a progress of the Empress through southern Russia, Po-
temkin persuaded her that this country, which he had
ruined and well-nigh depopulated, was in a nourishing
condition ; a deception which obtained for its author the
nickname of " the Taurian" (from the ancient name of the
Crimea — Taurica Chersonesus). It was during this
progress that Catherine and the Emperor Joseph II.
met at Cherson, a circumstance which excited the sus-
picion of the Sultan, who imagined that a partition of the
Turkish empire had been arranged between the two mon-
archs. Relying on the support of England, Prussia,
and Sweden, the Porte immediately declared war against
Russia.
(276.) In this second Russian-Turkish war (1787 —
1792) the Turks, who had at first obtained some advan-
tage, were defeated in two great battles by Potemkin and
his lieutenant Suwarrow, supported by an Austrian force
under the command of the Emperor himself ; but after
the death of Joseph II. a peace was concluded between
Austria and the Porte (with which Prussia had already
formed an alliance), and Grustavus III. of Sweden invaded
Russian Finland. The war was continued by Catherine,
notwithstanding the threats of England and Prussia,
but after the death of Potemkin, she was compelled
by the exhausted state of her exchequer to conclude
a peace (at Jassy) with the Porte, and content herself
with the territory between the Bug and Dniester. For
an account of the defensive war against Sweden, see page
140.
(277.) The measures of domestic improvement com-
menced by Peter I. were carried out by Catherine with
278,279. §41.] THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. 145
the same spirit which she had displayed in her intercourse
with foreign powers. She divided the empire into smaller
and more manageable governments ; limited the authority
of the governors (by intrusting the administration of the
laws and the collection of the revenue to commissioners
expressly appointed for that purpose, and commanding
that no Russian subject should be tried except by his
peers) ; and improved the condition of the serf. The
number of the middle classes was increased by the settle-
ment of foreigners (principally Germans), in cities built
expressly for that purpose ; agriculture and manufacturing
industry were encouraged, the trade of the south of
Europe thrown open by the first peace with Turkey,
arrangements made for the education of all ranks, an
academy of sciences founded, the navy placed on a
respectable footing, and toleration granted to all religious
sects.
$ 41. Tfie Ottoman^ or Osmanic Empire.
(278.) The inferiority of the Turks to their neighbors
in the arts of war as well as of peace, the weakness of
their Sultans, who passed their lives in the Seraglio, leav-
ing the administration of public affairs to unprincipled
viziers and favorites, and the wars with Russia and other
powers, in which they were almost invariably unsuccessful,
notwithstanding their numbers and personal bravery — all
these causes must necessarily have sapped the founda-
tions of the Osmanic empire, had it not been sustained
by the jealousy with which the European powers regarded
one another.
THIRD PERIOD.
From the outbreak of the French Revolution to the present time.
1789—1848,
$ 42. Causes and immediate occasion of the Revolution.
(279.) I. Chief causes. 1. The enormous public
debt, contracted in the reign of Louis XIV., augmented
146 MODERN HISTORY. [280 283. §42.
to a fearful extent by the wars of Louis XY. and the
profligacy of his mistresses, and still further increased
under Louis XVI. by the extravagance of Marie An-
toinette, and the expenses incurred in the American
war.
(280.) 2. The unequal distribution of the public
burdens, which were borne almost exclusively by the
citizens and peasants ; the clergy and nobility, notwith-
standing their possession of the highest and most lucra-
tive offices, immense wealth and important privileges,
scarcely contributing any thing to the public purse.
(281.) 3. The persevering endeavors of the so-called
philosophers, or Encyclopaedists, to overthrow both Church
and State. (Comp. page 128.)
(282.) 4. The tyrannical and capricious government
of the kings and t)ie ministers since the time of Louis
XIV., especially as regarded the lettres-de-cachet (or
warrants for the secret arrest of persons obnoxious to the
court), with which the offices even of the inferior function-
aries of the state were abundantly supplied.
(283.) II. The immediate occasion of the revolution-
ary outbreak was the impossibility of avoiding a national
bankruptcy, the national debt having been greatly aug-
mented by the expenses of the American war ; during the
progress of which the French soldiers had taken up the
wildest notions of liberty and equality. To meet these
difficulties, Turgot, Louis Sixteenth's first minister of
finance, proposed the establishment of free trade in the
interior, the removal of all feudal burdens, a more equal
and just system of taxation, and greater economy in the
expenditure of the court ; but the opposition of the privi-
leged classes compelled him to resign. The same fate
awaited his successor Necker, who added the enormous
sum of 530 millions to the national debt. In the year 1 787,
Calonne, finding that the annual deficit now amounted
to 140 millions, and that no help could be obtained ex-
cept from the privileged classes, called together the
Notables, an assembly composed almost entirely of no-
bles and the superior clergy, and laid before them a plan
for a more general system of taxation, in which the privi-
leged classes were included. Through the influence of
284. §43.] THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. 147
the Queen, this minister also was removed from office,
and succeeded by the Comte de Brienne, Archbishop of
Thoulouse, who dismissed the intractable Notables, and
summoned a parliament, which also refused to sanction
the imposition of fresh taxes, the right of taxation being
vested, as they pretended, exclusively in the states gene-
ral. A proposal for a new loan having been equally un-
successful, and the embarrassments of the government
becoming daily more alarming, Brienne was dismissed,
and Necker persuaded a second time to accept the office
of minister of finance. As a last expedient, the states
general, which had not met since the year 1614, were
summoned to assemble at Versailles. But at their
very first meeting a dispute arose respecting the manner
of taking the votes : the third estate, which was more nu-
merous than the other two together,1 contending that the
voting ought to be by numbers, not by estates. After
several fruitless negotiations, the third estate (by the ad-
vice of the Abbe Sieves) declared itself a National
Assembly (June 17), a proceeding which may be con-
sidered the commencement of the Revolution. It was to
no purpose that the King, acting by the advice of the
other two estates, called on this assembly to dissolve
itself. The president, Bailly, finding their usual place of
meeting beset by soldiers, adjourned the assembly to a
tennis-court, and persuaded the deputies to take an oath,
that they would not separate until they had given to
France a permanent constitution.
$ 43. The constituent National Assembly.
From June 17, 1789, to Sept. 21, 1791.
(284.) A. At Versailles. Notwithstanding the
promises made by the King in a " royal session " (June
23), the separation of the estates was still opposed by the
tiers etat, who were soon joined by a majority of the
clergy. On learning this, the King issued a proclama-
1 There were 308 deputies of the clergy, 285 of the nobles, and
621 persons of the third estate. The twenty-two representatives
of the nobility of Brittany did not appear.
148 MODERN HISTORY. [285. $43.
tion calling on the two first chambers to unite with the
third, a command which they obeyed with evident reluc-
tance. The attention of this assembly was directed
rather to the formation of a constitution than to a settle-
ment of the financial question. The assembling of a large
body of troops (30,000 men) between Paris and Versailles,
and the dismissal of Necker, occasioned a rising of the
Parisian populace (13th and 14th July) who were excited
by the most inflammatory speeches delivered by Camille-
Desmoulins, Marat, and others ; a movement which was
speedily followed by the establishment of a National
G-uard in Paris, and the storming of the Bastille, The
troops were then disbanded, Necker recalled, Lafayette
nominated commandant of the National Gruard, and the
fickle populace appeased by the appearance of Louis XVI.
with the tri-colored national cockade, at the Hdtel de
Ville. In the first panic produced by this " insurrection,"
many of the higher nobility emigrated. The King's
second brother, the Comte d'Artois (Charles X.), and
many others, fled to Cologne, Sardinia, &c., and assem-
bled a force on the frontiers for the invasion of France
and restoration of the ancient order of things. The na-
tional assembly commenced their proceedings by the abo-
lition of the feudal system (4th and 5th August), and
all other privileges of the nobles and clergy, without
granting them any indemnification. Then followed a
declaration of the rights of man, as a preliminary
to the formation of a constitution. They next voted
themselves & permanent body, the assembly, consisting of
only one chamber, to be renewed every two years, and a
veto to be allowed to the King, the effect of which would
be the postponement of any decision for four years (two
sessions). To all these resolutions they demanded the
assent of the King.
(285.) Reports of a re-actionary movement on the part
of the court, combined with the refusal of Louis XVI. to
ratify, without modification, several articles of the consti-
tution, occasioned fresh discontents, which were aggra-
vated by the scarcity of food, and burst forth on Oct. 5,
when a tumultuous mob of 8000 fishwomen proceeded to
Versailles, and attacked the palace (Oct. 6,) although the
286. §43.] THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. 149
King had supplied the capital with provisions, and signi-
fied his readiness to accept the disputed articles. By the
exertions of Lafayette, the King and Marie Antoinette
(whose danger was the most imminent) were rescued from
the fury of the rabble ; but the royal family were com-
pelled to follow the women to Paris, whither the national
assembly adjourned its session, after the defection of more
than 200 of its members.
(286.) B. In Paris. The questions which next oc-
cupied the attention of the assembly (the members of
which were now divided, according to the part of the
chamber in which they sat, into the right and left parties)
were the representation of the people and the
government of the country. The result of their
deliberations was the division of France into eighty-three
departments (subdivided into districts and cantons, with
orographical and hydrographical boundaries, in place of
the old provinces, which were connected in various ways
with the crown, and enjoyed peculiar privileges. The
primary elective franchise was conferred on persons of a
certain age, who possessed the requisite property qualifi-
cation ; but was not at first granted to the Jews. These
" active citizens," as they were called, chose electors, who
returned 745 representatives to the legislative assembly,
and acted at the same time as administrative counsellors
for the departments and districts. The municipal au-
thorities were chosen from the body of " active citizens."
To meet their pecuniary difficulties, it was resolved, on
the motion of Talleyrand (Bishop of Autun), and Mira-
beau, to appropriate all ecclesiastical property (3000 mil-
lions of francs) to the service of ttie nation, the state un-
dertaking the maintenance of the clergy. In order to
hasten the sale of the church lands, it was also agreed, on
the recommendation of Mirabeau, to issue paper money
(assignats), which after a time became utterly valueless, in
consequence of the enormous quantity in circulation
(45,000 millions). Acts were passed forbidding conventu-
al vows, and suppressing all 'monastic orders, except those
engaged in education and the care of the sick. A reform
was also effected in the administration of justice, by a
separation of the judicial from the executive authority,
150 MODERN HISTORY. [287. §43.
and the establishment of trial by jury in criminal cases.
These sweeping measures were soon followed by the abo-
lition of hereditary nobility (with their titles, coats of
arms, and liveries), and the civil constitution oftke clergy.
The King, who had already lost almost all the crown
lands, as well as the privilege of making war or concluding
peace without consulting his subjects, was now required to
ratify all the acts of the assembly, and on the anniversary
of the storming of the Bastille, at a grand national festival
in the Champ de Mars, took an oath to observe the new
constitution. Among the members of the national assem-
bly were formed Clubs, which met for the purpose of
preparing resolutions to be proposed in the assembly.
Of these the most important was the club of the Jaco-
bins (so called from their place of meeting, a monastery
belonging to the suppressed order of Jacobins at Paris),
which kept up a regular communication with the patriotic
clubs in the provinces, and at last became so powerful as
not merely to prepare resolutions, but to decide before-
hand what propositions should be adopted by the great
body of representatives. After the resignation of Necker,
in consequence of a popular commotion, the " right" sus-
tained a series of defeats in the chamber, and soon after-
wards the republican party, released from all restraint by
the death of Mirabeau, openly proclaimed its intention of
overthrowing the monarchy.
(287.) The King, who had ratified with manifest re
luctance some recent acts of the national assembly (respect-
ing the ejection of such of the clergy as refused to take
the civic oath, the abolition of his own right of pardoning
criminals, &c.), now attempted to escape to an encamp-
ment on the frontier, in order to commence a counter-
revolution ; but at Varennes he was recognized by the
postmaster (Drouet), and conveyed a prisoner to Paris.
Meanwhile the royal authority was suspended ; but after
a long discussion, a majority of the left side, in conjunc-
tion with the moderate party, resolved to retain a consti-
tutional monarchy, and replace Louis on the throne. On
this occasion, even the Jacobins opposed the republican
party. The national assembly terminated its labors by a
second revision of the constitution, and, after obtaining
288,289. $44.] THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. 151
the assent of the King to all its proceedings, closed the
session on Sept. 30.
§ 44. T/ie Legislative Assembly.
From Oct. 1, 1791, to Sept. 21, 1792.
(288.) In the new legislative assembly, which consisted
of one chamber and 745 deputies, the Peuillants,1 or de-
fenders of constitutional monarchy, were the weaker, and
the republican Jacobins the stronger party. The Gi-
rondists (i. e. deputies from the departments of the
Garonne and Gironde) composed the moderate party,
whilst the Cordeliers (so called from their place of meet-
ing in the church of the barefooted friars), under the
direction of Danton, Marat, Camille-Desmoulins, &o.,
disseminated their democratic and anarchical notions,
and spoke more and more openly of a republic. The
highest places in the municipality and courts of justice
were filled with Jacobins, such as Petion, Manuel, Rob-
espierre, Danton, &c. After several changes, the King at
last formed a Girondist administation (Dumouriez, Roland,
&c.), which compelled him (in consequence of the demon-
strations of the emigrants on the German frontier, and
the appearance of an Austrian army of observation in Bel-
gium,) to declare war (in conjunction with the national
assembly) against Francis II., " King of Hungary and
Bohemia."
(289.) On June 20, 1792, the King, who had refused
his assent to two acts of the assembly (for the banish-
ment of the nonjuring priests, and the formation of a
camp in the neighborhood of Paris), was attacked by an
infuriated mob (the sans culottes), in the palace of the
Tuileries. The rapid advance of the enemy, and the pub-
lication of a threatening manifesto by the Duke of Bruns-
wick, so alarmed and irritated the populace, that they
besieged the King a second time (Aug. 10) in the Tuil-
eries, with the avowed intention of compelling him to
abdicate. Louis now threw himself into the arms of the
1 So called from their place of meeting, the convent of the
Feuillants at Paris. They belonged originally to the Jacobin club,
from which they receded soon after the return of the King.
152 MODERN HISTORY. [290. § 45.
national assembly, which passed a decree suspending
the royal authority, agreed to summon a national
convention for the settlement of the future constitu-
tion, and committed the King and his family to the
Temple. Lafayette, who had attempted to escape from
the danger which threatened him in consequence of his
defence of the constitution, was arrested by the Austri-
ans on the frontier, and conveyed to Olmutz. The Jaco-
bins, availing themselves of the discontents occasioned
by the surrender of Yerdun to the Prussians, persuaded
the rabble to rid themselves of the imprisoned adherents
of the old regime (principally nobles and priests), by a five
days' massacre at Paris, Versailles, Lyons, &c. (2nd to
7th Sept.) The legislative assembly, which had witnessed
these horrors in silence, now dissolved itself, and was suc-
ceeded by the national convention, consisting of 749
newly-elected deputies.
II. The Kepublic.
$ 45. The National Convention.
From Sept. 21, 1792, to Oct. 26, 1795.
(290.) I. Trial and execution of the King.
The national convention was distracted by the strug-
gles of two opposite parties — the moderate party, or
Girondists, and the Montagnards, or Jacobins, led by
Robespierre, Danton, and Marat. From the very com-
mencement the Jacobins were the stronger party, not so
much on account of their numbers, as their courage, una-
nimity, and unscrupulous employment of the most despe-
rate means for the attainment of their object. In the
first session of the convention the monarchy was
abolished, and France declared a republic, "one and
indivisible." In spite of the resistance offered by the
Girondists to the treasonable designs of the Montagnards,
Louis Capet, as they called the unhappy King, was com-
pelled to appear at the bar of the national convention,
who acted at once as judges and accusers. Almost all the
291,292. §45.] THE REPUBLIC. 153
acts of his government, from the suspension of the na-
tional assembly on the 20th June, 1789, being represented
as criminal, he was found guilty by a majority of 683
members to 38, of " conspiring against the liberty of the
nation, and endangering the public safety." Of the 721
deputies, 361 voted unconditionally for a sentence of
death. The remaining 360 were divided — the majority
voting for imprisonment or banishment, and the minority
for the infliction of capital punishment, but not immedi-
ately. The application of the King's counsel (Malesher-
bes, Deseze, and Tronchet) for an appeal to the people
having been rejected, the sentence was carried into execu-
tion on the Place Louis XV., January 21, 1793.
(291.) The execution of the King excited the indig-
nation of foreign countries, as well as of a large party at
home. England and Spain having recalled their ambas-
sadors, the republic immediately declared war against
those countries, and also against the hereditary Statthold-
er of Holland, as an ally of England. At the same time
the French people in the departments south of the Loire,
particularly in La Vendee, were so irritated at a con-
scription, that they rose en masse against the republican
government, and for a long time made head against
the raw troops of the convention, whom they were
enabled to keep at bay by the swampy nature of the
ground.
(292.) 2. Overthrow of the Oironde. The
death of the King was the signal for a deadly struggle
between the two parties in the national convention, viz.,
the Montagnards, or mountain party (a faction composed
of Cordeliers and Jacobins), and the Girondists. The
former having been foiled in their plan of nominating
their leader, Philip, Duke of Orleans (now called Philip
Egalite), protector of the republic, the convention intrust-
ed .the entire executive authority to a committee of
public safety (April 6). The Montagnards, furious at
their defeat, now armed the rnbblo of Paris, who besieged
the members of the convention in their chamber (1st and
2nd June), and compelled them to issue an order for the
arrest of thirty-four Girondists. Almost all the rest fled
into the departments, and organized a widely-ramified in-
7*
154 MODERN HISTORY. [293,294. §45.
insurrection against the so-called Reign of Terror
which had just commenced.
3. The reign of terror after the fall of the Grironde.
From June 2, 1793, to July 24, 1794.
(293.) The national convention, after drawing up and
circulating in the departments the plan of a purely demo-
cratic constitution, now occupied itself with preparations
for the suppression of the insurrectionists and the trial of
the Girondist prisoners, as well as the few other members
of that party who were still resident at Paris. Meanwhile
Marat was murdered by a young woman named Charlotte
Corday.
(294.) At this period, when the arms of the republic
were almost every where unsuccessful both at home and
abroad, it was proposed by Carnot, immediately after his
appointment as a member of the committee of public
safety, that all male persons, between the ages of eighteen
and twenty-five, who were capable of bearing arms, should
be required to serve as soldiers. So promptly was this
edict carried into effect, that within a very short time
fourteen armies (1,200,000 men) were ready for the field.
The aspect of affairs was now completely changed ; Caen,
Bordeaux, and Marseilles, surrendered after a feeble re-
sistance ; Lyons was reduced almost to a heap of ruins ;
and Toulon, after a fierce struggle (in which Napoleon
Bonaparte won his first laurels), was re-conquered from
the English. In La Vendee the insurgents, notwithstand-
ing their obstinate courage, were several times defeated,
the prisoners cruelly murdered (Carrier's Noyades, drown-
ings),1 and the country laid waste with fire and sword by
the twelve infernal columns, as they were called. At the
same time the republican armies on the frontiers, under
the command for the most part of young and untried
generals, were several times victorious over the allies (see
§ 41), and the revolutionary government at home re-
4 An infamous wretch, named Carrier, massacred in cold blood
those who had surrendered ; he sunk in the sea (at Nantes) boats
filled with 1500 men, women, and children ; tied men and women
together, and threw them into the Loire ; &c. — S.
295. § 45.] THE REPUBLIC. 155
moved its most active opponents by numerous and hasty
executions. Among the earliest victims were the
Queen, Marie Antoinette, the (twenty) Girondist pris-
oners, and the Duke of Orleans. Even of those Gi-
rondists, who had escaped from Paris, when their fellow-
deputies were arrested, the majority sooner or later lost
their lives.
(295.) The example of Paris was followed by the de-
partments, where revolutionary committees were formed,
amounting at last to the enormous number of 20,000, and
revolutionary armies, composed of thieves, robbers, and
murderers, marched from place to place, carrying with them
guillotines for the execution of persons condemned by the
revolutionary tribunals. In order to destroy every remi-
niscence of former times, a new republican calendar
was introduced, which commenced with Sept. 22, 1792, as
the first day of the republic, and contained twelve months,
to which they gave the names of Vendemaire, Brumaire,
Frimaire, Nivose, Ventose, Pluviose, Germinal, Floreal,
Prairial, Messidor, Thermidor, and Fructidor. The
churches were desecrated and plundered, the Christian
religion formally abolished, and the worship of the god-
dess of reason established in its place. At the same time
every monument of art, which could in any way remind
men of monarchy, was barbarously demolished ; the royal
vaults in the abbey of St. Denys were destroyed, and the
bodies of the kings mutilated and thrown into ditches. A
plan of Robespierre's for destroying the two parties op-
posed to his policy, by a collision with one another, was
attended with complete success, nineteen of the leaders of
the Jacobin party being condemned and executed for
taking part in the insurrection, whilst on the other hand
Danton and his friends, Desmoulins, Lacroix, &c., were
guillotined for alleged treasonable practices against the
republic. By thus rendering his opponents objects of
suspicion, and at the same time parading his own virtue,
unselfishness, and honesty, before the eyes of the French
people, Robespierre became dictator of France (April 1
to July 27, 1794). The moderate party having been by
these means annihilated, the convention proceeded to
pass a law, dispensing with the evidence of witnesses on
156 MODERN HISTORY. [296. $45.
the trials of persons accused of treason against the repub-
lic. The result of this iniquitous enactment was the exe-
cution of 1400 persons in the forty-five days between the
passing of the law and the fall of Kobespierre. At length,
the discontent caused by these arbitrary proceedings burst
forth in the convention itself Robespierre was charged
with conspiring against the republic, arrested, condemned
without being heard in his own defence, and guillotined,
with twenty-two of his adherents, on the following day
(July 28).
(296.) 4. The Re-action. The fall of the Terror-
ist chief produced an immediate re-actionary movement.
The struggle continued, it is true, for a time between the
Moderates (Thermidorians) and Terrorists ; but after the
execution of Carrier, and the institution of an inquiry
into the conduct of the most notorious Terrorists, the mod-
erate party obtained the ascendency. The two committees
(of public welfare and public safety) were now entirely in
their hands, the Jacobin club was suppressed, seventy-
three Girondists, who had survived the massacre of their
brethren, were recalled into the convention, freedom of
religious belief and of the press were established, and a
commission, with Sie'yes at the head, was appointed to
draw up a less democratic constitution. The Royalists,
after the death of Louis XVII., a child of ten years old,
who died in the Temple, in consequence of ill-treatment
received from a shoemaker named Simon, had conferred
the title of King (Louis XVIII.) on a brother of Louis
XVI., then resident at Verona, An army of emigrants,
which had landed from British ships, on the coast of Brit-
tany, near Quiberon, and joined the Chouans in La Ven-
dee, was almost annihilated by General Hoche. By the
new (third) constitution, the executive power was lodged
inadirectoryof five, and the legislative in two cham-
bers, viz., the council of 500 which proposed the laws,
and the council of (250) Ancients, who examined and
confirmed them. The members of the council of An-
cients were required to be at least forty years old. In
order to frustrate the attempts made by the royalists to
obtain a majority in the legislative and executive
bodies, it was ordered that at the next election the elec-
297. §46.] THE REPUBLIC. 157
tors should return at least two-thirds of the present mem-
bers of convention. Some attempts were again made by
the royalists to overthrow the republic, but their forces
were defeated by a detachment of troops under Napoleon
Bonaparte. The councils were then formed without oppo-
sition on the plan proposed by the convention, and the new
constitution established.
$ 46. Tlw first Coalition against France (1792—1797),
(297.) 1. Commencement of the War with
Austria and Prussia (1792). — A declaration of their
readiness to adopt measures for the emancipation of Louis
XVI. having been signed at Pillnitz, by Leopold II. and
Frederick William II., and speedily followed by the con-
clusion of a formal alliance for the protection of the Ger-
man empire against the encroachments of France ; the un-
happy French monarch was compelled by his rebellious
subjects to declare war against Francis II., the successor
of Leopold on the imperial throne (see page 151). The
whole conduct of this war was confided to his ally, Frede-
rick William II., by the Emperor, who promised to assist
the Pruslians with detachments of Austrian troops.
The grand army, composed entirely of Prussian soldiers,
advanced, under the command of Duke Ferdinand of Bruns-
wick, along the left bank of the Moselle, towards Cham-
pagne. After the capture of Longwy and Yerdun by the
Prussians, the command in chief of the French army was
conferred on Duinouriez, whose vigorous measures, aided
by the long-continued rains, and the sickliness and starva-
tion of the Prussian troops, compelled the enemy to retire,
after unsuccessfully attacking the French at Valmy. The
Prussians having retreated across the Rhine, Dumouriez
next attacked the Austrians (who had entered France from
Belgium, and made an unsuccessful attempt on Lisle) ;
and, after an engagement which lasted two days, in the
neighborhood of Jemappes (near MODS), the French'
army, numbering, it is said, 80,000 men (against 14,000?),
became masters of the Austrian Netherlands The French
then penetrated (by Aix-la-Chapelle) as far as Roer.
Meanwhile another French force had conquered Savoy and
158 MODERN HISTORY. [298, 299. § 46.
Nice from the King of Sardinia (who had joined the coa-
lition), and (under Custine) had taken the fortified city of
Mainz (Mayence),
(298.) 2. War against the grand coalition, to
the peace of Bale (1793— 1795).— After the execution
of Louis XVI., all the European powers, with the excep-
tion of Sweden, Denmark, Turkey, and the Swiss confed-
eration, formed a grand coalition against France,
headed by England (under the administration of Pitt).
(299.) a. The war in Belgium, on the Lower Rhine
and in Holland. — The Austrians opened the campaign of
1 793 with the re-conquest of Belgium. Whilst Dumouriez
was invading Holland from Belgium, the Austrians (under
the Prince of Coburg) had defeated the French (who had
penetrated as far as Roer), near Aldenhoven (March 1),
and driven them back to the Maas. Having received in-"
telligence from Paris of this movement, Dumouriez quitted
Holland, and advanced to the assistance of the defeated
army. On the 18th of March he lost the battle of No-
erwinden, and, in consequence, the whole of Belgium;
whilst the Prussians (under Kalkreuth) regained posses-
sion of Mainz. Dumouriez, who had long been dissatis-
fied with the proceedings of the Mountain pari^, proposed
to his army the restoration of monarchy in France, and,
on their refusing to follow him, went over to the Austri-
ans, and soon afterwards took refuge in England. The ad-
vantage which the French derived from their superior
numbers (in consequence of the conscription), and from
the revival by Carnot of the old system, of forming in
masses instead of lines, enabled Jourdan, after twice de-
feating the Austrians at Wattignies (Oct. 15 and 16, 1793),
and once at F leu rus (where the Austrian position was
watched from an air-balloon), gradually to drive the Aus-
trians out of the Netherlands, and compel them to recross
the Rhine. Having reached the Main, the Austrian army
halted, gave battle to Jourdan (near Hochst), and com-
pelled him to return across the Rhine into France. From
Belgium, Pichegru, taking advantage of an unusually se-
vere winter, and the support of an anti-Orange party, in-
vaded Holland, and, after the flight of the hereditary
Stattholder, established (1795) a Batavian Republic,
300,301. §46.] THE REPUBLIC. 159
which concluded an alliance offensive and defensive with
France.
(300.) b. In the war on the Upper and Middle Rhine
the French were at first unfortunate : but a dispute soon
afterwards arising between the Austrians and Prussians,
and the Prussian army being weakened by the sending
several detachments into Poland, whilst, on the other
hand, the French had united the armies of the Moselle
and Rhine, the allies were compelled, notwithstanding
some advantages gained in the neighborhood of Kaiserlau-
tern, to abandon all their conquests except Luxemburg
and Mainz (which remained in the hands of the Germans),
and recross to the right bank of the Rhine. Prussia con-
cluded a separate peace (1795) at Bale, and consented to
leave her trans-Rhenish provinces in the hands of the
French, until peace was proclaimed between France and the
empire. Tuscany had already (Feb. 9) concluded a peace
with the republic ; and was followed by Spain, on the ad-
vance of the French to the borders of Old Castille. The
Spanish government not only consented to recognize the
French republic a European power, but was mean enough
to purchase the withdrawal of the French troops from
Spain, by the cession of the Spanish portion of St. Do-
mingo. For his services in negotiating this peace, the
King conferred on his favorite Godoy, the title of " Prince
of the Peace" (" Principe de la Paz"). In the naval war
alone, which began with the capture of Toulon by an
English and Spanish fleet, the French were compelled to
acknowledge the superiority of the English, who defeated
a French fleet off Ushant, and wrested from the republic
most of its colonies in the East and West Indies (and, for
a short time, Corsica).
(301.) 3. Continuation of the war against Aus-
tria, the German empire, England, Naples, and
Sardinia (1796 — 1797). — In order to compel Austria
and the empire to conclude a peace, the Directory renewed
the war, at the suggestion of Carnot, with a threefold at-
tack on Austria. In the spring of 1796, two armies
marched from France into Germany ; the first (the army
of the Sambre and Meuse), under Jour dan, from the
Lower Rhine into Franconia ; the second, under Moreau
160 MODERN HISTORY. [302, 303. § 46.
(who had replaced Pichegru, in consequence of the sus-
picious conduct .of the latter at the siege of Mainz), across
the Upper Rhine through Swabia and Bavaria ; whilst a
third (under Napoleon Bonaparte) was ordered to advance
from Italy into Austria, through the Tyrol.
(302.) The campaign of the French in Germany be-
gan auspiciously, the two armies advancing rapidly as far
as Bavaria; but here the Archduke Charles (brother
of the Emperor Francis II.), who had concentrated his
forces by judiciously retreating before Jourdan, as far as
the frontiers of Bohemia, and had also received. reinforce-
ments from the interior, assumed the offensive, and defeated
Jourdan at Amburg and Wurzburg so decidedly, that the
French general was unable to rally his scattered forces,
until he reached the Sieg, where he laid down the command.
The Archduke now directed his march against Moreau,
who avoided an engagement with a superior force by a
masterly retreat to the Upper Rhine. In the year 1797,
Hoche (near Neuwied) and Moreau again crossed the
Rhine, but the intelligence of the armistice concluded by
Napoleon (see page 163) checked their further advance.
(303.) In Italy, the triumph of the French arms was
complete, under Napoleon Bonaparte (then in his
twenty-seventh year), who had received from the Director
Barras the hand of the widowed Duchess Josephine Beau-
harnais, together with the command in chief of the Italian
army. At the head of an army of 40,000 men, Napoleon
entered Italy between the Alps and Apennines, defeated
a more numerous and better appointed Austrian force (un-
der Beaulieu, a veteran of seventy-two), at Montenotte
(April 12) separated by the victory of Millesimo (a col-
lective name for the battles fought between April 13 and
15) the Sardinian from the Austrian army, and compelled
(after the victory of Mondovi) the King of Sardinia (Vic-
tor Amadeus) to cede Savoy and Nice to the republic, and
admit French garrisons into all the most important for-
troFHea of Piedmont.
304,305. §46.] THE REPUBLIC.
161
(305.) Napoleon then pursued the retreating Austri-
ans across the Po, stormed the bridge of Lodi, and entered
Milan. The Dukes of Modena and Parma purchased an
insecure armistice by heavy contributions, and the sacri-
fice of several treasures of art. Having driven back Beau-
lieu as far as the passes of the Tyrol, Napoleon (during
the interval which must elapse before he could procure a
162 MODERN msTony. [306,307. §46.
battering train sufficiently strong for an attack on Mantua,
the only fortress still remaining in the hands of the Aus-
trians) marched into central Italy, a movement which com-
pelled the court of Naples to declare itself neutral, and
forced the Pope, who was threatened with an attack in his
own capital, to purchase the forbearance of the French, by
the sacrifice of considerable sums of money and treasures
of art, together with the cities of Ferrara and Bologna.
The Austrians were still in possession of Mantua, which
stands in the midst of a lake formed by the waters of
the Mincio, and is surrounded by extensive marshes.
After four ineffectual attempts had been made to raise the
siege, General Wurmser deemed further resistance useless,
and surrendered the city to the French, on Feb, 2, 1797.
The first of these attempts were made by the veteran
Wurmser, who quitted Mantua, in order to form a junction
with Quosdanowich, but was defeated near Castiglione,
and driven back to the valley of the Etsch ; the second
by Wurmser and Davidowich, the former of whom was de-
feated at B a s s a n o, the latter at Hovered o. Wurmser
then threw himself into Mantua, which was closely invested
by the French. In the third attempt, the armies of Al-
vinzi and Davidowich were defeated before they could ef-
fect a junction; the first at A r cola (where Napoleon,
with a standard in his hand, stormed the bridge at the
head of his grenadiers), the other at Rivoli. After the
defeat of a fourth army with immense loss, in a second en-
gagement at Rivoli, the garrison of Mantua capitulated.
(306.) During this siege, the Duke of Modena was
accused by Napoleon of having supplied the garrison with
provisions, and deprived of his duchy, which now formed,
in conjunction with the two papal legations of Ferrara
and Bologna, a French province, called the Cispadane Re-
public. After the surrender of Mantua, the Pope, who
had been making preparations for an attack on the French,
was compelled to purchase an inglorious peace (at Tolen-
tino), by the sacrifice of Avignon and the Ramagna, and
the payment of fifteen millions of livres.
(307.) Having thus secured his rear, Napoleon ad-
vanced to meet the Archduke Charles, who retired before
him through Carinthia and Styria to Judenburg (within
308, 309. § 47.] THE REPUBLIC, 163
eighteen G-erman miles of Vienna) ; but, being cut off
from Italy in consequence of insurrections in the Tyrol
and the Venetian states, the republican general concluded,
first an armistice (at Leoben), and then, after long negoti-
ations, a peace with Austria, at CampoFormio, on Oct.
17, 1797. The Netherlands were given up to the French,
and Lombardy, with a part of the Venetian territory, Mo-
dena, and the three legations, became the Cisalpine Re-
public, which was governed by a board of five directors.
In return for these sacrifices the Emperor received the
republican city of Venice, with its ' continental territory,
ar far as the Etsch, and was permitted to retain Istria and
Dalmatia, which had been wrested from the Venetians by
Austria during the armistice.
(308.) The Venetian islands on the. coast of G-reece
(Corfu, Zante, Cephalonia, &c.) were ceded to France.
The Duke of Modena received the Breisgau from Austria,
as a compensation for the loss of his duchy. It was also
agreed that a congress should be held at Rastadt, for the
conclusion of peace between France and the German em-
pire. Genoa was compelled to receive a democratic con-
stitution, and was styled the Ligurian Republic. The
war with England was carried on languidly, in consequence
of the wretched state of the French marine.
§ 47. Eastern Europe.
(309.) 1. Fall of Poland. — Russia, being engaged
at the same time in wars with Turkey and Sweden, the
Poles deemed this a favorable opportunity for emancipat-
ing themselves from the Russian yoke, and remedying the
defects of the constitution, which had been guaranteed to
them by Russia. Encouraged by the promise of assist-
ance from Prussia, the Polish nation proclaimed, on May
3, 1791, a new constitution, by which the liberum vetow&s
abrogated, and the throne declared hereditary; but no
sooner had Russia concluded a peace with the Porte, than
the Empress instigated the enemies of Polish independ-
ence (Potocki aud others), to form a confederation for the
restoration of the ancient constitution. At the same
time, Poland was invaded by a Russian army, to which
164 MODERN HISTORY. [310,311. §47.
the undisciplined troops commanded by Joseph Ponia-
towski (nephew of the king), and Thaddaeus Kosciuszko,
offered a feeble and ineffectual resistance. Terrified by
these hostile demonstrations on the part of Russia, the
King became a party to the confederation of Targowitz,
forbade any further resistance, and gave his assent to the
abrogation of the new constitution.
(310.) Meanwhile the King of Prussia, anxious to
avoid a war with Russia and France at the same time, not
only refused to render further assistance to the Poles, but
even invaded their country, with the avowed object of
stemming the tide of Jacobinism, and issued a proclama-
tion, stating that the safety of his dominions required the
restriction within narrower bounds of the territory of the
Polish republic. To encourage Prussia in her resistance
to the French revolutionists, and prevent her entertaining
any further thoughts of rendering assistance to the Poles,
a second partition of Poland was arranged between
Russia and Prussia (1793), the former power receiving the
half of Lithuania (4000 sq. [German] miles), and the lat-
ter the greater part of Great Poland (southern Prussia),
with the cities of Dantzic and Thorn (altogether 1 000 sq.
miles). l Early in the following spring, the Poles again
took up arms, put to death or made prisoners the Russian
soldiers who composed the garrison at Warsaw, and chose
Kosciuszko to be their leader.
(311.) On receiving intelligence of this outbreak,
Frederick William II. immediately entered Poland at the
head of a Prussian army, defeated Kosciuszko and stormed
Cracow, but was compelled to abandon the siege of War-
saw, in consequence of an insurrection in Southern Prussia.
Meanwhile Poland was invaded by a considerable Austri-
an force and two Russian armies, under Fersen and Su-
warrow. To prevent the junction of these Russian ar-
mies,'Kosciuszko attacked General Fersen, at Maciejowice,
but was defeated and taken prisoner (f in Switzerland, in
1817). The city of Prague was stormed by Suwarrow,
and the struggle terminated by the capitulation of War-
1 The German mile is of two descriptions, the long and the short :
the long mile is equal to 10,126 yards ; the short, 6,859 yards. — S.
312—314. §48.] EASTERN EUROPE. 165
saw, and the abdication of King Stanislaus Poniatowski
(f 1798, at St. Petersburg), At length, after protracted
negotiations, a third and final partition of Poland
was arranged between the three powers (1795), the Vistula
to separate Prussia and Austria ; the Bug, Austria and
Russia ; and the Niemen, Prussia and Russia. Warsaw
was given to Prussia.
(312.) 2. Prussia. — Frederick William II.
(1786 — 1797) took an active part in the disastrous war
against France in 1792, as well as in the Polish war of
1794. The former cost him his possessions on the left
bank of the Rhine ; whilst in the latter he acquired, be-
sides the cities of Dantzic and Thorn, a fresh portion of
Poland, out of which were formed the provinces of South-
ern and New Prussia, separated from one another by the
river Vistula. A small part of this territory was added to
Silesia. Frederick became possessor also of the princi-
palities of Anspach and Baireuth, which had been ceded
to the electoral line by the last Brandenburg-Franconian
Margrave, in 1 792. Frederick William II. was succeeded,
iu 1797, by his son, Frederick William III., who en-
deavored, by the maintenance of peace, to replenish the
exchequer, which had been exhausted by the wars of his
predecessor.
(313.) In Russia, Catherine II. was succeeded by
her son, Paul I. (1796—1801) ; and in Sweden, G-usta-
vus III. by his son, Gustavus IV. (1792—1809).
§ 48. The French Directory.
(Oct. 27, 1795— Dec. 15, 1799.)
(314.) The five directors (among whom were Rewbel,
Barras, and Carnot) found the finances of the republic
completely exhausted, the assignats having become value-
less since the termination of the reign of terror. To meet
this difficulty, a new description of paper money (territo-
rial mandates, i. e. bills exchangeable for portions of the
national landed property) was issued, to the extent of
2400 millions. But the public had long since abandoned
all confidence in paper money, and after a few months the
mandates lost even the slight value which they had origi-
166 MODERN HISTORY. [315 317. §48.
nally possessed, and occasioned a second time the ruin of
thousands.
(315.) The failure of these measures, and the con-
tempt in which the directory was held, on account of its
wavering policy, occasioned the formation, in the councils
of the Ancients and of the 500, of a royalist opposition,
composed of adherents of the constitution of 1791. At
the same time, a party was formed in the directory itself,
by Carnot and Barthelemy, against their three colleagues.
After a long and violent struggle between the re-action
party and the republicans, the latter, with the assistance
of the army, arrested and banished all their adversaries
(except Carnot and Barthelemy, who saved themselves by
flight), and annulled several of the acts passed by the
royalist re-action party.
(316.) Finding it necessary to engage the nation in
foreign wars in order to withdraw public attention from
the ruin which threatened them at home, the directory
broke off the negotiations which it had commenced with
England, and voted the establishment of an " army of
England," under General Bonaparte, whom they hoped to
withdraw from the capital, by giving him a distant com-
mand. Whilst the assemblage of troops in all the sea-
port towns of the northwest of France seemed to indicate
an intention of invading England, Bonaparte was secretly
making preparations in the southern ports for an expedi-
tion against Egypt, intending, after subduing and coloniz-
ing that country, to attack the English in the East Indies,
where Tippoo Sahib had renewed the war, which termi-
nated (1799) in the ruin of the kingdom of Mysore, and
the extension of the British dominions in India.
Bonaparte's Expedition against Egypt and Syria.
(1798 and 1799.)
(317.) On- May 19, 1798, Bonaparte, at the head of
35,000 men, the flower of his victorious Italian army,
sailed from Toulon, accompanied by his brother Louis,
Generals Berthier and Kleber (who were afterwards joined
by Dessaix), and a host of distinguished savants and art-
ists. Notwithstanding the vigilance of Nelson, the French
318. $48. EASTERN EUROPE. 167
fleet was joined by flotillas from Corsica and Civita Vec-
chia, and Bonaparte, after wresting Malta from the Knights
of St. John, landed at Alexandria on July 1, and stormed
the city. After enduring many fatigues and hardships in
crossing the desert, the French army reached Cairo, which
they occupied, after defeating, in the battle of the Pyr-
amids, the Mamelukes (descendants of slaves from the
Caucasus), whose twenty-three Beys governed Egypt as
vassals of the Porte. Meanwhile Dessaix advanced as far
as the southern frontier of Egypt, towards Syene : and
Napoleon was already occupied in the organization of the
conquered territory, when intelligence reached him that
the French fleet had been annihilated by Admiral Nel-
son, in the great battle of Aboukir (Aug. 1), and that the
French army, in consequence of this disaster, was cut off
from all communication with France. About the same
time the populace of Cairo, irritated beyond endurance by
the extortions and cruelties of the French, rose en masse
against their oppressors, but were defeated with terrible
slaughter. The Porte having declared war against France,
in consequence of these proceedings, Bonaparte, anticipat-
ing the movements of Achmet Djezzar, the blood-thirsty
pasha of Syria (who was making preparations for an in-
vasion of Egypt), entered that country (February, J 799)
and stormed Jaffa (where 3200 Turkish prisoners were
massacred), but was foiled in his attempts on Acre, the
key of Syria, which was defended by the English Com-
modore, Sir Sydney Smith, and two French engineers.
After eight unsuccessful attacks, Bonaparte, who had re-
ceived intelligence of an insurrection in Upper Egypt, and
the appearance of a Turkish fleet on the coast, withdrew
his army, which had suffered grievously from the plague,
and returned across the Syrian desert to Egypt.
(318.) Having defeated the Turkish army, which had
landed at Aboukir, Bonaparte quitted Egypt in August,
1799, leaving Kleber in command of the army, and, after
a second time baffling the vigilance of the British admiral,
arrived in France. Kleber, after gaining a brilliant vic-
tory (with^lO^OO men) over the Grand Vizier, who had
advanced from Syria as far as Heliopolis, at the head of
more than 70,000 men, was assassinated (on the day of
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the battle of Marengo, June 14, 1800), by a fanatic named
Solyman, of Aleppo. Meanwhile Dessaix had returned
to France.
(319.) Establishment of new republics. — The
vielent proceedings of the directory had produced a fresh
coalition of the European powers against France. At
Rome, the death of a French general (Duphot), during a
popular insurrection which he had headed, afforded the di-
rectory a welcome pretext for sending an army, under Ber-
thier, to occupy the States of the Church ; and establish-
ing (with the consent, as they pretended, of the Roman
people) a Roman Republic, governed, after the French
model, by six consuls, a senate, and a tribunate. Soon
after this revolution the Pope, Pius VI., was removed to
Valence, in France, where he died in 1799. Measures
equally unjustifiable were adopted for the destruction of
the Swiss Confederation. The inhabitants of the
Pays de Vaud were encouraged to renounce their allegi-
ance to the aristocratic Canton of Berne (the capital of
which was occupied by a French garrison), and the whole
of Switzerland (with the exception of Geneva, which was
incorporated into the French republic as the department
of Lcman) was proclaimed a republic, with a democratic
government of directors, a senate, and a grand council.
In conformity with a secret article introduced, with the
consent of Austria, into the treaty of Campo Formio, the
German empire was deprived of all its possessions on
the left bank of the Rhine, and Piedmont was taken from
the King of Sardinia. For the war of the second
Coalition against France, see & 49.
(320.) Dissolution of the Directory. — Under
the administration, at once feeble and despotic, of a gov-
ernment so incapable as the French directory, the discon-
tent produced by the imposition of the most oppressive
taxes, as well as by the insecurity of property, the stagna-
tion of their home trade, the corrupt administration of
justice, and the destruction of their ecclesiastical estab-
lishment, had rapidly increased during the absence of Bo-
naparte in Egypt. On the arrival, therefore, of that gen-
eral in France, the nation eagerly welcomed him as their
deliverer, and empowered him, in conjunction with Sieyes,
321. §49. EASTERN EUROPE. 169
and a majority of the council of Ancients, to effect such
a change in the constitution as should place the supreme
power in his hands. An attempt, which was discovered
and frustrated, to overthrow the new constitution, fur-
nished the two councils with an excuse for adjourning
their session to St. Cloud, which was guarded by a mili-
tary force under Bonaparte. Of the five directors, two
(Sieyes and Roger-Ducos) supported Bonaparte, on condi-
tion of their being appointed consuls ; Barras resigned ;
and the two others were thrown into prison, on the 18th
Brumaire (Nov. 9, 1799). On the following day, the con-
test between the republicans and Bonapartists was carried
on with such violence in the assembly of Five Hundred,
of which Lucien Bonaparte was president (for the month
Brumaire), that Napoleon almost despaired of success ;
but, by the exertions of himself and his brother Lucien
(who spread a report that the republicans intended to as-
sassinate the general), the co-operation of the army was
secured, and Bonaparte, at the head of a large force, en-
tered the hall in which the Five Hundred were assembled,
and compelled them to terminate their session. The three
directors were then nominated a provisional government
by their adherents in the two councils, and a commission
was appointed to prepare a new (fourth) constitution. On
Dec. 24, Bonaparte was appointed first Consul for
ten years, with two colleagues, Cambaceres and Lebrun,
who were to act merely as his advisers. All projects of
law were to be submitted by the Consuls to a tribunate
of 100 members, for their advice ; and to a legislative
corps of 300, for confirmation or rejection (without
debate).
$ 49. War of the second Coalition against France.
(1799—1802.)
(321.) The Emperor had ceded, as we have already men-
tioned, the left bank of the Rhine to France, in accord-
ance with the secret articles in the treaty of Campo For-
mio, Salzburg and a considerable portion of Bavaria being
promised to him as a compensation. An imperial deputa-
tion, which protested against |his alienation of German
170 MODERN HISTORY. [322. $ 49.
territory at the congress of Rastadt, was compelled not
only to acquiesce in the decision of the congress, but even
to sanction the secularization of all the ecclesiastical seign-
ories of Germany, by way of indemnification to the impe-
rial cities and princes on the left bank of the Rhine.
Meanwhile anew, and, in some respects, unnatural coali-
tion had been formed (during the absence of Bonaparte
in Syria and Egypt) between England, the Russian Em-
peror Paul (on whom the Knights of Malta had con-
ferred the grand mastership of their order after their ex-
pulsion from the island), the Porte (in consequence of
the attack on Egypt), Austria (on account of the estab-
lishment of republics in the States of the Church and in
Switzerland), and Naples. In consequence of the forma-
tion of this coalition, the negotiations for peace were bro-
ken off", and the Congress of Rastadt terminated with the
mysterious assassination of the French plenipotentiaries
(1799) — Bebret, Bonnier, and Roberjot. Most of the
German princes of the empire, especially the spiritual,
who saw no other chance of reversing the secularization,
determined to take part in the war, whilst the northern
sovereigns', including Frederick William III. of Prussia,
observed a strict neutrality.
(322.) The plan of the allies was to send a Russo-
Austrian army, under Suwarrow and Melas, into Italy;
a Russo-English, under the Duke of York, into the N e-
therlands; and an Austrian, under the Archduke
Charles, into Southern Germany and Switzerland;
for the purpose of expelling the French from all those
countries. The Neapolitans (under Mack) commenced the
war with an invasion of the Roman republic, from which
they were soon compelled to retire. On the advance of
the French, the King of Naples fled to Sicily, leaving his
capital in the hands of General Championnet, who changed
the kingdom into a Parthenopoean Republic (Jan. 25,
1799). The directory then declared war against the allies,
and dispatched an army to the Rhine, under Bernadotte ;
another to the Danube, under Jourdan (who was soon fol-
lowed by Moreau) ; a third into Italy, under Scherer ; and
a fourth into Switzerland, under Massena, who wrested the
country of the Grisons from Austria, and established a
323. $ 49. EASTERN EUROPE. 171
communication between the French armies in Italy and in
Southern Germany. Macdonald was also stationed at Na-
ples, and Brune in Holland.
(323.) 1. The War in Italy.— Before the arrival
of the Russians, the Austrian army, under General Kray,
had defeated Scherer, who was endeavoring to force the
passage of the Etsch, and were in the act of attacking his
successor Moreau, near Cassano, when the arrival of Su-
warrow completed the discomfiture of the French. Lom-
bardy and Piedmont were occupied by Russian troops ; the
Cisalpine republic abolished ; and a French army, under
Macdonald (who had quitted Naples, in the hope of effect-
ing a junction with Moreau), was defeated after three days'
hard fighting on the banks of the Trebia : whereupon the
ancient constitution was re-established at Naples, and soon
afterwards at Rome (under Pius VII. ), and in Tuscany.
After defeating a French army, under Joubert, who fell in
the action, Suwarrow crossed the Alps, for the purpose of
driving the French out of Switzerland. At the end of the
year, 1799, nothing remained to the French of their Ital-
ian conquests except Genoa ; but in the following year
Berthier, assisted by Bonaparte (in the famous campaign
of forty days), led an army of reserve, as it was called, in
several divisions over the passes of the two St. Bernards,
the Simplon and the St. Gothard, into Italy (where Mas-
sena was blockaded in Genoa), and took the Austrians in
the rear, whilst Bonaparte entered Milan, and re-estab-
lished the republic. No choice therefore remained for
Melas, but to throw himself into Genoa (of which the Aus-
trians had obtained possession), or cut his way through
Bonaparte's army. Having resolved to adopt the latter
course, he engaged the French at Marengo, near Ales-
sandria, and had already repulsed the enemy, when the
battle was renewed by Dessaix, whose death served only to
stimulate his soldiers to greater exertions. The Austri-
ans now gave way in their turn, and their discomfiture was
completed by the arrival of Kellerman, who suffered Melas
to withdraw the remains of his army from the field, on
condition of his evacuating all the fortresses of Piedmont,
Genoa, Lombardy, and the Legations, and retiring to
Mantua. Bonaparte now established provisional govern-
172 MODERN HISTORY. [324, 325. $ 49.
ments in Milan, Turin, and Genoa, and. having nominated
Massena commander-in-chief of the army of Italy, returned
to Paris.
(324.) 2. The War in Germany and Switzer-
land.— Here, also, the Austrians were at first victorious.
The Archduke Charles drove the army of the Danube
across the Rhine, and compelled Massena, who had entered
the country of the Grisons, to retreat beyond Zurich.
Meanwhile Suwarrow, after several obstinate combats with
the French (in the valley of the Reuss, at the Devil's-
bridge, &c.), had entered Switzerland by the pass of St.
Gothard; but finding the country in the occupation of
Soult and Massena (who had defeated a division of the
Austrian army and a Russian army under Korsakow), he
was compelled, after a succession of skirmishes and ha-
rassing marches, to withdraw his exhausted troops into
the country of the Grisons, and return to Russia through
Upper Swabia. In the year 1800, Moreau drove the Aus-
trians (under Kray) back to the Inn, and after defeating
the Archduke Charles in the forest of Hohenlinden (Dec.
3), advanced to within twenty German miles of Vienna.
(325.) On Feb. 9, 1801, peace was concluded at Lu-
neville, the Emperor, on the part of Austria, ratifying
all the essential conditions of the peace of Campo Formio,
repeating the stipulations entered into at Rastadt, and
leaving the left bank of the Rhine in possession of the
French. A deputation of eight princes (five of whom
were Electors), appointed to consider the question of in-
demnification to those princes who had been deprived of
their dominions during the war, was compelled, after two
years spent in negotiation, to accept a plan proposed
by the French and Russian governments. By this
arrangement the hereditary princes of the empire were
indemnified for their losses, partly by a grant of secular-
ized Church lands, and partly by forty-two mediatized l
imperial cities; the Grand Duke of Tuscany received
Salzburg as a compensation for the cession of his territory
1 The smaller German sovereignties were annexed to larger con-
tiguous states; this is what is meant by mediatization. They
were mediately though not immediately dependent on the empire.
— S.
326. $49.] EASTERN EUROPE. 173
to the Duke of Parma, and the Duke of Modena obtained
the Breisgau. In this division, the countries most favored
were Prussia, Bavaria, Hesse-Darmstadt, Baden, and
Wurtemberg. For the two last, with the new grand
duchy of Salzburg and Hesse-Cassel, four new electorates
were founded, making the total number of electors ten
(Cologne and Treves having been deprived of the dignity).
The unmediatized cities were Hamburg, Liibeck, Bremen,
Frankfort, Niirnberg, and Augsburg.
(326.) 1. Prussia received the bishoprics of Prader-
born and Hildesheim, the portion of Thuringia belonging
to Mainz, a part of Miinster, several abbeys (Quedlinburg,
Essen, Werden, &c.) and imperial cities (Muhhausen, Nord-
hausen, Goslar, &c.). 2. Bavaria in return for the pal-
atinate (on both sides of the Rhine), and the duchies of
Julich and Zweibriicken, obtained the bishoprics of Wiirz-
burg, Bamberg, Freisingen, and Augsburg (the city of
Augsburg remained unmediatized). 3. Hesse shared
with Nassau all that remained of the archbishoprics of
Cologne, Treves, and Mainz. 4. Baden was indebted to
the relationship between its Grand Duke and the Emperor
of Russia for the whole of the palatinate on the right
bank of the Rhine, the bishopric of Constance, and the
remains of the bishoprics of Spires, Basle, and Stras-
burg. 5. Wurtemberg was more than indemnified
for her losses in Alsace, by receiving several Swabian
bishoprics and imperial cities. 6. Austria obtained the
bishoprics of Trent and Brixen, as an indemnification for
her cession of the Breisgau. 7. The Duke of Parma
received Tuscany, with the title of King of Etruria,
as a compensation for the cession of his hereditary do-
minions to France. 8. Naples purchased peace by the
sacrifice of some portion of her territory, and consented
to close her ports against the English, and admit French
garrisons into some of her maritime towns (in order to se-
cure a place of embarkation for Egypt). Bonaparte was
appointed president of the Cisalpine (now called the Ital-
ian) republic. In Switzerland, six new cantons, viz., the
Orisons, Aargau, Vaud, St. Gall, Thurgau, and Tessin were
added to the thirteen which already existed. Vallais was an-
nexed to France, on account of the road across the Simplon.
174 MODERN HISTORY. [327, 328. § 50.
(327.) 3. The War with England.— After the
establishment of the Batavian republic, and the escape of
the hereditary Stattholder to England, the commerce of
Holland had been grievously crippled by the English,
whilst at the same time the country itself was distracted
by the contentions of the republican and Orange parties.
At this crisis an English fleet, with the Prince of Orange
on board, having appeared off the mouth of the Helder, the
Batavian fleet immediately joined the invaders ; but the in-
capacity and dilatoriness of the Duke of York, who arrived
soon afterwards with an Anglo-Russian fleet, occasioned
the failure of the whole undertaking. The supremacy of
England in the Mediterranean was secured by the con-
quest of Malta, and the evacuation of Egypt by the French,
in accordance with the capitulation concluded by Menou,
in 1 80 1 ; but the refusal of the English government to de-
liver up Malta to the Emperor Paul, as Grand Master of
the Order, having produced a rupture with Russia, that
power immediately revived the armed maritime neutrality
(in conjunction with Sweden, Denmark, and Prussia), and
England avenged herself by the bombardment of Copen-
hagen. The sudden death of the Emperor Paul (who was
succeeded by Alexander I. 1801 — 1825), and the resigna-
tion of Pitt, afforded a favorable opportunity for the ter-
mination of hostilities. In October, 1801, peace was con-
cluded by Russia with France and England, and on March
25, in the following year, the English government, at the
peace of Amiens, relinquished (in return for the recog-
nition by France of the republic of the seven Ionian isles)
all her conquests except Trinidad and the Dutch settle-
ments in Ceylon, engaging, at the same time, to restore
Malta to the Order, a promise which was never fulfilled.
To this treaty the Porte became also a party on June 25.
§ 50. The Consular Government of Napoleon Bonaparte.
(From Nov. 9, 1799, to May 18, 1804.)
(328.) After securing peace with foreign powers on
terms exceedingly advantageous and honorable to France,
the first Consul next directed his attention to the restora-
tion of tranquillity at home, and endeavored by a wise
328. $50.] EASTERN EUROPE. 175
moderation to reconcile the various parties in the state.
At the same time, however, it daily became more apparent
that his ultimate object was to establish an absolute mon-
archy. Libertyof speech and writing was more and more
restricted, whilst the discovery of conspiracies, such, for
instance, as the attempt of the Chouans to assassinate
the first Consul by means of the infernal machine, fur-
nished him with a pretext for the banishment of 130 re-
publicans. The tribunate was divided into three sections,
an amnesty proclaimed, which enabled most of the emi-
grants (more than 100,000) to return, and the Roman
Catholic worship re-established by virtue of a concordat
with Pope Pius VII. An improvement was effected in
the education of the higher classes, which was placed un-
der the control of the government, a new statute-book pub-
lished, called the " Code Napoleon," public credit re-estab-
lished by means of a sound financial system, and a formi-
dable army kept on foot. Measures were now adopted for
gradually changing the consulship into an absolute mon-
archy. The establishment of a new order of knighthood
(the legion of honor), with a fixed endowment, prepared
the way for the restoration of hereditary nobility ; and,
immediately after the conclusion of peace at Amiens, Na-
poleon was elected Consul for life, by the voices of three
and a half millions of the peeple, and a new constitution
(the fifth) proclaimed, by which absolute authority was
given to the consul, in conjunction with a senate, of which
all the members were his creatures. At the same time
the legislative corps and tribunate were reduced to .insig-
nificance, their duties being restricted to the settlement,
without debate, of questions of civil law and taxation. A
conspiracy set on foot by Pichegru and Georges (who
landed from English ships and proceeded to Paris by un-
frequented roads), for the purpose of assassinating the first
Consul, furnished an excuse for still more daring encroach-
ments on the liberties of the French people. The con-
spirators, whose arrest was effected with difficulty, in con-
sequence of the vagueness of the information furnished to
the government, were brought before the tribunal of the
Seine, the trial by jury being suspended in all cases of at-
tempts on the life of the first Consul. Piohegru died in
176 MODERN HISTORY. [329,330. $51.
prison, probably by his own hand ; Georges was executed,
with eleven others; and the sentence on Moreau, who had
been condemned to two years' imprisonment, was commuted
to banishment to America. At the same time the Duke
d'Enghien (the last Bourbon Prince of the line of Conde)
who had been arrested on a charge of holding treasonable
communication with some English agents at Ettenheim,
in the territory of Baden, was condemned without proof,
and shot at Vincennes. Previously to these trials, the
tribunate (with the exception of Carnot) and the senate
had conferred the title of hereditary Emperor of the
French on N apoleon Bonaparte, who was anointed
by the Pope Dec. 2, 1804, and placed the imperial crown
on his own head and that of his consort. The constitu-
tion was so modified as scarcely to deserve the name of a
limited monarchy, although a shadow of the representa-
tive system was retained in the legislative corps and the
tribunate, which was divided as before into three sections.
III. The Empire (1804— 1814 and 1815).
§ 51. The third Coalition against France,
(329.) Mutual complaints of the non-fulfilment of the
conditions of the peace of Amiens (especially as regarded
the surrender of Malta to the Knights of St. John) pro-
duced a rupture between France and England, in the year
1803. The British government having declared war, Bo-
naparte immediately took possession of Hanover, prohib-
ited the importation of British manufactures and colonial
produce into France (commencement of the continental
system), and made preparations at Boulogne for the inva-
sion of England.
(330.) To meet this danger, Pitt proposed the forma-
tion of a fresh coalition, the operations of which were fa-
cilitated by the ambitious policy adopted by Napoleon
himself; who established an hereditary kingdom of
Italy, in place of the Italian republic, and placed on his
own head the iron crown of Lombardy, at Milan, in the
year 1805. At the same time his step-son, Eugene Beau-
harnais, was nominated Viceroy of Italy, and his brother-
331. $51.] THE EMPIRE. 177
in-law, Bacciochi, Duke of Lucca. The separate govern-
ments of Parma and Piacenza were suppressed, and the
Ligurian republic incorporated with France. On the
formation of this third coalition (to which England,
Russia, and, at a later period, Austria, were parties) Bo-
naparte broke up his camp at Boulogne, and proceeded by
forced marches to the Rhine, where he was joined by the
Electors of Bavaria, Baden, and Wurtemberg.
(331.) 1. The War in Germany (1805).— In Aus-
tria (where the measures adopted by the Archduke Charles
for remodelling the army were still incomplete, and the
plan of the Archduke John for raising an enormous militia
force was unfavorably received by the nation) two armies
were raised, the larger of which (120,000 men) marched
into Italy, under the command of the Archduke Charles,
to await the arrival of Napoleon, whilst . the smaller (80,-
000 men), under the incapable Mack, proceeded through
Bavaria, towards the Black Forest. Having dispatched
Massena into Italy, Napoleon himself took the command
in Germany, and concentrated his forces on the Upper
Danube, where he was joined by Bernadotte, who had
inarched from Hanover through the margravate of Ans-
pach, notwithstanding the neutrality of Prussia. After
a succession of skirmishes, the French entered Bavaria,
blockaded Mack in Ulm, and compelled him to surrender
that fortress, with its garrison of 30,000 men. Napoleon
now entered Austria almost without opposition, an& Murat
took possession of Vienna, whilst the scattered remnants
of the Austrian army were endeavoring to effect a junc-
tion with the Russians. On Dec. 2, 1805 (the anniversary
of his coronation), Napoleon defeated the united forces
of the Austrians and Russians, in the so-called battle of
the three Emperors, at Austerlitz; and soon afterwards
peace was concluded at Presburg, the Emperor giving
up the Venetian territory (which had been awarded to
him at the peace of Campo Formio) to the kingdom of
Italy, the Tyrol to Bavaria, and his possessions in Swabia
to the Electors of Bavaria, Wurtemberg, and Baden, all
of whom were declared independent sovereigns, the two
first with the title of King. Prussia, which had joined the
coalition conditionally, and threatened France with a de-
178 MODERN HISTORY. [332. §51.
claration of war, was required to surrender Anspach,
Cleves, and Neufchatel, in exchange for Hanover. The
King of Naples, who had permitted a Russian and Eng-
lish army to land during the war, was deprived of all his
dominions (except Sicily), which were conferred, together
with the title of King, on Napoleon's elder brother Jo-
seph. The papal seignories of Benevento and Ponte-
Corvo, were granted, as principalities, to Talleyrand and
Bernadotte. The Batavian republic was named the king-
dom of Holland, and given to the Emperor's brother
Louis, the duchies of Cleves and Berg to his brother-in-
law Joachim Murat, and the principality of Neufchatel
to Marshal Berthier. On July 12, 1806, the German
empire was dismembered, sixteen princes in the south
and west of Germany (Bavaria, Wurtemberg, the electoral
arch-chancellor of Mainz, who resided at Ratisbon, the
elector of Baden, the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, the
Duke of Cleves-Berg, the Princes of Nassau, &c.) separa-
ting themselves from the empire, and forming the Rhen-
ish confederacy, of which Napoleon declared himself
the protector. Each of these princes renounced the ti-
tle which indicated his connection with the empire, the
arch-chancellor being thenceforth styled the Prince Pri-
mate, the Elector of Baden, Grand Duke, &c. The busi-
ness of the confederacy was to be transacted at a meeting
to be held at Frankfort-on-the-Maine, under the presiden-
cy of the Prince Primate. Each of the confederates
pledged himself, in the event of a continental war, to as-
sist France with a contingent proportionate to the extent
of his dominions. Francis //., who had assumed, in the
year 1804, the title of Francis Z, hereditary Emperor of
Austria, having now ceased to be head of the German em-
pire, the imperial chambers at Wetzlow and Vienna, as
well as the imperial diet at Ratisbon, were dissolved. A
number of hitherto unmediatized states were declared me-
diatized, and subjected, by the aid of French troops, to
the sovereignty of members of the confederacy, notwith-
standing the remonstrances of the people (the bookseller
Palm shot).
(332.) 2. The maritime War with England. —
The combined Spanish and French fleets were enticed out
333. §52.] THE EMPIRE. 179
of the harbor of Cadiz, and utterly destroyed off Cape
Trafalgar, by Lord Nelson, who lost his life in the en-
gagement. Napoleon now gave up all thoughts of an in-
vasion of England, and directed his attention to the
annihilation of her commerce, by closing the ports of the
continent.
§ 52. The fourth Coalition against France (1806-7).
. (333.) Prussia, which had at first refused to ratify the
convention signed by her ambassador Haugwitz, at Schon-
brunn, was now compelled not only to take possession of
Hanover, but to close the mouths of all her rivers against
the English. The immediate result of this proceeding
was a declaration of war on the part of England, and the
blockade of all the Prussian ports in the North and Bal-
tic seas. In the hope of still further widening the breach,
Napoleon entered into negotiations for a peace with Eng-
land, and promised to guarantee the restoration of Hano-
ver. The Prussian generals were now unanimous in re-
commending the immediate commencement of hostilities
against France ; but the delay occasioned by the vacillat-
ing policy of the King enabled Napoleon to concentrate
on the Main an army of 200,000 men, which marched
through the valley of the Saal, and (after a skirmish near
Saalfield, in which Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia
fell) engaged the two grand divisions of the Prussian army
(165,000 Prussians and 20,000 Saxons), at Jena and An-
erstadt, on Oct. 14. The Prince of Hohenlohe was de-
feated by Napoleon at Jena, and Duke Ferdinand of
Brunswick by Marshal Davoust, at Anerstadt. The Duke,
a veteran of seventy-two, was mortally wounded in the
battle, and died soon afterwards at Ottensen. The Elec-
tor of Saxony obtained peace, and the title of King, in
return for his own adherence, and that of the Saxon Dukes,
to the Rhenish confederacy. All the most important
Prussian fortresses (with the exception of Colberg, which
was bravely defended by Grneisenau, Schill, and Nettelbeck,
and some strong places in Upper Silesia), were surrendered
to the French after a very feeble resistance. On Oct. 27,
Napoleon entered Berlin in triumph, divided the conquered
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Prussian provinces, as far as the Oder, into four depart-
ments, and published his famous Berlin decree, by which
all commercial intercourse with England was prohib-
ited, and the British ports declared to be in a state of
blockade.
(334.) As the French troops approached the Vistula,
they were joined by the Poles, who looked to Napoleon
for the restoration of their independence ; whilst, on the
other hand, the remains of the Prussian army joined the
Russians, who were "now, through French influence, in-
volved in a war with Turkey. After several obstinate and
sanguinary, but indecisive engagements (at Pultusk, Goly-
min, &c,), the two armies went into winter quarters, with
the exception of the left wing of the French army, under
Ney, which marched from the Lower Vistula against K6-
nigsberg. On learning the intention of the Russian Gen-
eral Benningsen to attack this division, relieve Graudenz
and Dantzic, and open a communication with Colberg, Na-
poleon broke up his winter encampment at Warsaw, and
engaged Benningsen at Eglau (Feb. 7 and 8). The bat-
tle, though protracted and sanguinary, was by no means
decisive, for both parties abandoned the field, and retired
again into winter quarters. After an armistice of four
months, during which Dantzic and Schweidnitz capitulated,
and Napoleon received reinforcements from Poland, the
Rhenish confederacy, and even from Spain, the war was
terminated by a decisive victory gained by the French at
Friedland (June 14), and Napoleon, after a personal in-
terview with Alexander, on the Niemen, concluded a peace
at Tilsit, with Russia on July 7, and Prussia on the 9th.
" Out of especial regard for the Emperor of Russia," Na-
poleon consented to restore to Prussia all her provinces
on the right bank of the Elbe, on condition of her giving
up — 1. All the territory formerly belonging to the king-
dom of Poland, to the King of Saxony, under the name
of the Duchy of Warsaw (Dantzic with its territory was
declared a free state under the protection of Prussia and
Saxony). 2. All the territory between,the Elbe and the
Rhine, which, with the addition of Brunswick, Hesse-
Cassel, and a part of Hanover, formed the kingdom of
Westphalia for Jerome Bonaparte, the Emperor's young-
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est brother. 3. All Prussian ports were to be closed against
the English. The restoration of the Prussian territory
was not carried into effect until the year 1808, after pay-
ment of a contribution of 140 millions of francs. The
Rhenish confederacy was now extended to Mecklenburg,
and comprehended the whole of the ancient German em-
pire, with the exception of Prussia (including the marck of
Brandenburg, Pomerania, and Silesia) and Holstein. Rus-
sia evacuated Moldavia and Wallachia, and concluded an
armistice with the Porte. Sweden, as a member of the
fourth coalition, was obliged to surrender to France the
island of Riigen and Stralsund, the last of her possessions
in Germany. At the peace of Tilsit, the two Emperors
had agreed that Denmark, Sweden, and Portugal, should
be invited to co-operate in their measures against England ;
taking, therefore, for granted, that France would obtain
possession of the Danish fleet, the British government re-
solved to anticipate such a proceeding, by demanding that
it should be delivered up to them as a pledge of neutral-
ity, and, on the refusal of the Danes, bombarded Copen-
hagen (2d — 5th September), and carried oiF the whole fleet.
In consequence of this violent proceeding. Russia declared
war against England, and Denmark concluded an alliance
with France, and obtained from that country an army for
the defence of her territory.
§ 53. The War in Portugal and Spain (1808—1814).
(335.) Portugal, in consequence of her refusal to close
her ports against the English, was occupied by a French
army under Junot, who assumed the title of Duke of
Abrantes, and proclaimed himself regent in the name of
the French Emperor, after the departure of the Portu-
guese royal family for Brazil. In pursuance of his favor-
ite object, the destruction of English commerce, Napoleon
not only extended his continental system to Portugal and
Italy (as far as the latter country was dependent OD
France), but even formed a plan for the subjugation oi
Spain; and under pretence of protecting that country
against an English invasion, crossed the Pyrenees at the
head of 100.000 men. Charles IV., who a short time be-
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fore (in consequence of an insurrection against his con-
temptible favorite, Godoy, Prince of the Peace) had re-
signed his crown in favor of his son, Ferdinand VIL, no
sooner witnessed the entry of the French into Madrid,
than he desired to recall his abdication. Under pretence
of settling the dispute, Napoleon invited the whole party to
meet him at Bayonne, and having made himself master of
their persons, compelled the Bourbon family to resign the
Spanish crown, and placed his brother Joseph on the
throne. The vacant kingdom of Naples was then conferred
on Murat, and the grand-duchy of Berg destined for the
Crown Prince of Holland. Against the sovereign thus
treacherously imposed on them, the whole Spanish nation
rose as one man ; and Joseph, after an unsuccessful at-
tempt to conciliate his new subjects by granting them a
liberal constitution, was compelled to quit Madrid and re-
tire to Burgos.
(336.) An English army, commanded by Sir Arthur
Wellesley, landed in Portugal, and drove the French out
of that country ; the means of returning to France being
secured to Junot and his army by the Convention of Cin-
tra. At the same time, another French army, under Du-
pont, was surrounded and captured in the south of
Spain. The French had already fallen back on the Ebra,
when Napoleon (to whom the Emperor Alexander, in a
personal interview at Erfurt, had promised assistance in
the event of a war with Austria) appeared in Spain at the
head of 335,000 men.
(337.) After a victorious progress from the Ebro, the
French Emperor entered Madrid, and immediately abol-
ished the inquisition, the feudal system, and the Council
of Castile (which had recalled its consent to the abdica-
tion of Charles IV.), and reduced the number of convents
to one-third. Having, in conjunction with Soult, com-
pelled the English to evacuate Portugal, Napoleon returned
to France to make preparations for a fresh war with Aus-
tria. On the 21st February, 1809, the fortress of Sara-
gossa (which had been twice heroically defended by the
Spanish General Palafox, with the loss of 53,000 men)
surrendered to the French ; and the cause of Spanish in-
dependence seemed utterly ruined ; for the brilliant vie-
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tory of Talavera (27th and 28th of July), obtained by
Sir Arthur Wellesley l over King Joseph, was neutralized
by the defeat of an army recently raised by the Junta of
Seville, which was almost annihilated by Soult, at Ocano.
(338.) The monks, to whose influence King Joseph
attributed the general insurrection of the Spanish nation
against the French, were punished by the suppression of
all the monastic orders. Whilst the French, although per-
petually harassed by swarms of irregular troops, called
Guerillas, were still advancing steadily towards the south,
the Junta had retired to Seville, and assembled the
Cortes (1810), which drew up (and proclaimed in 1812)
a new constitution, by which the monarchical power was
greatly restricted. The repeated attempts of the French
(especially under Massena) to regain a footing in Portugal,
were as unsuccessful as their attacks on Cadiz, which was
strongly fortified and protected by a combined Spanish
and English fleet. In the year 1812, the French force in
Spain having been reduced to 168.000 men, by the with-
drawal of a large number of the best soldiers and gene-
rals for the Russian campaign, the whole population of
several provinces were encouraged to take the field, and
the Guerillas (under Mina, the Curate Merino, Mendiza-
bal, &c.) became daily more numerous and daring. The
fortresses of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz were stormed
by Lord Wellington, who separated the armies of Mar-
mont and Soult, defeated the former near Salamanca,
compelled Joseph to quit Madrid, and then, on the' ap-
proach of the French, retreated to the Portuguese fron-
tier. Soult having been recalled from Spain by Napoleon,
after his disastrous campaign in Russia, the English gen-
eral compelled King Joseph a second time to abandon his
capital, and retire to the Ebro, and in the year 1813 de-
cided the fate of Spain, by a brilliant victory over Jour-
dan at Vittoria. Joseph escaped being taken prisoner,
by a precipitate flight into France. Soult, who had re-
entered Spain by command of Napoleon, was compelled to
recross the Pyrenees by Lord Wellington, and the war was
1 Immediately after this battle, Sir Arthur Wellesley was cre-
ated Lord Wellington.
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terminated by the battle of Thoulouse, in April, 1814,
the Emperor Napoleon having previously abdicated, and
Ferdinand VII. being released from his imprisonment at
Valencay.
§ 54. Suppression of the temporal authority of the Pope
(1809).
(339.) Soon after his coronation, Napoleon had con-
ceived the idea of depriving the Pope of his temporal
power, and transporting him to Paris, where the influence
of the Sovereign Pontiff might be advantageously em-
ployed for the promotion of his own ambitious designs.
After a succession of annoyances and threats, Napoleon
demanded that the Pope should accede to the continental
system, close his ports against the English, and conclude
an alliance, offensive and defensive, with France, at least
against the Infidels, by which title he designated the
Turks and all the Protestant powers. On the refusal of
the Pope to entertain this proposal, the Emperor took
possession of Rome, and annexed to the kingdom of Italy
four provinces belonging to the States of the Church.
These measures were speedily followed by the publication
of a decree (dated -from Schonbrunn), in which tlie tempo-
ral authority of t/ie Pope was declared to be at an end ;
and in the following year (1810) the rest of the States of
the Church were incorporated into the French empire.
Pius VII., who had excommunicated the originators and
perpetrators of these acts of violence, was carried off by
force to Grenoble, and thence removed to Savona, where
he remained three years a prisoner, refusing with exem-
plary firmness to resign his temporal authority, and estab-
lish his residence at Paris. In the summer of 1812, he
was removed to Fontainebleau, for the purpose of negoti-
ating a fresh concordat, and returned to Rome after the
abdication of Napoleon, in 1814.
$ 55. War of Austria against Napoleon (1809).
(340.) After the peace of Tilsit, an attempt was made
by the Austrian government to re-establish its political
341. $55.] THE EMPIRE. 185
influence in Europe. With this view the army was re-
organized ; and when Napoleon, in consequence of this
movement, called on the members of the Rhenish Con-
federacy to hold themselves in readiness, the Austrians
resolved to anticipate his attack. A proclamation was ac-
cordingly issued by the Emperor's brothers, the Arch-
dukes Charles and John, as commanders-in-chief of the
army destined to act in Bavaria and Italy, calling on the
German nation to co-operate with Austria in her struggles
for the liberty of their common fatherland ; but scarcely
any effect was produced by this appeal. The army command-
ed by the Archduke Charles, which had entered Bavaria,
was defeated in a series of engagements, which lasted from
the 19th to the 23d of April (at Abensberg, Landshut,
Eckmuhl, and Ratisbon), by a force composed almost en-
tirely of Germans, and compelled, after sustaining immense
loss, to cross the Danube, and retreat towards Bohemia.
(341.) On the 13th of May, Vienna was a second time
taken by the French ; Napoleon, who had advanced by
forced marches for the purpose of preventing the relief of
Vienna by the Archduke Charles, was defeated for the
first time (21st and 22d of May), near the villages of
Aspern and E si ing. He then formed a junction with
the Italian army under Eugene Beauharnais, a second
time crossed the Danube, and defeated the Archduke
Charles in the sanguinary battle of W a gram (5th and
6th of July). The two armies met again at Znaim, in
Moravia, and victory had already begun to incline to the
side of the French, when hostilities were suspended by
the arrival of Prince Lichtenstein, who was empowered
by the Emperor to arrange the terms of. an armistice.
After this battle, and an unsuccessful attempt of the Eng-
lish to effect a diversion, by landing on the island of Wal-
cheren. in Holland, the Austrian war was terminated on
the 14th October by the peace of Vienna. By this
treaty Austria lost 2000 square miles of territory, with
three and a half millions of inhabitants; Salzburg and
several neighboring districts being ceded to Bavaria, west-
ern Galicia to the duchy of Warsaw, a district of eastern
Galicia to Russia, and her possessions along the Sau
to Napoleon, as King of Italy. Out of this last-mention-
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ed province, with Dalmatia, Istria, and Ragusa (which
were separated from Italy), and the G-reek islands (ceded
by Russia in 1807), Napoleon formed the new state of the
seven I llyrian provinces (Carinthia, Carniola, Istria, Dal-
matia, Ragusa, Civil and Military Croatia), of which Mar-
mont was appointed governor. A short time before the
breaking out of this war, the Tyrolese, irritated beyond
endurance by the extortion and oppression of the Bava-
rian government, had revolted to their ancient masters
the Austrians, and under the command of an innkeeper
named Andrew Hofer (and Speckbacher), had thrice
cleared their country of the French and Bavarian troops
(in April, May, and August). But after the conclusion
of peace at Vienna, an overwhelming force was sent into
the Tyrol : and Hofer, who had taken refuge in an Alpine
hut near Passeger, was betrayed by one of his country-
men, conveyed a prisoner to Mantua, and shot by sentence
of a court-martial. The Tyrol was now divided into three
portions, of which one was assigned to Bavaria, another
(the southern) annexed to the kingdom of Italy, and a
third (the eastern) incoporated with Illyria. As an in-
demnification for this sacrifice of territory, Bavaria
received Baireuth and Ratisbon ; the prince primate
(Charles of Dalberg) of Ratisbon, being created Grand
Duke of Frankfort (a sovereignty formed for that purpose
out of Frankfort, Fulda, Hanau, Wetzlau, and Aschaffen-
burg), with a stipulation that his successor should be
Eugene Beauharnais, the viceroy of Italy. Several at-
tempts were made by individuals to arouse the dormant
patriotism of the G-erman nation, but without success. A
Prussian major, named Schitt, commander of a volunteer
corps raised by him in 1806, marched a hussar regiment
of 600 men out of Berlin, under pretence of exercising
them, and proceeded to Stralsund, where he was slain with
most of his soldiers. Eleven officers were taken prisoners
and shot by the French.
§ 56. Napoleon at the summit of his power (1810 — 1812).
342. In the hope of obtaining an heir to his throne, and
of imparting, in some sort, a legitimate character to his dy-
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nasty, Napoleon repudiated Josephine, and married (2d of
April, 1810) Maria Louisa, daughter of the Emperor
Francis of Austria. On the 20th of March, 1811, the
new Empress was delivered of a son, who was immediately
created King of Rome. His brother Louis having de-
clared his readiness to abdicate in favor of his son, rather
than ruin Holland by enforcing a rigid observance to the
continental system, Napoleon annexed the whole of that
country to France. Under the same pretext, and in the
face of his own repeated declarations, that he wished the
Rhine to be the boundary of his dominions, the Emperor
incorporated into the French empire the maritime pro-
vinces of northern Germany, a great part of the kingdom
of Westphalia, the Hanse Towns, the grand duchy of
Berg, Oldenburg, and East Fricsland : as he had already
annexed Tuscany, the States of the Church, and the Can-
ton of Yallais (department of the Simplon), in Switzer-
land. The empire at this time numbered 130 depart-
ments, and extended along the coast of western and
southern Europe, from the mouth of the Elbe to Trieste
and Corfu. The imperial government now became every
day more absolute: the sittings of the legislative body,
which had long since been a mere farce, were suspended :
the duties of the senate were confined to the appearance
of its members on great occasions in the suite of 'the Em-
peror, and the passing of acts confirmatory of his decrees
for the annexation of fresh territory. All public func-
tionaries were entirely dependent on the crown : a system
of espionage was established in every part of the empire,
and arrests on the most frivolous pretexts occurred daily :
liberty of the press was annihilated by the censorship and
other restrictions, the population of half France remained
uneducated, notwithstanding the increase in the number
of schools, and even the arts were cultivated solely -for the
purpose of imparting additional lustre to the military
glories of the empire. Meanwhile the continental system
was ruining commerce, in spite of the encouragement af-
forded to manufacturing industry, by the establishment
of prizes and institutions, and the formation of roads and
canals, and Napoleon at last found himself obliged tp
grant licenses for the importation, in certain cases, of
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English goods. These grievances, in conjunction with the
unceasing conscription, were rapidly producing discontent
and bitterness, in the place of those feelings of devoted
affection with which the government of Napoleon was at
first regarded by- the people, as well as the cabinets of
many European nations.
§57. Napoleoris Russian Campaign (1812).
(343.) The conviction that the continental system
would be ruinous to her commerce, and that Napoleon
would never rest until he had destroyed her influence as
a first-rate European power, was soon forced on Russia,
which had wrested Finland from Sweden in 1808, and ex-
tended her dominions to the Pruth, by the peace of Bu-
charest, concluded in 1812, after a six years' war with the
Turks. The first coolness between Alexander and Napo-
leon was occasioned by the annexation of G-alicia to the
duchy of Warsaw, a measure which was regarded with sus-
picion by the Russian Emperor, as tending towards the
re-establishment of Poland as a kingdom. Other causes
of offence followed in rapid succession ; on the one side
Napoleon, who had already annoyed the Emperor by de-
priving the Duke of Oldenburgh (husband of Alexander's
aunt by the mother's side) of his dominions, now demanded
the rigid enforcement of the continental system by Rus-
sia ; whilst, on the other, the union of Warsaw (as a pro-
vince) with Saxony, and the evacuation of the Prussian
dominions, were strongly urged on France by the Russian
government. The refusal of each party to accede to the
demands of the other at length produced a war, which was
commenced in 1812 by Napoleon, who collected an army
of 400,000, or, according to some writers, of 600,000 men,
from almost every country in south-western Europe. To
oppose this formidable armament, the Russians assembled
372,000 men. With his accustomed rapidity of move-
ment, Napoleon crossed the Niemen into Lithuania, and
advanced by forced marches to Smolensk, with scarcely
any opposition on the part of the Russians, who were un-
willing to hazard a general engagement until they had
formed a junction with the troops from the interior. Af-
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ter defeating the Russians at Smolensk, and again at Bo-
rodino, on the Moskwa, Napoleon (on the 14th of Septem-
ber) entered Moscow, which was entirely abandoned by
the inhabitants ; and soon after his arrival a fire broke out
(occasioned probably by the Russian governor Rostopchin),
which raged six days, and destroyed nine-tenths of the
city. Notwithstanding this calamity, Napoleon lingered
five weeks among the ruins of Moscow, endeavoring to ne-
gotiate a peace ; but discovering his error when it was
too late, he broke up his quarters on the 18th of October,
and commenced his retreat with an army now reduced to
104.000 men. The winter had already set in with a seve-
rity almost unprecedented at that early season, the ther-
mometer (Reaumur's) steadily indicating 18 — 20 degrees
of cold ;* and the whole of the country between Moscow
and Beresina, an extent of 150 (German) miles, presented
the appearance of a desert, the inhabitants of the villages
having removed or destroyed all their agricultural produce.
At length the army, reduced by famine and the unceasing
attacks of the Russians and Cossacks to 30,000 men capa-
ble of bearing arms, reached the Beresina, where the pas-
sage of the river was forced by Ney and Oudinot, with
8500 men, in the face of 25,000 Russians. The retreat
now became a flight, in consequence of the intensity of
the cold (26 — 27 degrees),! and the abandonment of his
army by Napoleon, who had placed himself in a sledge,
when all was lost, and proceeded to Paris (arrived 18th
December), where his presence was rendered necessary by
the unsettled state of public affairs (attempt of Mallet to
re-establish the republic). General Ney, who had dis-
tinguished himself in the battle of the Moskwa, and done
good service by the masterly manner in which he had con-
ducted the retreat, was created Prince of the Moskwa.
The first step towards the emancipation of Prussia, was
the conclusion of a convention of neutrality between the
Prussian general Diebitsch and General York, who was
sent to cover the retreat of the left wing of the French
army under Macdonald. This proceeding on the part of
* Equal to 8£— 13^° below zero of Fahrenheit.— S.
t " " 26^—29° below zero of Fahrenheit.— S.
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the Prussian general was stigmatized by Napoleon as an
act of the grossest treachery, and the chief cause of his
subsequent misfortunes.
§ 58. The War of Liberation (1813—1814).
(344.) Frederick William III. of Prussia, after is-
suing from Breslau a manifesto, in which he called on his
people to rise and defend their liberties against the en-
croachments of the French, now concluded an alliance
with Russia for the re-establishment of the Prussian mo-
narchy, and having been subsequently joined by Sweden
and England, commenced his preparations for the forma-
tion of a national militia in Prussia.
Campaign in the Spring of 1813.
(345.) In the month of March, the Prussian grand
army under Bliicher, marched through Silesia to Dresden,
where it awaited the arrival of a Russian force commanded
by Kalish. A second Russo-Prussian army was also sent
from Berlin to join the two other corps. The allied army,
under Wittgenstein, now numbered 85,000 men, and
that of the French 120,000, most of whom were raw con-
scripts.
(346.) Towards the end of April, Napoleon re-ap-
peared in Germany and advanced to Leipzic, where he was
compelled to engage the enemy at Grrossgorschen, or,
as he himself named the battle, at L ii t z e n, on the 2d of
May : but notwithstanding the disadvantage under which
they labored, in being unprepared for the attack, and the
heavy loss which they sustained in the battle, the French
were victorious : and the allies retreated by way of Dres-
den into Lusatia. Sharnhorst died at Prague of the
wounds which he had received in the battle. Soon after-
wards Napoleon appeared at Dresden, and compelled the
wavering King of Saxony to place the resources of his
kingdom at the disposal of the French. On the 20th of
May Napoleon attacked the allies at Bautzen, forced the
passage of the Spree, and completed his victory on the
following day, at Wurschen, where he sustained a consi-
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derable loss in killed and wounded. As the allies directed
their retreat towards Silesia instead of Berlin, in order to
effect a junction with the Austrians, the conqueror, who
wished to prevent a meeting of the three powers, as well
as to gain time for fresh levies, consented to an armistice
(4th of June to 10th of August), in the hope that Austria
would eventually join the French. A short time previously
to these events, the city of Hamburgh, which had been
abandoned by the French officials on the approach of a
Russian army, under Tetterborn, was retaken by Davoust,
and mercilessly pillaged, because the inhabitants were
unable to pay a forced contribution of 48 millions of
francs.
Resumption of the War after the Armistice.
(347.) The congress of Prague having terminated unsa-
tisfactorily, in consequence of the unreasonable demands of
Austria, and the unwillingness of England to become a
party to a treaty of peace, war was declared by the Aus-
trian government against Napoleon, whose subsequent
overtures were treated with contempt. The allies had
made the best use of the breathing time allowed them by
the armistice. A subsidy of eleven millions, granted by
England, enabled them to equip at least 600,000 men, who
formed three divisions, viz., 1. The grand army of Bohe-
mia, under Schwarzenberg, in whose camp were the three
allied monarchs and General Moreau. 2. The army of
Silesia, under Blucher. 3. The army of the North, under
the Crown Prince of Sweden, Charles John Bernadotte.
Against this enormous force Napoloon brought into the
field about 350,000 men ; and notwithstanding his infe-
riority in point of numbers, commenced hostilities with
an attack on the army of Silesia, which retreated beyond
the Katzbach. Meanwhile, however, Schwarzenberg had
marched upon Dresden, and Napoleon was compelled to
proceed by forced marches to that city (leaving General
Macdonald in Silesia). On the 26th and 27th of August,
Napoleon gained his last victory (at Dres den), on Ger-
man ground, amidst torrents of rain. Moreau was mortally
wounded in this battle, and died soon afterwards. This
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advantage gained by Napoleon, was however almost neu-
tralized, by. the failure of the other divisions of the French
army. 1 . 0 u d i n o t, who should have marched on Berlin,
and effected a junction with Davoust, was defeated by
Bliicher at G-rossbeeren, on the 23rd of August. 2.
Macdonald was compelled by Blucher to re-cross the
Katzbach, near the village of Wahlstatt, on the 26th of
August. In consequence of this victory, Blucher obtained
the name of Marshal " Forwards," and was created Prince
of Wahlstatt. 3. Vandamme (who had received orders
to cut off the retreat of the army of Bohemia), being un-
supported by Napoleon, was defeated and taken prisoner,
with 10,000 men, by the Russian guard under Ostermann,
supported by an unexpected reinforcement of Prussians
under Kleist (30th of August), at Kulm, near Toblitz.
4. Ney, who after the defeat of Oudinot had been dis-
patched against the army of the north, with orders to take
possession of Berlin, was himself defeated at Dennewitz,
on the 6th of Sept., by Bulow and Tauenzien. The
Silesian and northern armies having crossed the Elbe
(where Bertrand was defeated by York, near Wartenberg,)
in order to effect, if possible, a junction with the army
of Bohemia in Napoleon's rear, the French Emperor
quitted Dresden, and drew 'together all his forces at
Leipzic, where the great "battle of ttie nations" was
fought on the 16th, 17th, and 18th October. Towards the
end of this battle, the Saxons and Wiirtembergers went
over to the allies. On the first day Napoleon engaged the
main body of the allies, under Schwarzenberg, on the plain
southwards of Leipzic, near Wachau, but without any de-
cisive result ; whilst at the same time Blucher defeated
Marmont, on the northern side of the city, near Mockern.
' On the 17th there was no general engagement, Napoleon
having communicated to the Emperor of Austria his will-
ingness to purchase peace, by the relinquishment of his
sovereignty over Warsaw, Illyria, and the Rhineland, and
to withdraw his troops to the other side of the Rhine, as
soon as an armistice was concluded. Meanwhile, however,
a reinforcement of more than 100,000 men had joined the
allied army, which now numbered 300,000, whilst the
French had scarcely 130,000. Under these circumstances
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the battle was renewed on the 18th October. After losing
more than 30,000 men (including Prince Poniatowsky, a
nephew of the last King of Poland, who was drowned in
the Elster), the defeated army, which still numbered
1 00,000 men, commenced its retreat, and fought its way to the
Rhine, where 70,000 men crossed the river at Mainz. Dur-
ing this retreat, the French were attacked on thellnstrutby
York, and at Hanau by the Bavarians, under Wrede,
and were incessantly harassed by bands of Cossacks. The
immediate consequences of this victory were — 1. The
breaking up of the Rhenish confederacy. 2. The dissolu-
tion of the kingdom of Westphalia and the grand duchies
of Frankfort and Berg. 3. The surrender of all the
French garrisons as prisoners of war, with the exception
of the garrison of Hamburg, which held out, under Da-
voust, until the 26th of May, 1814. 4. The re-conquest,
by Biilow, of Holland, where the people, who had been
more forward than any other nation in their resist-
ance to the continental system, proclaimed the Prince of
Orange sovereign of the Netherlands. 5. Denmark, on
account of its alliance with Napoleon, was invaded by the
Crown Prince of Sweden, and compelled, after a short
winter campaign, to cede Norway to Sweden in exchange
for Swedish Pomerania and Riigen. 6. Illyria and the
Tyrol were restored to Austria, after a long and bloody
struggle. In the south, Murat, King of Naples, the Em-
peror's brother-in-law, formed an alliance with the Aus-
trians for the expulsion of the French from Italy, the Em-
peror of Austria undertaking to guarantee to him the un-
disturbed possession of his dominions. On the other
hand, Switzerland, too feeble as yet to throw off the French
yoke, concluded a treaty of neutrality with Napoleon,
who deemed this the best mode of protecting his weakest
frontier.
Invasion of France by the Allies (1814).
(348.) Wellington, being now prepared to enter France
from Spain, and the allied army from the Rhine, Napole-
on, who had rejected the offers of peace made to him by
the allies, demanded a fresh conscription of 300,000 men,
and prorogued the legislative assembly, which had ven-
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tured to present him an address describing, in strong lan-
guage, the misery and exhaustion of France. At the
commencement of the year 1814 the allies entered France,
the grand army under Schwarzenberg traversing a portion
of neutral Switzerland, and crossing the frontier at Basle,
whilst the force under the command of Bliicher crossed
the Rhine, on new year's eve, at Mannheim, Caub, and
Coblenz. In the hope of preventing a junction, Napole-
on attacked Bliicher near Brienne, and forced him to re-
treat ; but, in spite of this check, the united armies at-
tacked the French at la Rothiere, and drove them across
the Aube. The two corps then separated, the grand army
Tinder Schwarzenberg proceeding along the banks of the
Seine, and the army of Silesia along the Maine, in the di-
rection of Paris. No sooner was Napoleon aware of this
separation, than he several times (10th — 14th of February)
attacked the army of Silesia, and compelled it to retire
northwards, and then (18th of February) defeated the
grand army at Montereau. A congress was now held at
Chatillon, but without any result except the temporary
suspension of hostilities. In order to prevent Napoleon
from following the grand army, Blucher continued his
march on Paris, and defeated the French near Laon.
Then Napoleon attacked the grand army at Arcis-sur-
Aube, and being compelled to retire before a superior
force, conceived the desperate design of leaving the road
to Paris open, attacking the enemy in the rear (from Lor-
raine), and drawing together all the garrisons of the east-
ern fortresses for a final struggle. With equal courage
the allies continued their march towards the capital, and
after defeating Marshals Marmont and Mortier, at la Fere
Champenoise, and storming the heights of Montmartre,
entered Paris (in consequence of a capitulation) on the
31st of March, with the Emperor Alexander, King Fred-
erick William, and Prince Schwarzenberg, at their head.
No sooner had the capital fallen, than the senate was per-
suaded by Talleyrand to declare the throne forfeited by
Napoleon and his family , and the nation absolved from
its oath of allegiance.
(349.) Napoleon, who had reached Paris a few hours
too late, signed his abdication on the 1 1th of April, at
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Fontainebleau, renouncing for himself and heirs all claims
to the throne of France, Italy, or any other country ; the
allies, on their side, engaging to confer on him the sover-
eignty of the island of Elba, with a pension of two mil-
lions of francs, to grant to his wife the duchies of Parma,
Piacenza, and Gruastalla, with succession to her son and
his descendants, and to provide for his relations.
(350.) On the very day of Napoleon's landing at El-
ba (14th of May), Louis XVIII. entered Paris, replaced
the constitution hastily drawn up by the provisional gov-
ernment by another formed on the English model, with
two chambers, one of peers and one of deputies, and con-
cluded with the allies (30th of May) the peace of
Paris, by which it was settled that the boundaries of
France should be the same as they were before the Revo-
lution, with the exception of some unimportant extensions
towards the east and north-east.
(351.) For the definitive settlement of European
affairs, especially as regarded Germany, a Congress
was held at Vienna (1st of November, 1814 — 9th of
June, 1815), which was attended by the Emperors of
Russia and Austria, the Kings of Prussia, Denmark,
and Wiirtemberg, and several other princes, statesmen,
and generals. After protracted negotiations, which
were only brought to a conclusion by the intelligence
of Napoleon's escape from Elba, it was resolved: — 1.
That Austria should have the Illyrian provinces, and
(in addition to Milan, which had belonged to her before
the Revolution) should be indemnified for the cession of
Belgium by receiving Venice, Salzburg, and the Tyrol.
2. To Russia was assigned the greater part of the duchy
of Warsaw, under the name of The Kingdom of Poland —
Cracow was declared an independent state. 3. Prussia
obtained a portion of the duchy of Warsaw (had the grand
duchy of Posen), with Dantzic, Swedish Pomerania, and
Riigen (in exchange for Lauenburg), the restoration of
her ancient possessions in Westphalia and Neufchatel, and
as an indemnification for the provinces which she had lost,
the grand duchy of the Lower Rhine and a part of Saxo-
ny. 4. England had Malta, Heligoland, a portion of the
colonies which she had conquered in the war, Hanover
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(with the addition of East Friesland) as a German king-
dom, and the protectorate of the republic of the Ionian
isles. 5. Holland was re-united to Belgium, the Statt-
holder of Holland being created King of this " kingdom
of the Netherlands? with the title of William I. 6. A
Germanic confederation was substituted for the German
empire, the position of the different members remaining
in all essential particulars the same as in 1806, when the
empire was dissolved, and the Rhenish confederacy estab-
lished. The number of states was limited to thirty-eight,
each of which was required to send representatives to a
federal diet, which held a permanent session at Frankfort-
on-the-Main, for the settlement of all questions affecting
the general interests of the Confederation. With this ex-
ception, each state was declared to be sovereign and inde-
pendent. Weimar, Oldenburg, Mecklenburg-Schwerin,
and Mecklenburg-Strelitz, became grand duchies : Frank-
fort-on-the-Main, Liibeck, Hamburg, and Bremen remained
independent cities. To the German confederacy belonged
also two foreign sovereigns, viz., the King of the Nether-
lands (as Grand Duke of Luxemburg) and the King of Den-
mark (as Duke of Holstein and Lauenburg). 7. Denmark
received Lauenburg as an indemnification for the cession
of Norway to Sweden. An attempt on the part of the
Norwegians to establish an independent kingdom, under
a Danish prince, was resisted by all the European pow-
ers ; but a separate constitution was granted to Norway,
in consequence of the movement. Switzerland, at the
conclusion of a war in which she had taken no part, ob-
tained (in addition to the nineteen cantons assigned to
her by the Act of Mediation of 1803) the Cantons of Ge-
neva, Vallais, and Neufchatel. The Bourbon dynasty in
Spain (and subsequently in Naples), as well as the Pope,
the King of Sardinia and the Duke of Modena were re-
instated in the positions which they had respectively oc-
cupied before the war, the King of Sardinia receiving, in
addition, the city and territory of Genoa. Lucca was
given to the Queen Dowager of Etruria and her son Don
Carlos ; Parma, Piacenza, and Guastalla, to Maria Lou-
isa (consort of Napoleon), for her life, the reversion of
the three duchies being secured after her death to the pos-
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sessor of Lucca ; the whole eventually to be annexed to
Tuscany.
§ 59. Escape of Napoleon from Elba. — The Hundred
Days (1815).
(352.) A spirit of disaffection had already begun to
manifest itself in France, in consequence of the mal-ad-
ministration of the government, and the insolence of those
classes which had enjoyed peculiar privileges before the
Revolution, Encouraged by the reports which he received
of the prevalence of discontent, especially among the sol-
diers, and the difficulties in which the Congress of Vienna
was involved by the Polish and Saxon questions, Napoleon
escaped from Elba, landed with 2000 men at Cannes on
the 1st of March, and being joined by all the troops sent
to oppose his progress and by Marshal Ney, entered Paris
on the 20th, amidst the acclamations of the people, and
immediately established his head quarters at the Tuileries.
Meanwhile Louis XVIII. had fled to Ghent.
(353.) Napoleon, by a proclamation dated from Lyons,
had already summoned the electoral colleges of the empire
to hold an extraordinary meeting (Champ de Mai) in
Paris, for the improvement of the constitution ; but the
popularity obtained by this apparent concession to the
wishes of the people, was in a great measure lost in conse-
quence of these ameliorations being eventually decreed by
the emperor himself, without the intervention of a repre-
sentative body. Notwithstanding repeated attempts on
the part of Napoleon to re-open negotiations with the em-
perors of Austria and Russia, the Congress of Vienna
proclaimed him an outlawed traitor on the 13th of March,
renewed their alliance for the restoration of Louis XVIII.,
and engaged to raise a force, which eventually amounted
to 900.000 men. On the other hand, Napoleon was una-
ble to complete the number which he had intended to
bring into the field (560,000 men).
(354.) Death of Murat. The Bourbon courts hav-
ing opposed the recognition of Murat's title by the con-
gress of Vienna, a proclamation was issued by that sove-
reign, soon after the landing of Napoleon, calling on the
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people of Italy to unite with him in a patriotic struggle
for the utter extinction of foreign domination in Italy.
Murat advanced as far as the Po ; but being defeated by
the Austrians in several engagements (especially at Tolen-
tino), he fled to France, leaving his throne to King Fer-
dinand. In the following October he landed in Calabria,
where he was taken prisoner, and shot by sentence of a
court-martial.
The last battle of the allies, 15—18 June, 1815.
(355.) Napoleon now determined to commence hosti-
lities by attacking simultaneously the allied troops (Eng-
lish, Dutch, Belgians, Hanoverians, Brunswickers, Nas-
sauers, &c.), which were dispersed through Belgium under
the command of Wellington, and the Prussians under
Blucher; and thus preventing a junction of the two
armies. The Prussian army, which had not yet had time
to concentrate itself, was defeated at Ligny ; whilst Ney
meanwhile marched northwards as far as Quatrebras,
for the purpose of preventing the advance of Wellington
to relieve the Prussians. Here an indecisive battle was
fought, in which Duke William of Brunswick lost his life.
Instead of falling back on Namur, as Napoleon had ex-
pected, the Prussians now endeavored to effect a junction
with Wellington by Wavre. Having dispatched Marshal
Grouchy to intercept Blucher, Napoleon attacked Wel-
lington on the 18th of June, at Mont S. Jean, or la
belle Alliance,1 where the English, after bravely
fighting throughout the day, were beginning to waver to-
wards evening, when Blucher (who had left Thielemann
to oppose Grouchy at Wavre), appeared on the field, and,
in conjunction with Wellington, completely routed the
French army, which fled in disorder, pursued by the Prus-
sians. After a succession of victorious skirmishes, Blucher
arrived, on the 22d of June, at Paris, where Napoleon
had a second time abdicated, in favor of his son. Napo-
leon then fled to Rochefort, with the intention of embark-
ing for America ; but finding the harbor beset by English
1 Better known to English readers under the name of WA-
TERLOO.— S.
7*
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cruisers, he surrendered himself to Capt. Maitland, of the
Bellerophon, and was conveyed a prisoner to St. Helena,
where he died, after nearly six years' suffering, on the 5th
of May, 1821.
(356.) The allies, accompanied by Louis XVIII., a
second time entered Paris, where they levied a contribu-
tion of 100,000,000 of francs, by way of indemnification
for the expenses incurred in the war, and obtained the
restoration of those treasures of art which had been stolen
from their respective capitals by Napoleon. A demand was
also made by Prussia for the cession of all the provinces
which had formerly belonged to Germany ; but this claim
was set aside by Talleyrand, whose successor in the admi-
nistration, Richelieu, expedited the conclusion of the
peace of Paris (20th November), by which all the reso-
lutions of the Congress of Vienna were confirmed, and
the limits of the kingdom (as settled by the first peace)
considerably contracted. The two fortresses of Philippe-
ville and Marienburg on the northern frontier, with the
duchy of Bouillon, were ceded by France to the Nether-
lands, Saarlouis to Prussia, Landau (the third German
fortress in point of importance) to Bavaria, and the west-
ern part of Savoy to Sardinia. She was also required to
pay 700,000,000 of francs for the expenses of the war, and
maintain an army of 150.000 allied troops, under Wel-
lington, for five years in her frontier provinces and for-
tresses. The Bonaparte family were banished from France,
and forbidden to return thither, on pain of death. The
two emperors and the King of Prussia then concluded a
fraternal league, called the H o 1 y A 1 1 i a n c e, by which they
bound themselves to support each other on all occasions,
and in the administration of their respective governments,
no less than in their political intercourse with foreign
states, to be guided by the precepts of the Christian reli-
gion, and the rules of justice, charity, and peace, rather
than by the dictates of worldly policy.
§ 60. France. — A. The Restoration of the Bourbons.
(1815—1830.)
(357.) Before his return to Paris, Louis XVIII.
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(1815 — 1824) had issued a proclamation from Cambray,
granting a free pardon to all who had taken part in the
Revolution, with the exception of its chief authors, and
constituted a liberal administration under Talleyrand ;
which, however, was speedily overthrown by the court
party, headed by the king's brother, the Comte d? Artois.
An act was then passed by the ultra-royalist majority in
the chambers, excluding from the amnesty, and condemn-
ing to perpetual banishment, all who had taken part in
the murder of Louis XVI. (rtgiddes).
(358.) Ney was arraigned before the chamber of peers,
found guilty of high treason and shot. Louis XVIII.
having been persuaded to dissolve the chambers (chambre
introuvable), some projects of law, of a more liberal cha-
racter (respecting elections, liberty of the press and per-
son, &c.) were carried through the new chambers by the
Due de Richelieu, who also obtained at the congress of
Aix la Chapelle, 1818, the withdrawal of the army of occu-
pation, and a remission of some portion of the debt still
due from France to the allies. In return for these con-
cessions Louis XVIII. joined the holy alliance. Un-
der the two succeeding administrations, the liberal party
obtained a decided majority in the chamber of deputies,
and the utter defeat of the ultra-royalists seemed inevi-
table, when the assassination of the Due de Berri (second
son of the Comte d' Artois) by a saddler named Louvel,
furnished them with an excuse for demanding the dismis-
sal of the premier (Decazes) who resigned in order to
escape being arraigned as an accomplice. Then they al-
tered the law of election so as to secure the ascendency of
their party, and finally compelled the king to form an
ultra-royalist administration, with Villele at its head.
Notwithstanding the opposition of the liberal party, and
almost in defiance of the king's wishes, and the remon-
strances of their president, the new ministry carried a re-
solution, that France should undertake the re-establish-
ment of the absolute monarchy in Spain, as settled at the
congress of Verona. (See $ 68.) Emboldened by their
success in this instance, the ultra-royalists now exerted
themselves to obliterate every trace of the Revolution, and
re-establish the privileged classes in all their former splen-
359. §60.] THE EMPIRE. 201
dor ; a plan which they pursued with great zeal and suc-
cess under
(359.) Charles X. (1824— 1830). But the indigna-
tion of the people was at length excited by the pertinacity
with which they endeavored to increase the influence of
the priesthood, and by their granting an indemnification
to the extent of 1,000,000,000 of francs to the emigrants,
whose estates had been confiscated by the revolutionary
government. In conjunction with these unpopular mea-
sures, the disbanding of the national guard, which had de-
clared itself favorable to the dismissal of Villele, and the
establishment of a censorship of the press produced such
an effect upon the elections, that Charles X. was compelled
to dismiss his ministers. The next administration (Mar-
tignac's) sent a French army under Maison, to clear the
Morea of Turkish troops ; but soon afterwards was com-
pelled to resign in consequence of the dissatisfaction occa-
sioned by two projects of law. An ultra-royalist admi-
nistration was then formed by Polignac, all the mem-
bers of which were vehemently opposed to the constitu-
tion. Public discontent was now at its height. The ma-
jority of the chamber of 1830 (221 deputies) presented an
address to the king, in which they declared plainly, that
the policy pursued by the government was utterly at va-
riance with the wishes of the nation. An attempt was
made by the king to withdraw the attention of the people
from domestic politics, by sending an expedition against
the Deyof Algiers, who had insulted the French consul.
At the same time the chamber was dissolved, and a new
election ordered. But these measures were utterly inef-
fectual. The intelligence of the capture of Algiers
by Bouenwall was coldly received by the people, and 207
out of the former majority of 221 opposition deputies were
returned in defiance of an open warning from the king.
Finding themselves again in a minority, the ministry now
persuaded the king to sign the fatal Ordonnances. of
25th of July, by which the liberty' of the press was sus-
pended, the recently elected chamber dissolved, the number
of deputies diminished, and the mode of election altered.
This open violation of the constitution produced the
(360.) Revolution of July— 27th of July— 7th of
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August, 1830. — Some of the royal troops having joined the
revolutionists, and the remainder been driven out of the
city after three days' hard fighting (27th — 29th of July),
Charles X. abdicated at Rambouillet on the 2nd of Au-
fust, in favor of his grandson, the Due de Bordeaux,
everal unsuccessful attempts had already been made to
proclaim a republic : and on the 30th of July the peers
and deputies, who happened to be resident at Paris, had
met and nominated as regent the Duke of Orleans (de-
scendant of a brother of Louis XI V.), by whose represen-
tations Charles was induced to quit the kingdom, and seek
an asylum in Scotland. On the 7th of August, the Duke
of Orleans was proclaimed hereditary " King of the French?
by the chambers, and on the 9th swore fidelity to the
charter of 1 830, in which the sovereignty of the people
was fully recognized. The national guard was re-estab-
lished and placed under the command of Lafayette. The
following alterations were made in the charter of Louis
XVIII. It was no longer recognized as a royal gift ; nor
was the king permitted to dispense with any of its provi-
sions, to release others from observance of the laws, or to
take foreign troops into his pay. The initiative in legis-
lation was given to the chambers, as well as the king, and
the restoration of the censorship and establishment of ex-
traordinary tribunals, strictly prohibited.
B. Under the House of Orleans, 1830 — 1848.
(361.) The first care of Louis Philippe was to
obtain the recognition of his title by foreign powers ; an
object which was effected without much difficulty, as he
founded his claim on his legitimate right to the throne
(the elder branch of the Bourbons having abdicated) rather
than the choice of the people. But this disavowal of the
principle on which he had been chosen king of the French,
however satisfactory to foreign cabinets, was exceedingly
distasteful to the people, and the cause of serious disturb-
ances. His ministers, who were repeatedly changed, were
engaged in a perpetual contest with the Republicans on the
one side, and the adherents of the ancient dynasty (Legi-
timists or Carlists) on the other ; and in the chamber of
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deputies a formidable opposition, specially organized for
resistance to the "juste milieu" system1 of G-uizot, intro-
duced by Casimer Perier, compelled the government to
consent to the abolition of the hereditary peerage, and
the diminution (but not entire removal) of the electoral
qualification.
(362.) The CarUsts or Legitimists, who considered
Henry Y. (the Duke of Bordeaux) the rightful sovereign
of France, had many adherents, especially in la Vendee,
where the Duchesse de Berri, who personally exerted her-
self on behalf of her son, was arrested and banished the
country. On the other hand, the Republicans endeavored
to effect the overthrow of the ministry, if not of the throne
itself, by means of societies, trades-unions, conspiracies,
and emuetes in Paris, Lyons, and other cities. Several at-
tempts were also made to assassinate the king (Fieschi's
infernal machine, Alibaud, Meunier, Hubert, Darmes,
Henry). The appearance of Louis Napoleon (a son of
the ex-king of Holland) at Strasburg, in 1837, and at
Boulogne in 1840, produced no important results. In
order to preserve peace with foreign powers, Louis Phi-
lippe adopted a system of non-intervention, which he was
compelled to violate on several occasions by the clamors
of the opposition party (occupation of Ancona as a coun-
terpoise to the invasion of Italy by the Austrians, sending
a fleet to Lisbon, support afforded on two occasions to the
Belgians against Holland, &c.).
(363.) The manner in which the mediation of France
was employed in a dispute between the Pacha of Egypt
and the Porte afforded Thiers an opportunity of attack-
ing the foreign policy of the government so fiercely, that
the king was obliged to dismiss his advisers, and form a
liberal administration (1840), which well nigh involved
France in a war with the four great powers, on account
of the Eastern question. Louis Philippe then formed a
new administration (Soult-Gruizot), which directed all its
efforts towards the maintenance of peace, and persuaded
the chambers to sanction the fortification of Paris.
1 The object of this system was the neutralization of the two
extreme parties, by means of the centre or moderate party (tiers-
parti.)
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(364.) Considerable additions were made by conquest
to the new colony of Algiers; but the colonists were
perpetually harassed by the attacks of the Bedouins and
Kabyles ; among whom the most conspicuous was Abd-el-
Kader, emir of the Arabian tribes of the province of
Oran, who endeavored to effect a general rising of all the
tribes, from the borders of Morocco to the city of Algiers.
After a war, which was carried on with various success
for three years (1834-37), peace was concluded on terms
very favorable to the emir, the whole of the French force
(under Bugeaud) being required for the reduction of Con-
stantina, a city in the western part of the province. Dur-
ing this period preparations were made by Abd-el-Kader
for the renewal of the war, which took place in 1839, on
account of an alleged violation of his territory by the
French. Tribe after tribe was subdued, and the emir him-
self was compelled to take refuge in the territory of Mo-
rocco, from which he sallied forth from time to time, until
(in 1847) he was at last obliged to surrender to the French,
who conveyed him a prisoner to France.
(365.) The support afforded to Abd-el-Kader by the
population of Morocco, involved the sultan of that state
(Muley Abderrahman) in a war with France in the year
1844. Tangier and Mogador were bombarded by a French
fleet, commanded by the Prince de Joinville, and a vic-
tory gained by a land force under Marshal Bugeaud, on the
banks of the river Isly. A peace was then concluded,
the sultan engaging to prevent, as far as possible, any
fresh outbreaks; but in the following year (1845) Abd-el-
Kader crossed the frontier, and gained several victories
over the French.
(366.) The attempts of Louis Philippe to render him-
self independent of the nation, his selfishness with regard
to the Spanish marriage, and the closeness of his political
connection with the absolute European powers, had ren-
dered it impossible for him to obtain a majority in the
chambers, except by bribery ; and as this could only be
effected as long as the number of electors was limited, he
resisted with his usual obstinacy every proposal for the
extension of the franchise. This policy disgusted all who
looked to a reformed system of election, as the only means
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of improving the administration, and greatly increased
the numbers of the moderate Republican party.
(367.) Even the eyes of those who had been slow to
credit the corruption of the government, were at last
opened by the trial of two ex-ministers (Cubi^res and
Teste) for bribery, and the desire for reform became
universal. An order of the government for the suppres-
sion of reform dinners, founded, as they pretended, on a
law passed at the beginning of the first revolution (1790),
and especially an attempt on the part of the police, to
prevent by force the holding of a reform banquet at Paris,
provoked the opposition party (headed by Odillon Barrot)
to propose the impeachment of ministers, a motion which
was carried in the chamber of deputies after a stormy de-
bate. The national guard and some of the troops of the
line, having refused to act against the people (who had
taken up arms on the 22d of February), Louis Philippe
dismissed the Gruizot ministry on the 23d, and tranquilli-
ty seemed to be completely restored ; but on the evening
of the same day fresh disturbances broke out, in conse-
quence of some troops stationed in front of the foreign
office having fired on the unarmed populace. Throughout
the whole of that night the inhabitants of Paris were oc-
cupied in constructing barricades, and making prepara-
tions for active resistance on the morrow. Meanwhile,
however, the king, alarmed at the increasing disaffection
of his troops, and fearing an attack on the Tuileries, had
abdicated in favor of the Comte de Paris, and quitted
his palace, which was immediately plundered by the
populace.
(368.) The Duchess of Orleans, accompanied by her
two sons, having proceeded to the chamber of deputies for
the purpose of obtaining their recognition of the Comte
de Paris as king, and herself as regent, an armed multi-
tude burst into the hall, and compelled the deputies to
sanction the establishment of a provisional government,
which proclaimed a republic at the Hotel de Ville, and
again on the Place de la Bastille, subject to the approba-
tion of the great body of the people.
206 MODERrf HISTORY. [369,370. $60.
C. Second French Kepublic (1848).
(369.) The provisional government commenced its
proceedings by calling together the electoral colleges and
a constituent assembly. The elective franchise was
extended to all Frenchmen who had attained their twenty-
first year, and all above twenty-five years of age were de-
clared eligible as deputies, of whom about 900 were re-
turned to the chamber. The constituent assembly having
met on the 4th of May, and the republic having been again
proclaimed, the provisional government dissolved itself, and
was succeeded by an executive commission composed of
five of its members (Arago. Grarnier, Pages, Marie, Lamar-
tine, and Ledru Rullin). The most formidable opponents
of these commissioners were the workmen (ouvriers), and
the leaders of the communists (Barbes, Blanqui, Louis
Blanc). The Revolutionists of February had pronounced
it to be the duty of the state to provide employment for
its citizens, and had followed up this declaration by the
establishment of national workshops, with a view to the
" organization of labor." The failure of this impractica-
ble scheme produced great discontent among the workmen ;
and after a fruitless attempt (15th of May) on their part
to overthrow the government, and extort contributions
from the wealthier classes, the workshops were closed, and
the men sent into the provinces. A sanguinary struggle
ensued, in the course of which the Archbishop of Paris
was shot, whilst addressing words of peace to the insur-
gents from one of the barricades. After four days' hard
fighting (23d — 26th of July), the malcontents were utterly
defeated by General C a vaignac, formerly governor of
Algiers. The city of Paris was then declared in a state
of siege, and the powers of the executive commission trans-
ferred to Cavaignac, who immediately formed an admi-
nistration, of which he declared himself president. More
than 4000 of the insurgents were banished to the French
settlements beyond seas, the national workshops suppress-
ed, and the public clubs placed under the surveillance of
the police.
(370.) By the new Constitution, France was de-
clared to be a democratic republic, one and indivisible.
371. §61.] HOLLAND AND BELGIUM. 207
The legislative authority was committed to a single as-
sembly of 750 members, elected by all Frenchmen who
had attained their twenty-first year. All citizens above
twenty-five years of age were eligible as representatives,
with the exception of paid government functionaries. The
executive authority was vested in a "President of
the Republic," who was required by the constitution to be
thirty years old, and a native of France. He was chosen
for four years, by the direct suifrages of all the electors.
§ 61. Holland and Belgium.
(371.) At the suggestion of the English government,
it had been settled by the Congress of Vienna, that the
Austrian Netherlands (Belgium), and the Republic of
Holland, should form together the Kingdom of the
Nether lands, under William I., who received the grand
duchy of Luxemburg as an indemnification for the Ger-
man territorf ceded by the house of Orange, and granted
a representative constitution to the united kingdom. But
the differences in character, language, and manners be-
tween the two nations, were too decided to admit of amal-
gamation ; and the difficulty was still further increased by
the arrogance of the Dutch, and the ill-judged attempts of
the government to alter the laws and language of Bel-
gium. After fifteen years of nominal union, during which
complaints without number were made of the preference
shown to natives of Holland, and the interference of the
government in Church affairs, the Belgians, at length, in-
stigated by the example of the French, broke out into
open insurrection on the 25th of August, 1830, and de-
manded a separation of the two countries, as regarded
laws and government. No sooner was this demand granted
by the states-general, than the Belgians required national
independence ; and, finding that the Dutch were concen-
trating their troops in Brussels and Antwerp, again raised
the standard of revolution in the capital ; and established
a provisional government ; at the head of which they
placed one De Potter, a political writer, who had been
banished by the government. After four days' hard fight-
ing (23d— 26th Sept.), the Prince of Orange, who had en-
208 MODERN HISTORY. [372,373. §61.
deavored to appease the revolutionists by several important
concessions, was compelled to quit Brussels and retire to
Antwerp The insurrection having extended itself to the
whole of Belgium, the Dutch garrisons were every where
forced to capitulate, except at Antwerp, where General
Chasse retained possession of the citadel, and suppressed
an insurrection, by bombarding the city. A conference,
consisting of plenipotentiaries of the five great European
powers, then assembled in London, at the request of the
King of the Netherlands, and, having persuaded the con-
tending parties to conclude an armistice, decided that the
boundaries of the kingdom of the Netherlands should be
the same as those of the Dutch republic previously to
1790, with the addition of the grand duchy of Luxem-
burg.
(372.) Meanwhile a national Congress, which had as-
sembled at Brussels, and proclaimed the independence of
Belgium, and the exclusion of the house of Orange from
the Belgian throne, had framed a new constitution, and
chosen Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg hereditary
King of the .Belgians (1831). Whilst the Conference
of London was occupied in fruitless endeavors to settle
the boundary question between the two nations, the King
of Holland renewed the war, but was prevented from car-
rying his plans into effect by the appearance of a French
army in Belgium. A new protocol was then issued by
the conference, proposing the partition of Luxemburg
and Limburg between Holland and Belgium, and charging
Belgium with a share of the Dutch national debt. These
conditions being rejected by the King of Holland, it was
resolved to have recourse to coercive measures : and in
the year 1832 Marshal Gerard re-entered Belgium at the
head of a French army, and compelled Chasse, after a
brave defence, to surrender the citadel of Antwerp. It
was not, however, until the year 1839, that a treaty of
peace was signed between the two nations. Luxemburg
and Limburg remained divided.
(373.) In the Netherlands, the states-general hav-
ing demanded a full statement of the financial condition
of the country, as well as various reforms in the constitu-
tion and the establishment of ministerial responsibility,
374 — 376. §61.] HOLLAND AND BELGIUM.
the king (who was unwilling to comply with these requisi-
tions, and had also refused to dismiss his unpopular mis-
tress, the Countess d'Oultremont) abdicated in 1840, in
favor of his son, William II.,1 and, having married the
countess, retired to Berlin, where he died (as Count of
Nassau), in 1843. On his accession, the new king issued
a proclamation declaring ministers responsible for their
public acts ; and sanctioned the imposition of a property
tax, as the only practicable mode of improving the finan-
cial affairs of the nation, which were In a state of alarm-
ing depression.
(374.) In the year 1848, the government presented to
the chambers the plan of a constitution, by which a direct
election of representatives was substituted for the many
indirect modes previously in use. The property qualifi-
cation for electors was. however, still retained.
(375.) Since the revolution of 1831, Belgium has en-
joyed almost uninterrupted tranquillity, notwithstanding
the struggle for ascendency between the liberal and Ro-
man Catholic parties. During that period, several great
industrial enterprises have been successfully carried out,
and railways constructed, by which the country is tra-
versed in every direction. The French revolution of
1848 produced no effect on Belgium.
(376.) The chief articles of the Belgian constitu-
tion are as follows: equality of all Belgians before the
law ; abolition of hereditary distinctions ; the right of
assembling and forming associations ; freedom of speech,
of education, and of religious worship ; complete separa-
tion of the church from the state ; hereditary succession
to the throne in the male line ; legislation by two cham-
bers, with a low qualification for electors ; publicity of ju-
1 William I. (1815—1840.)
f , A ^
William II. .Frederick Marianne
, ^ > f A N m. Prince
William. Alexander. Henry. Sophia. Louisa. Mary. Albert of
| t 1848- Hereditary Prussia.
f * v G. Duchess
William. Maurice. ofSaxe
Weimar.
210 MODERN HISTORY. [377 382. $62.
dicial proceedings ; trial by jury in criminal and political
cases, and in all prosecutions of the press.
§ 62. Great Britain*
(377.) George IY. (1820—1830.) George Can-
ning, prime minister. Recognition of the free States
of America. Maintenance by the English Government of
the Constitution in Portugal. Election of O'Connell to
a seat in parliament, who, though a Roman Catholic,
threatens to take his seat in defiance of the Test Act.
(388.) Act for the Emancipation of the Roman
Catholics carried by the "Wellington Administration,
receives the royal assent. (1829.)
^ (379.) William IV. (brother of George IV.) A whig
ministry formed with Earl Grey at its head. Parliament
dissolved, and the Reform-Bill twice thrown out by the
House of Lords. Reform Act receives the royal assent.
The monopoly hitherto enjoyed by the East India Com-
pany is abolished by Lord Melbourne's administration.
(380.) Victoria (daughter of the Duke of Kent;
niece of George IV. and William IV., 1837). Marries
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg. Hanover (where fe-
males are excluded from the succession by the Salique
law) separated from England, and made an independent
kingdom under the Duke of Cumberland (Ernest Augus-
tus), brother of William IV.
(381.) War with Persia (1838—1843). Two wars
with China (1840—1842 and 1846, 1847) end in the ces-
sion of Hong-Kong to the British government, and the
admission of British subjects into China.
§ 63. Germany.
A. Germany, a confederacy of states.
(1815—1848.)
(382.) Considerable difference of opinion had arisen,
1 1 have thought it best to give a mere chronological outline of
this part of English history, as the events are, perhaps, too recent,
and men's opinions too divided with regard to their nature and
character, to warrant a fuller statement in a book intended for
young persons. R. B. P.
382. §63.] GERMANY. 211
during the session of the Congress at Vienna, respecting
the future constitution of Germany, the smaller princes
desiring the restoration of the empire under a common
head, whilst Austria and Prussia advocated the establish-
ment of a federal union of independent states. The un-
expected return of Napoleon compelled the German states
to unite for mutual defence, but no assimilation of insti-
tutions was attempted. In Prussia, where the prime
minister, Baron von Stein (1807, 1808), and the Chancel-
lor Hardenberg (1810 — 1812), had already effected several
importartant reforms (abolition of hereditary serfdom,
equalization of taxes, removal of all restrictions on indus-
try, &c.), the constitution was still further liberalized, and
preparations were made for the establishment of a repre-
sentative government ; whilst in Austria, on the contrary,
a system was pursued by Prince Metternich, the chief
object of which was the maintenance of the imperial pre-
rogative. After a time, this system was also adopted by
Prussia, whilst in Baden, Bavaria, Wurtemburg, and sev-
eral of the smaller states, the tardiness with which the
governments carried into effect the plans of constitutional
reform recommended by the diet of the confederation,
excited the suspicions of the liberal party, and produced
demonstrations (at the Wartburg festival, in 1 8 1 7 — assassi-
nation of Kotzebue,1 by a student named George Sand, in
1819), which compelled their rulers to adopt a reactionary
policy. A conference of ministers was accordingly
summoned (1819), by Prince Metternich, to meet at
Carlsbad, where resolutions were passed condemnatory
of these " demagogue attempts," and a plan proposed for
establishing a surveillance of university professors and
students by government commissioners, and for restricting
the liberty of the press. In the following year (1820), a
ministerial Congress assembled at Vienna, and
adopted measures of a still more arbitrary character.
Meanwhile Hanover, Brunswick, and Hesse-Darmstadt
had also received representative constitutions. In Prussia,
by a law passed during the Hardenberg administration, the
1 A dramatic writer, and editor of a political journal, in which
the " liberal" party were held up to public contempt.
212 MODERN HISTORY. [383, 384. § 63.
debt of 180 millions of Prussian dollars was declared to
be balanced, and the raising of fresh loans was made de-
pendent on the consent of the estates ; but after the death
of that minister, in 1823, provincial estates, in which the
influence of the great landed proprietors preponderated,
were substituted for those of the kingdom. For a period
of ten years the German nation continued to enjoy unin-
terrupted tranquillity both at home and abroad, but im-
mediately after the Paris revolution of July, insurrection-
ary movements took place in some of the states. In
Brunswick, the Duke (Charles), whose capricious tyranny
had rendered him universally odious, was deposed, and
his brother William raised to the throne : in the kingdom
of Saxony, as well as in Hesse- Cassel and Hanover, the
sovereigns were compelled to grant constitutions ; whilst,
in the constitutional states of the south of Germany, the
restoration of the liberty of the press was demanded by
the representatives of the people.
(383.) As long as the result of the French outbreak
seemed uncertain, and the territories of the two great Ger-
man powers were threatened by the Poles, the confederation
abstained from any aggressive movement ; but no sooner
was intelligence received of the fall of Warsaw, than the
diet (1832), at the suggestion of Austria, adopted a series
of resolutions, by which the development of the constitu-
tional system was still farther restricted (censorship of the
press ; prohibition of political unions, and public meet-
ings, &c., &c.). The only effect produced by these political
demonstrations was the enactment of still more tyrannical
laws by the diet, which now constituted itself a court of
appeal in all disputes between the executive and represen-
tative powers.
(384). How little security the people possessed for the
continuance of their constitutional governments was seen in
the instance of Hanover, where King Ernest Augustus
repudiated the law of 1833, on the ground of its having
been passed without receiving his assent, as heir-pre-
sumptive to the crown, and summoned the estates to form
a new constitution (founded on that of 1819), which was
at last voted, after a severe struggle and several adjourn-
ments.
385, 386. § 63.] GERMANY. 213
(385.) In Austria, after the death of the Emperor
Francis I., the absolute system was rigidly maintained by
his son, Ferdinand I. ; whilst in Prussia, where an im-
portant step towards the establishment of German unity
had been taken in the formation (1833) and subsequent
extension of the Zollverein (commercial league), several
concessions were made by Frederick William IV., im-
mediately after his accession in 1840. Among these we
may mention as the most important, the relaxation of the
censorship, the summoning of provincial diets every two
(instead of every three) years, publicity of courts of jus-
tice (granted in 1 846), publication of an edict respecting
religious toleration, and lastly (in 1847), the formation
out of the provincial diets of a " united national diet,"
with the power of contracting loans and imposing taxes,
but with only the power of advising on questions of legis-
lation.
(386.) On the llth of April, 1847, the first session of
the " united national diet" was opened with a speech from
the throne, which annihilated the hopes of those who had
expected some intimation of the king's readiness to grant
a constitution. In the following year (12th of Feb. 1848),
a proposal (which had originally been brought forward in
1814, and again by Welcher, in 1831), for the establish-
ment of a German parliament in place of the federal
diet, was submitted to the chamber of Baden, and de-
nounced by the government as " utterly impracticable ;"
whilst nearly at the same time disturbances took place at
Munich, in consequence of an order for the suppression of
the university, which the King of Bavaria had been per-
suaded to issue by his mistress, a Spanish dancer, named
Lola Montes, whom he had created Countess of Lansfeld,
and who had procured the dismissal of the minister Abel,
in 1847. After a struggle, which lasted several days, the
order was revoked, and Lola Montes was compelled to
quit the country. Whilst the political affairs of Germany
were in this unsettled state, intelligence arrived of the third
French revolution, and the overthrow of a throne which
had seemed too firmly established to be shaken during the
lifetime of Louis Philippe.
214 MODERN HISTORY. [387. §63.
B. Germany a federal state(1848).
(387.) The first effects of this intelligence manifested
themselves in the frontier states of Baden and Hesse-
Darmstadt, where the chambers were assembled, and
freedom of the press, and the establishment of a national
guard, were granted by the government, in consequence
of their energetic representatives. A body of fifty-one
representatives, from the south-western states, also assem-
bled at Heidelberg, for the purpose of inviting the attend-
ance at Frankfort of deputies from all the states ; whilst,
at the same time, a proposal was brought forward in the
chamber at Darmstadt, by Henry von Gragern, for the
convocation of a national representative assembly, and the
nomination of a head of the confederacy. In W ii r t e m-
b e r g the government yielded at once, and unconditionally,
to the wishes of the people, and called together the cham-
bers (which had been prorogued a short time before), for
the purpose of submitting to them the plan of a new con-
stitution. The initiative in a 'project for relieving the
people from feudal burdens, was taken by the nobles them-
selves, the chambers undertaking to indemnify them for
any loss which they might sustain. In Bavaria and
Nassau the chambers were convoked, and extensive
schemes of reform submitted to them. At Munich, fresh
disturbances having taken place, in consequence of a report
that the Countess of Lansfeld (386) had returned to Ba-
varia, the king was induced to abdicate in favor of his son,
Maximilian II., who immediately opened the chambers,
and gave his assent to an act embodying all the reforms
which had been promised to the nation. In Hesse-
C ass el, the movement commenced, not in the capital, but
in that portion of the principality which lay nearest to the
disturbed southern states, where the deman'ds of the people
were granted, in consequence of the representations of a
deputation from Hanau. In Saxony, Hanover, and most
of the smaller states, the transition from the old to the
new state of things was accomplished with comparative
facility, whilst in Austria and Prussia the attempts of the
reform party produced the most fearful convulsions : in
Austria, the Hungarian diet, on receiving intelligence of
388. § 63.] GERMANY. 215
the French revolution, demanded, at the suggestion of
Kossuth, a real representative system for all parts of the
empire, and a separate responsible administration for
Hungary. All these demands were granted through the
influence of the Archduke Stephen. Meanwhile the
students of Vienna, supported by a large body of insur-
gents, had compelled the estates of Lower Austria (on the
day of their assembling, March 13th), to appoint a com-
mittee for the purpose of communicating the wishes of the
people to the emperor ; but their demands for freedom of
the press, and the establishment of a national guard,
were not granted, until several deputations had been
sent by the university, and Metternich had resigned his
office.
(388.) A progress of the emperor through the city,
during which he was loudly cheered by the people, was fol-
lowed by the distinct promise of a constitution (15th of
March), the formation of a responsible administration
(18th), and a general amnesty for all political offences
(20th). In Hungary, the nobles gave up their privilege of
exemption from taxation, and other feudal rights. Mean-
while, however, the joy occasioned by the supposed success
of this almost bloodless revolution was well-nigh changed
into despair, by the appearance of a government scheme
for the formation of a single chamber, to be composed ex-
clusively of nobles, who were to be elected by persons pos-
sessing a considerable property qualification. After con-
senting (in consequence of a monster petition presented
on the 15th of May) to the establishment of a consti-
tuent imperial diet, consisting of one chamber, and a
revision of the law of election, the emperor fled to the
Tyrol, in the hope of more effectually combating, from that
distant locality, the designs of the revolutionary party.
The diet was opened by the Archduke John, on the 22nd
of July, and soon afterwards the emperor returned to his
capital. Almost contemporaneously with the occurrence
of these events in Austria, an attempt was made by the
Milanese to throw off the Austrian yoke. This revolu-
tionary movement was abetted by Charles Albert, King
of Sardinia, who placed himself at the head of the insur-
gent Lombards, and drove back the imperial troops as far
216 MODERN HISTORY. [388. §63.
as the Adige. Meanwhile a, republic had been proclaimed
at Venice. But after the defeat of the insurgents by
General Radetzky (at Custozza, between Milan and Villa
Franca), and the recapture of Milan by the Austrians, an
armistice was concluded between the contending parties.
389. §63.]
GERMANY.
217
218 MODERN HISTORY. [390. $63.
(390.) Whilst this contest was still undecided, a strug-
gle of an equally determined character commenced be-
tween the two nations whose union formed the kingdom
of Hungary, the Magyars and Slaves (or Sclavonians).
The latter of these tribes, considering itself aggrieved by
the adoption of the Magyar language at the Hungarian
diet, had formed a plan for the establishment of an inde-
pendent southern Sclavonian empire, ' which they deter-
mined, in case of necessity, to place under the protection
of Russia : but a different direction was given to the
movement by Jellachich, Ban of Croatia, who proposed a
union with Austria, for the purpose of depriving the
Magyars of their hegemony in Hungary. At the com-
mencement of the revolution, the Ban had been outlawed
by the Austrian government ; but the struggles of the
Magyars for complete independence had now become so
formidable, that the emperor, after receiving a visit from
Jellachich, at Innsbruck, agreed to nominate him com-
mandertin-chief in Hungary, and issued a proclamation
dissolving the Hungarian diet. This alliance with the
Slavish nation having occasioned a fresh revolution at
Vienna (6th of October), the emperor, after the march of
the Imperial troops against the Hungarians had been
opposed by the national guard, and the minister of war
(Latour) sacrificed to the fury of the populace, a second
time quitted his capital, and fled to Olinutz. The com-
mand in chief of the troops in all the imperial states was
now conferred on Prince Windischgratz, who had distin-
guished himself in the previous June by the suppression of
an insurrection at Prague. After a three days' bombard- •
ment, and an ineffectual attempt on the part of the Hun-
garians to throw themselves between Windisgratz and
Jellachich, the city of Vienna surrendered uncondition-
ally (1st of November), and the insurgent leaders (Mes-
senhauser, commandant of the national guard, Robert
Blum, one of the representatives in the imperial diet, and
several other persons) were put to death. The emperor
now abdicated in favor of his nephew, Francis Joseph
I., a youth of eighteen. Windischgratz and Jellachich
united their forces and again attacked the Hungarians.
391,392. $63.] GERMANY. 219
The diet was prorogued, and its place of meeting changed
to Kremsier, in Moravia.
(391.) In Prussia, a Committee (unrecognized by a
portion of the representative body) was busily engaged in
preparing the project of a new criminal law, when intelli-
gence arrived of the French revolution, and the success
which had attended the movements of the liberal party in
all the countries of South-western Germany. Under such
circumstances, the consent of the government to the regu-
lar convocation of the united diet, under certain restric-
tions, and in its ancient forni, as well as the ambiguous
terms in which freedom of the press was promised, occa-
sioned more uneasiness than satisfaction. Tumultuous
meetings were held in the capital, and dispersed one after
another by the military, and whilst the agitation of the
popular mind was at its greatest height, accounts were re-
ceived of insurrections in the provinces, and the triumph
of the revolutionary party at Vienna. The government
now deemed it the most prudent course to make several
important concessions (18th of March), which were re-
ceived the more readily by the people, because a prospect
was held out to them of obtaining the complete re-organi-
zation of the German constitution, and the establishment
of one federal state in the place of a confederacy of inde-
pendent states ; but the refusal of the government to
withdraw the military from Berlin soon occasioned a fresh
outbreak, and a sanguinary barricade skirmish took place
(18th, 19th of March), in the streets of that city, which
ended in the removal of the troops, the dismissal of the
ministry, the establishment of a national guard, and a
general amnesty for all political offences. These conces-
sions were speedily followed by the appointment of a
responsible administration, in which Camphausen, Hanse-
mann, von Auerswald, and the Count Yon- Schwerin (all
leading men in the first united diet) filled the most im-
portant offices.
(392.) The second united diet, which lasted only from
the 2nd to the 10th of April, restricted itself to the dis-
cussion of a few indispensable measures of finance, and
certain details of the proposed new constitution. On the
22nd of May, the representative assembly opened its ses-
220 MODERN HISTORY. [393,394. §63.
sion, and appointed a committee to frame a new constitu-
tion ; the plan proposed by the government being consider-
ed unsatisfactory. Scarcely, however, had their delibera-
tions commenced, when the session was adjourned to Bran-
denburgh, in consequence of the unsettled state of the
capital. An attempt on the part of a majority of the
chamber to continue the session at Berlin was put down
by force ; but the result of this dispute between the
representative body and the government was the attend-
ance at Brandenburg of a very small number of members,
and the dissolution of the chamber by the king, who him-
self granted a constitution (5th of December), subject
to the revision of two chambers, to be chosen by indirect
election.
(393.) Foundation of a federal state. — Whilst
such changes as these were taking place in individual states,
a preliminary parliament, convened on the recom-
mendation of the deputies assembled at Heidelberg (31st
of March), had agreed that a general constituent assembly
should be held at Frankfort, to which deputies should be
sent (one for every 50,000 inhabitants) from every part of
Germany, including East and West Prussia, and Schles-
wig. The election of these deputies was to be conducted
according to a plan arranged by the government of each
state, it being merely stipulated that no pecuniary qualifi-
cation should be required for electors. Until the meeting
of this assembly, the nation was to be represented by a
committee of fifty individuals. At the suggestion of Prus-
sia, a portion of the grand duchy of Posen was included
in the German confederacy.
(394.) The constituent assembly commenced its
session in the church of St. Paul, at Frankfort, on the 18th of
May, and immediately passed a resolution declaring all its
acts binding on every state of Germany, and voted a sum.
of three million Prussian dollars for the formation of the
" nucleus " of a German fleet. Before the question of the
constitution was brought forward, the assembly passed an
act for the establishment of a central government for all
Germany, and on the 29th of June elected the Archduke
John of Austria imperial stattholder of Ger-
many, and the diet dissolved itself, after engaging in the
395. §64.] RUSSIA. 221
names of the different states, that the title of the statt-
holder should be recognized by them immediately after
his election. The assembly, under the direction of Henry
von G-agern, then occupied itself with questions affecting
the privileges of the German people, and the discussion of
plans for the establishment of a constitution. A resolu-
tion, carried by a feeble majority, approving the conclusion
of an armistice by 'Prussia with Denmark, in the name of
the central government, occasioned an emeute in Frankfort
(18th of September), in which two deputies of the right
(Prince Lichnowsky and Colonel von Auerswald) were
murdered.
§ 64. Russia*
(395.) During the reign of Alexander I. 1801 —
1825), considerable additions were made to the Russian
empire, by the annexation of Finland (1809), Bessarabia,
and a part of Moldavia (at the peace of Bucharest, in
1812), and the kingdom of Poland (at the Congress of
Vienna, in 1815). The attention of the emperor was also
directed to measures of domestic improvement, during the
periods of comparative tranquillity which preceded and
followed the great war with Napoleon. For example, pre-
parations were made for the abolition of serfdom through-
out the empire, a plan which was actually carried into
effect on the estates belonging to the crown ; universities
were founded at Dorpat, Charhow, Kasan, Warsaw, and
St. Petersburg ; the ancient code was amended and new
laws enacted, many abuses in the administration were re-
moved, attempts were made to facilitate the maintenance
of a large standing army by the establishment of military
* PAUL, t 1801.
ALEXANDER, Constantine, Grand Duchess Queen NICHOLAS. Michael.
t I82o. t 1831. of of the
Saxe Weimar. Netherlands.
Alexander, Grand Crown Constantine, Nicholas. Michael. Cathe-
I Duchess Princess mar. rine.
of of Alexandra
Leuchten- Wurtem- of S:ixe-
berg. berg. Altenberg.
Alexandra. Nicholas.
Alexander. Wladimir.
222 MODERN HISTORY. [396 — 398. $ 64.
colonies, and commerce and manufacturing industry were
encouraged in various ways. The emperor, who frequently
visited even the most remote provinces of his empire, was
surprised by death during one of these progresses (at
Taganrog), and succeeded by his brother Nicholas I.,
his brother Constantino having previously renounced all
claim to the succession, in consequence of his second mar-
riage with a lady of inferior rank.
(396.) The commencement of the new reign (in 1825)
was signalized by the suppression of a military conspiracy,
set on foot for the purposeof replacing Constantine on the
throne, and establishing a constitutional government.
Through the unwearied exertions of the emperor, many
important reforms were effected in the administration of
public affairs. In the year 1833, a general code of laws
was published, under the auspices of Nicholas, who en-
deavored to excite a feeling of nationality by the extension
of the Russian language, and the Russo-Greek church.
(397.) The Russian- Persian war ( 1 826 — 1 828), occasion-
ed by the invasion of the Russian territory by the Persian
Crown Prince Abbas Mirza, for the purpose of reconquering
some tracts of country which had formerly been ceded to
Russia, was terminated by Paskewitsch (who conquered
Erivan and Taurus). A peace was concluded on terms
exceedingly favorable to Russia, the provinces of Eviran
and Nahitschewan being ceded to her, and united under the
name of Armenia, and the free navigation of the Caspian
being also secured.
(398.) T/ie Russian-Turkish war (1828, 1829).— The
obstinate refusal of the Porte to fulfil all the conditions of
the peace of Bucharest, and the subsequent convention of
Akjerman (by which, Moldavia and Wallachia were ren-
dered almost independent), involved that power in a fresh
war with Russia, at a time when the destruction of the
corps of Janizaries had deprived Turkey of her best and
bravest soldiers. Moldavia and Wallachia were occupied
by Wittgenstein, who was compelled, after storming Varna
and other Turkish fortresses, to raise the siege of Silis-
tria, and retire beyond the Danube ;. but in the year 1829
his successor, General Diebitsch, after gaining a decisive
victory over the grand vizier, crossed the Balkan (called
399— 401. §64.] RUSSIA. 223
by the Turks Sabalkanski, the impassable), and advanced
to Adrianople ; whilst Paskewitsch, after the capture of
Erzerum, penetrated farther and farther into the heart of
Asia Minor.
(399.) The sultan now sued for peace, which was concluded
at Adrianople, in 1829. It was agreed that the Pruth
and Danabe should thenceforth form the boundary line
between the two nations ; that Russia should take pos-
session of certain fortresses in Asia, and enjoy the free
navigation of the Danube, Black Sea, and Straits ; and
that Moldavia, Wallachia, and Servia should still pay tri-
bute to the Porte, but be governed by princes of their own,
under the protection of Russia.
(400..) The Russian-Polish war (1830, 1831).— The
new kingdom of Poland, created by the Congress of Vi-
enna, in 1815. had received from the Emperor Alexander
a representative constitution and a government of its own ;
but the Polish nobles still yearned after national inde-
pendence, and offered -every opposition in their power to
the government of the Archduke Constantino. Under
such circumstances, the effects of the July revolution soon
manifested themselves in Poland. An insurrectionary
movement, commenced by about twenty students of the
military school of Warsaw, on the 29th of November,
1830, rapidly extended itself to every part of the kingdom.
The Archduke Constantino narrowly escaped assassina-
tion, the house of Romanow was set aside, the throne of
Poland declared vacant, and a provisional government es-
tablished under the presidency of Prince Czartpryski.
(401.) In the following February, Greneral Diebitsch,
at the head of 120,000 men, crossed the Bug, and after
sustaining several checks (at G-rochow, Bialolenka, &c.),
and being cut off7 from all communication with Russia, by
insurrections in Lithuania and Podolia, at length defeated
Skrzynecki, in the battle of Ostrolenka (26th of May,
1831). Two days after this victory, Diebitsch died of the
cholera (which also carried off the Grand Duke Constan-
tine) ; but his successor, Paskewitsch, crossed the Vistula,
near Thorn, and invested Warsaw, which capitulated on
the 8th of September. Of the Polish insurgents, some
were compelled to lay down their arms within the Prus-
224 MODERN HISTORY. [402 404. §65.
sian and Austrian frontiers, whilst others fled to France
and England, or embarked, for America. Poland was de-
prived of her constitution, and reduced to the condition
of a Russian province (1832), retaining, however, her own
code of laws, which was administered by a governor nomi-
nated by the emperor. The first governor was Count
Paskewitsch Erivanski, who was created Prince of War-
saw. A subsequent conspiracy (1846), the ramifications
of which extended over the whole of Prussian and Aus-
trian Poland, was discovered before the plans of the con-
spirators were fully matured, and easily crushed.
(402.) A war carried on by Russia against the moun-
taineers of the Caucasus, especially the Circassians, pro-
duced no important results. The republic of Cracow,
being too weak to resist the political attempts of the Polish
exiles, was incorporated into the Austrian empire, with
consent of the three great northern powers (1846).
$ 65. Ttie Ottoman, or Osmanic Empire and Greece.
(403.) The Osmanic empire, which had been gradu-
ally declining during the reign of Mahomet II. (1808 —
1839), was indebted for its preservation from utter de-
struction to the mutual jealousies of the great European
powers. The pashas, especially those at a distance (in
Janina, Aleppo, and Egypt), set at nought the authority of
the sultan, and governed their respective pashalics as in-
dependent princes.
(404.) Greek War of liberation (1821—1828).—
In the year 1821, Alexander Ypsilanti, son of a ban-
ished prince of Moldavia, issued, as president of the He-
tseria (originally a literary, and subsequently a political
association), a proclamation calling on the Greeks to throw
off their allegiance to the Turkish government, which waa
at that time occupied in putting down an insurrectionary
movement headed by Ali, pasha of Janina. Unfortunate-
ly, however, for the success of the Greek cause, assistance
was refused by the Emperor Alexander, on whose co-oper-
ation the insurgents had confidently reckoned. The pa-
triot army having been betrayed into the hands of the
Turks, their leader, Ypsilanti, fled to Vienna, where he
died in 1828.
405. §65.] OSMANIC EMPIRE. 225
(405.) Insurrections in Wallachia and Moldavia were
suppressed at the same time. Notwithstanding this check,
however, the Greek patriots, irritated by the revolting cru-
elties practised by the Turkish government even on these
who had taken no part in the movement (hanging of the
Patriarch of Constantinople and his bishops over the prin-
cipal door of their cathedral), again raised the standard of
revolt in the Morea, Hellas, Thessaly, and several of the
islands : and in the year 1822 a national Congress, assem'
bled at Epidaurus, proclaimed the independence of Greece,
and polished tJie outline of a constitution. The Greek
patriots were soon joined by large bodies of Philhellenes
from every part of Europe, whilst, on the other -hand, the
Porte was assisted (1825) by a considerable force under
the command of Ibrahim Pacha, son of Mohammed Ali,
pasha of Egypt, who had been induced to send this rein-
forcement by the fair promises of the Turkish govern-
ment. The invader soon, overran the greater part of the
Morea; and in the following year (1826) the garrison of
Missolunghi (commanded by Noto Bozzaris) was com-
pelled by famine to surrender, after making a brave de-
fence, and the Acropolis of Athens also fell into the hands
of the enemy. The Greek cause now seemed utterly ru-
ined, when a convention was entered into in London (1827),
by George IV., Nicholas I., and Charles X., for the pacifi-
cation of Greece : and tranquillity was re-established (for
seven years), by the election of the ex-minister of state,
Count Capo d'lstrias, to the office of president of Greece.
The mediation of the three great powers having been re-
jected by the Porte, a combined Russian, French, and Eng-
lish fleet (under Heyden, de Rigny, and Codrington) was
dispatched to the Morea, and on the 20th of October,
1827, the Turco-Egyptian fleet was utterly destroyed in
the battle of Navarino. Soon after this victory a
French army, under Maison, landed in the Morea, and
compelled Ibrahim to re-embark his troops, and return to
Egypt. The three protecting powers then declared
Greece an independent kingdom, settled its north-
ern boundary along a line drawn from the gulf of Volo to
that of Arta, and offered the crown to Prince Leopold of
Saxe-Coburg. This offer being rejected, and the presi-
226 MODERN HISTORY. [406. $ 65.
dent, Capo d'Istrias (whose severity had rendered him ex-
ceedingly unpopular), having fallen by the hand of an as-
sassin, the great powers nominated, as hereditary King
of Greece, Prince Otho of Bavaria (1832), who was
immediately accepted by the Greek national assembly, and
recognized by the Porte in 1834. After a short sojourn
at Nauplin, the new sovereign fixed his residence at Ath-
ens. In the year 1835, Otho himself assumed the reins
of government, which had been held by a council of re-
gency during his minority. Meanwhile, however, the ele-
ments of civil discord were at work. Not only had each
of the three protecting powers its partisans in Grreece, but
the whole nation was also split into two great parties (the
national and foreign), in consequence of the hatred with
which a great part of the nation regarded the German
civil and military functionaries. Between these five par-
ties the government perpetually vacillated ; and, notwith-
standing the grant of a new constitution, in consequence
of an insurrection at Athens, in 1843, the struggle still
continued, and every plan for the welfare of the country
was rendered abortive, by the emptiness of the exchequer,
and the universal prevalence of anarchy and discontent.
"Whilst the Porte was engaged in the contest with Greece,
the resistance of the corps of Janizaries (the flower, of
the Turkish infantry) to the military reforms of the sul-
tan occasioned the dissolution and partial destruction of
that force.
(406.) Scarcely was the war with Russia (see $ 64)
ended, when revolts occurred in several provinces. Among
these, the most formidable was that of the Viceroy of
Egypt, Mohammed Ali (1831 — 1833), whose son Ibrahim
conquered Syria, and, after defeating the grand vizier at
Konieh, was advancing on Constantinople, when a Russian
force, sent by the Emperor Nicholas I. to the assistance
of his former enemy, landed in Asia Minor, and prevented
the further progress of the Egyptian army. A peace was
then concluded on terms very favorable to Mohammed
Ali, who was permitted to retain his vice-royalty of Egypt
and Candia, and to occupy Syria, on payment of a tri-
bute. Relying on the discontents occasioned by the ad-
ministration of Ibrahim in Syria, the sultan, in the last
407,408. §66.] ITALY. 227
year of his reign (1839), again attempted the subjugation
of Mohammed Ali ; but the Turkish army was utterly de-
feated at Nisib, and in the following year Mohammed Ali
obtained from the sultan (1839),
(407.) Abdul Medschid (a lad of sixteen), a grant
of the hereditary vice-royalty of Egypt. His demand
that all the territory subject to his control should be
granted to him on the same terms was refused, in conse-
quence of the armed interference of the three great powers
(Syria conquered by the Austrians and English). At the
court of the young sultan, whose excesses soon reduced
.him to a state of almost hopeless debility, considerable in-
fluence was acquired by a liberal party, headed by Rescind
Pasha, who carried into effect several important reforms.
Security for life, property, and honor was guaranteed to
all the subjects of the Porte, without regard to their reli-
gious creed or country, an equitable system of taxation
was promised, and the several provinces were invited to
send deputies to Constantinople, for the purpose of delib-
erating on the best mode of carrying the plans of the gov-
ernment into effect ; but the apathy and ignorance of the
people rendered these liberal measures almost nugatory.
Repeated but unsuccessful attempts to throw off the Turk-
ish yoke were made by the Christian population in the
provinces of the southern Danube.
§ 66. Italy.
(408.) Italy was indebted to the French for several'
important legislative and constitutional reforms, all of
which were cancelled on the return of her former rulers.
Even in Sicily, which had preserved its independence
throughout the whole period of the French usurpation, a
constitution had been granted by the king in 1812, at the
instance of the English government ; but, on the return
of Ferdinand to Naples, this concession was revoked. In
the year 1820, the Carbonari, a political society whose pro-
fessed object was the union of all the Italian states under
one constitutional sovereign, were encouraged by the ac-
counts which they received of the revolutionary movement
in Spain to attempt the re-establishment of the constitu-
228 MODERN HISTORY. [409,410. §66.
tion of 1812. The king having unwillingly granted their
demands, it was resolved, on the motion of Prince Metter-
nich, by a Congress of Sovereigns (which was opened
at Troppau and adjourned to Laibach), that an Austrian
army should be dispatched to Naples. Immediately after
the return of the king from Laibach, the constitution of
1812 was replaced by one of a less liberal character, with
two chambers, the members of which were nominated by
the government. Similar insurrections were also sup-
pressed by the Austrians in Piedmont, Modena, Parma,
and the States of the Church, in which seven provinces
had renounced their allegiance to the pope (Gregory XVI ).
(409.) Immediately after the French Revolution of
February, 1848, the absolute system was broken up in It-
aly. The first step in this direction was taken by Pope
Pius IX. (elected in 1846), who established a council of
state, sanctioned the formation of a national guard, and
admitted laymen to offices in the administration.
(410.) At Naples, in consequence of an insurrection
in Sicily (12th of January, 1848), a constitutional govern-
ment was established ; an example which was soon fol-
lowed by Sardinia, Tuscany, and Rome. By the constitu-
tions of all these states the legislative authority is vested
in two chambers ; the members of the first being nomi-
nated for life by the sovereign. The Sicilians alone de-
manded a separate government and the constitution of
1812; but, after a severe (and, at one time, nearly suc-
cessful) struggle, were compelled to return to their alle-
giance. In Parma, where the Duke of Lucca (who had
resigned Lucca to the Grand Duke of Tuscany) succeeded
Maria Louisa in 1847 — and in Modena the sovereigns
were driven from their thrones in consequence of their
refusing to comply with the demands of the people.
Meanwhile, Lombardy had also revolted from the Aus-
trians, and the city of Milan had expelled the Austrian
garrison ; but after a three months' struggle, Charles Al-
bert, King of Sardinia (who had supported the insur-
gents), was defeated by the Austrian general, Radetzky,
at Custozza, near Mantua ; Milan capitulated, and the ex-
iled dukes returned to their dominions. On the other
hand, the pope, in consequence of an emeute at Rome,
411,412. $67.J SWITZERLAND. 229
which was immediately followed by the assassination of
the minister Rossi, was compelled to nominate an admi-
nistration recommended by the republican party (Mamia-
ni-Sterbini), and immediately afterwards quitted the papal
states. l
$ 67. Switzerland.
(411.) Since the year 1814 the government had been
almost exclusively in the hands of the patricians ; but
here, as elsewhere, the French revolution of July occa-
sioned the general establishment of democratic constitu-
tions, which had always existed in the three original can-
tons (Uri, Schwys, and Unterwalden). In the canton of
Basle a civil war broke out, and caused the separation of
the city from the country (each having half a vote at the
diet). Fresh disturbances were produced on the one side
by the suppression of several monastic establishments in
the canton of Aargau ; and on the other, by the admission
of the Jesuits into Lucerne. Two attacks on the city of
Lucerne, by parties of exiles and adventurers from the
neighboring cantons, for the purpose of compelling the
government to expel the Jesuits, miscarried in conse-
quence of their want of military skill ; but, on the other
hand, the " Sonderbund" (' separate confederacy'), which
Lucerne had formed (1845) with the three original can-
tons of Schwyz, Uri, and Unterwalden, as well as with the
cantons of Zug, Freiburg, and Yallais, for self-defence
against the attacks of the free corps, was pronounced by
the diet to be unconstitutional, and, after a short struggle,
was broken up (1847) ; whereupon the Jesuits were ban-
ished from Switzerland.
(412.) In the year 1848 the federal constitution was
revised, and two chambers established by the diet. Ac-
cording to the new arrangement, the assembly consists of
a national council of 1 1 1 members (one for every 20.000
inhabitants), and a council composed of forty-four depu-
ties of .cantons. The supreme executive authority is
vested in a federal council, consisting of seven members,
1 He returned to Rome, in 1850, after the city had been stormed,
and for a long time occupied, by French troops.
230 MODERN HISTORY. [413, 414. § 67.
chosen (for three years) out of the two councils, with a
president elected for one year by both chambers. This
constitution was accepted by all the cantons except Uri,
Uuterwalden, Schwyz, Appenzeil, and Basle (country).
The sessions of the federal assembly are held at Berne.
(413.) The connection of Neufchatel with Prussia was
dissolved.
§ 68. Spain.
(414.) Ferdinand VII.1 (1814—1833), after his return
from France, had abolished the constitution, re-established
absolute sovereignty, and crushed all attempts of the
' liberal' party with the most unrelenting severity. After
the failure of a series of isolated insurrectionary move-
ments, a revolution broke out in the year 1820, commenc-
ing with the army destined to reduce the revolted pro-
vinces in South America, and soon extending itself to the
capital, and compelling the king to restore the constitu-
tion of 1812 and convoke the Cortes. Whilst Spain was
distracted by the attempts of the reactionary party to re-
establish absolutism, and of the ultra-liberals to introduce
a republic, the Congress of Sovereigns at Verona
determined to reinstate the king in the position which he
had occupied before the revolution, and intrusted the ex-
ecution of their design to the King of France. Almost
without opposition, a French army, under the command
of the Due d'Angouleme, marched through Spain to
Cadiz, whither the Cortes had forcibly conveyed the king,
and compelled that body to dissolve itself. Absolutism
was then re-established ; and, notwithstanding the promise
of an amnesty, many of the liberal leaders were executed,
i Charles IV.
Ferdinand VII., Don Carlos. Francesco de Paula.
mar. secondly, , * ^ f A s
Christina of Naples. Charles. John. Francis, Henry. Ferdi.
, A N Ferdinand. mar. nand.
Isabella II., Louisa, Isabella II.
mar. . mar.
Francis, the Duke
de Montpensier.
414. §68.] SPAIN. 231
banished, or thrown into prison. Fresh discontents were
excited by the abrogation of the Salic law (intro-
duced by Philip V. in 1713, with consent of the Cortes),
a measure which Ferdinand was persuaded by his second
wife Christina to adopt, without consulting either the heir
presumptive or the. Cortes. Ferdinand died in 1833, and
was succeeded by his daughter Isabella II. (a child of
three years old), who commenced her reign under the
guardianship of her mother, Maria Christina. Meanwhile,
however, her uncle, Don Carlos, had assumed the title of
king, and been recognized by the Basque provinces, where
great irritation prevailed in consequence of the withdrawal
of many of the privileges (feuros) which they had enjoyed
from time immemorial. Under these circumstances, a
fearful civil war commenced (1833 — 1840), in which the
Christines (under Bodil, Mina, Cordova, and Espartero,)
were supported by English and French volunteers, but
were unable, from want of funds, to put down the Car-
lists (under Zumalacarreguy, Villareal, Moreno, Cabrera,
&c.) until the year 1840, when Don Carlos and his parti-
sans were driven across the frontier into France. In re-
turn for the restoration of their privileges by the Cortes,
the Basque-Navarrese provinces recognized Isabella as
queen. In 1845, Don Carlos abdicated in favor of his
eldest son, the Prince of Asturia. Meanwhile, the queen-
regent, after a continued struggle with the ' liberal' party,
was compelled, in consequence of a mutiny among the
troops (1835), to receive the constitution of 1812, with
certain modifications introduced by the Cortes (establish-
ment of a second chamber, grant of an unconditional veto
to the crown, &c.) ; but the passing of an unpopular mu-
nicipal law occasioned fresh disturbances, which compelled
the regent to resign her office in 1840. After the short
regency of General Espartero, who was supported by an
unnatural union of the republicans and Carlists, the
Cortes "(in 1843) declared the queen of age (in her thir-
teenth year), and in 1845 granted increased powers to the
crown by a new constitution. In the following year (1846)
the queen married her cousin, the Infant Don Francisco
d'Assisi, and gave her sister to the Due de Montpensier,
son of Louis Philippe, king of the French.
232 MODERN HISTORY. [415,416. §69.
$ 69. Portugal.
(415.) King John VI.,1 who had remained in Brazil
since the expulsion of the French from Portugal, leaving
the government of his European dominions to the Pa-
triarch of Lisbon and Lord Beresford, was induced, in
consequence of a military revolution which broke out at
Oporlom 1820 (immediately after the Spanish revolution),
to return to Lisbon, where he was compelled to swear
fidelity to a constitution of a still more democratic char-
acter than that which had been established in Spain : but
this oath he was soon persuaded to violate by the court
party, headed by his wife and his second son, Don Miguel.
At the same time, his eldest son, Don Pedro, wno had
been left behind in Brazil, proclaimed that province an
independent empire, and assumed the title of* Emperor of
Brazil in 1822. After the death of his father (1826) he
granted a new and tolerably liberal constitution to Por-
tugal, and then resigned the crown of Portugal in favor
of his daughter (a minor),
(416.) Donna Maria da Gloria (1826), who was be-
trothed to her uncle, Don Miguel. After setting aside
the constitution granted by his brother, Miguel convoked
the so-called ancient Cortes (of Zamego), which proclaim-
ed him absolute king in 1828; but in the year 1833
Don Pedro, who had resigned the crown of Brazil in favor
of his son, Don Pedro II., arrived unexpectedly in Eu-
rope, and reconquered Portugal for his daughter. The con-
1 John VI. f 1826.
.V
Pedro I. f 1834. Maria, Miguel,
, A s Regent King of Portugal
Maria II., Pedro II. , (1826—1828). (1828—1834),.
mar. Emperor of
1. Augustus of Brazil.
Leuchtenberg.
2. Ferdinand of
Saxe-Coburg.
Pedro, Louis Philippe, John, Ferdinand,
Duke of Duke of Duke of
Braganza. Oporto. Beja.
417—419. §71.] DENMARK. 233
stitution of 1822 was re-established, and remained in
force, with some modifications (a chamber of peers, royal
voto, &c.) until the year 1842, when an insurrection at
Oporto compelled the government to restore Don Pedro's
charter (of 1826). Another attempt, on the part of the
Miguelites, produced a fresh civil war (1846, 1847), which
was terminated through the interference of England.
§ 70. Sweden.
(417.) G-ustavus IV. (in whose reign Finland was given
up by Sweden to Russia) was compelled, by a bloodless
revolution (in 1809), to abdicate in favor of his uncle,
Charles XIII.^ (1809 — 1818.) A new constitution was
published, declaring the throne hereditary in the male line :
and, after the sudden death of the crown prince, an act
was passed by the estates, nominating, as the king's suc-
cessor, Marshal Bernadotte, Prince of Montecorvo, who
had been favorably known during the period of his com-
mand in the north of Germany, and was also recommended
by his family connection with Napoleon. ' For the union
of Norway with Sweden, with a constitution of its own,
see p. 196.
The House of Bernadotte since 1818.
(418.) Bernadotte, who had assumed the name of
Charles (John) XI Y. on his accession, fully justified
the choice of the nation by the wisdom and firmness of his
government, and the judicious reforms which he intro-
duced into every branch of the administration. He was
succeeded (in 1844) by his son, Oscar I.
§ 71. Denmark.
(419.) Denmark, which had been poorly indemnified
1 Bernadotte had married a sister of Joseph Bonaparte's wife.
234 MODERN HISTORY. [419. §71.
for the loss of Norway by receiving Lauenburg,1 enjoyed
a period of uninterrupted tranquillity from the year 1814
to the end of Frederick V.Ith's reign (1839), and was di-
vided into four provinces : viz., the Danish Islands, Jut-
land, Schleswig, and Holstein with Lauenburg, each of
which returned representatives of the National Council.
Under his successor, Christian VIII. (1839 — 1848), a pro-
posal was made by the Danish party, at the provincial
diet of Roeskild (1844). to incorporate the duchies of Hol-
stein and Lauenburg with Denmark, and to introduce into
those countries the principle of succession to the throne
of the female line, which had existed in Denmark since
1660 : whilst the German provinces, on the other hand,
demanded a complete administrative and military separa-
tion from Denmark. A declaration on the part of the
king of his intention to sanction the proposed alteration
in the succession produced the greatest excitement in both
duchies. In the year 1848, immediately after the acces-
sion of Frederick VII., a general assembly having been
convoked for the purpose of framing a constitution for the
whole Danish empire, the movement in Holstein com-
menced with the establishment of a provincial government,
which was recognized by the assembly of the Schleswig-
Holstein estates as well as by the German diet, and ac-
cepted a proposal for the admission of Schleswig into the
German confederacy. At the suggestion of the diet,
Prussia engaged to maintain the male succession in the
Frederick V., f 1766.
Christian VII.,
1 1808.
Frederick VL,
1 1839.
Frederick,
Hereditary Prince, f 1805.
Christian VIII.,
f!848.
Frederick VII.
Charlotte, Ferdinand,
mar. the Crown Prince.
Landgrave
William of
Caroline, Wilhelmina, t A x.
mar. the mar. Charles, • Frederick.
Crown Prince Duke of
Ferdinand Holstein-Glucksburg.
of Denmark.
420,421. $72.] AMERICAN STATES.
235
German provinces, and the union of Schleswig with Hoi-
stein. The Prussian and other G-erman troops having
driven back the Danish troops into Jutland, Denmark
made reprisals by blockading the ports of northern Ger-
many. An armistice for seven months was at last ar-
ranged, and a provisional government (established with
the consent of the King of Denmark on the one part, and
the German central administration on the other), under-
took the administration of the two duchies (1848) until a
definite peace could be concluded.
$ 72. The American States.
(420.) 1. The United States of America have
increased from the original thirteen to thirty, besides
which there are several territories and one federal dis-
trict (District of Columbia). They extend from the Bri-
tish possessions on the line of the great lakes on the north
to the Gulf of Mexico and Mexico on the south, and from
the Atlantic to the Pacific on the east and west, thus
ranging through 26° of latitude and 58° of longitude.
The frontier line has an extent of almost 10,000 miles,
and a line drawn 'from N. E. to S. W., would measure
2,800 miles.
(421.) The names of the States are as follows :
MAINE, ....
NEW HAMPSHIRE,
VERMONT, ....
MASSACHUSETTS,
RHODE ISLAND,
CONNECTICUT, . .
NEW-YORK, ....
NEW-JERSEY, ....
PENNSYLVANIA,
DELAWARE, ....
MARYLAND, ....
VIRGINIA, . . . *
NORTH CAROLINA, .
SOUTH CAROLINA,
GEORGIA, ....
FLORIDA,
ALABAMA, ....
MISSISSIPPI, ....
LOUISIANA, ....
TEXAS,
Eastern, or New England
States.
Middle States.
Southern States.
236 MODERN HISTORY. [422 425. $ 72.
OHIO, "|
KENTUCKY, ....
TBNNESSEE •
INDIANA.
Western States.
MISSOURI,
ARKANSAS,
WISCONSIN,
IOWA,
(422.) The territories are,
MINNESOTA, MISSOURI, INDIAN, OREGON, together with NEW
MEXICO and UPPER CALIFORNIA.
(423.) The United States have been increased (since
1783) partly by voluntary annexation and partly by pur-
chase (Louisiana from France, 1803), or convention (Flo-
rida ceded by Spain in 1819), and now rank next to
England as a maritime and commercial power. In the
construction of steamboats and railways, they have ad-
vanced with a rapidity unknown to the inhabitants of the
Old World, and in the general diffusion of knowledge, and
in general prosperity, they are unequalled throughout the
world ; on the other hand, negro slavery, though abolished
in the northern and western States, is still tenaciously ad-
hered to by the southern States. After obtaining an un:
interrupted communication with the Pacific (by the set-
tlement of the Oregon question in 1843), and the conse-
quent prospect of a direct intercourse with China and the
Indian Archipelago, the United States, in a war with
Mexico, added to its already vast extent of territory, Up-
per California and New Mexico, with .several excellent
harbors in the Pacific (1848).
(424.) A brief abstract of the history of the United
States since the adoption of the Federal Constitution, is
all that the limits of the present manual will admit. For
fuller information the student will of course consult the
larger and standard histories of the United States.
(425.) George Washington entered upon the du-
ties of President of the United States on the 30th April,
1789. Various and important questions arose and had to
be settled, and the administration was encompassed with
difficulties such as only the blessing of God upon the wise
425. $72.] AMERICAN STATES. 237
and patriotic efforts of the Father of his Country could
remove. Alexander Hamilton, secretary of the treasury,
proposed a plan to Congress for maintaining the public
credit ; he recommended -that the foreign and domestic
debt (amounting to about $80,000.000) be assumed by the
United States, which was accordingly done, and thereby a
great impetus afforded to activity and enterprise. In
1791, after vigorous opposition, the first Bank of the
United States was incorporated by act of Congress, with
a capital of $10,000,000. The difficulties with the In-
dians on the northwestern frontier resulted, in the au-
tumn of 1 79 1 , in the disastrous defeat of the entire force
under General St. Clair. On the 4th March 1793,
Washington entered upon the second term of the office to
which he had been unanimously elected. John Adams
was also again elected Vice-President. This year France
declared war against England and Holland, and thereby
created new and very vexatious difficulties for the govern-
ment of Washington. The French Minister, M. Genet,
presuming upon the enthusiastic feelings entertained to-
ward France for her aid in the Revolution, had the auda-
city to despise the proclamation of strict neutrality, issued
by Washington, and undertook to fit out privateers, &c.,
in American ports. The President insisted upon his re-
call, and next year the successor of M. Genet assured the
government that France entirely disapproved of Genet's
conduct. In 1794, General Wayne defeated the In-
dians, and laid waste their country. A naval force began
to be raised, and difficulties with England occurred, which
however were amicably adjusted by the efforts of John
Jay, the negotiator of the very important treaty of amity,
commerce, and navigation, with Great Britain, which was
ratified by the Senate and signed by the President. August
14, 1795. Treaties were also made, this year, with Spain,
with Algiers, and with the Indians in the west. Wash-
ington signified his determination to retire from public
life at the close of his presidential term, and took occasion
to issue his Farewell Address to his countrymen, an ad-
dress which ought to be studied by every American for its
profound wisdom, and cherished as the inestimable legacy
of the Father of his Country. Excepting the difficulties
238 MODERN HISTORY. [426, 427. § 72.
with France, arising out of the pique and disappointment
at the refusal of America to be involved in European wars
and politics, and the unjustifiable measures adopted by
the French, the country was in a very prosperous condi-
tion at the close of Washington's administration ; not only
was public and private credit restored, and ample provi-
sion made for the payment of the public debt, but trade .
had gone on steadily and rapidly increasing ; the exports
were trebled, the imports about the same, and the revenue
from imports exceeded the most sanguine calculations.
The population had increased from three and a half to
five millions, and agriculture and* industrial arts generally
were in a flourishing state.
(426. ) On the 4th March, 1 797. J o h n A d a m s entered
upon the office of President of the United States. The
difficulties with France, which had been attempted to be
settled by negotiation, had kept on increasing ; constant
spoliations upon American commerce were made, and war
seemed to be the inevitable result. Congress took vigo-
rous measures for the defence of the country, and Wash-
ington was appointed Commander-in-Chief Several en-
figements at sea took place ; but after the overthrow of the
rench Directory, and the assumption of the government
by Bonaparte, negotiations were successful, and peace was
concluded (Sept. 30th, 1800). A few weeks before this (Dec.
14th, 1799), Greorge Washington died, after a short illness ;
every testimonial of affection and reverence was exhibited
by the people, and the whole nation to a man was plunged
in profound grief. His memory can never die ; his ex-
ample never lose its influence, while patriotism shall exist
among his countrymen, while freedom shall be loved, and
purity and goodness be reverenced among men. During
Mr. Adams's administration, the lines of party began to be
drawn more definitely than had been the case while Wash-
ington was at the head of affairs. Several of the Presi-
dent's measures (alien and sedition laws) excited strong
opposition, and at the following election he was defeated,
and the democratic candidates obtained the suffrage of the
majority.
(427.) On the 4th March, 1801, Thomas Jeffer-
son became President of the United States, and Aaron
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Burr, Yice-President. Louisiana was purchased from
France for $15.000,000, and possession taken in Dec.,
1803. Mr. Jefferson was re-elected, and entered upon a
second term of office (March 4th, 1805), George Clinton,
of New-York, being Vice-President. During this year,
the war with Tripoli, which had been signalized by many
gallant exploits of our navy, was brought to a close.
Aaron Burr, in 1806, was detected in designs of a trea-
sonable character, which had for their object the founding
a new empire, west of the Alleghany range, with New
Orleans as the capital. He was seized and brought to
trial, but was discharged for want of evidence to convict
him ; nevertheless, the1 general sentiment of the people
was, that he was guilty, and he was ever after regarded
with feelings of contempt and indignation, more espe-
cially as General Hamilton had fallen by his hand in a
duel, July, 1804. The wars in Europe, consequent upon
the ambition of Napoleon, led to various measures ope-
rating very injuriously upon the commerce of the United
States, who maintained a strict neutrality between the
belligerent powers. In 1806, England declared the blockade
of all the ports and rivers from the Elbe to Brest, and a
number of American vessels, trading to that coast, were
captured and condemned. Bonaparte retaliated by the
famous Berlin decree, which declared all the British islands
in a state of blockade. These and similar measures
(orders in council, Milan decree, 1808) were seriously hurt-
ful to American trade and commerce, and the country be-
gan to demand redress for these outrages, particularly as
the independence of the nation had been insulted by an
unprovoked attack upon the frigate Chesapeake, and the
taking away by force from her some of the crew, on the
ground of their being British subjects. In December,
1808, Congress decreed an embargo, which, not having ob-
tained from France and England an acknowledgment of
American rights, was repealed -(March 1st, 1809), and a
law was passed prohibiting all trade and intercourse with
those countries.
(428.) James Madison succeeded Mr. Jefferson
(March 4th, 1809). The difficulties with France and Eng-
land still continuing, and the commerce of the country being
240 MODERN HISTORY. [429,430. $72.
sadly crippled and injured (between 1803 and 1811, it is
stated 900 vessels had been captured), other measures
were deemed advisable. Bonaparte having revoked the
hostile decrees, intercourse with France was resumed (Nov.
1810) ; but England, persevering in her course of hostility
(in June, 1812), war was declared against Great Britain.
A considerable portion of the country (mostly those of the
federal party) was opposed to the war, and denounced it
as impolitic and wrong. It lasted for three years ; on land
the operations of the army were frequently unsuccessful ;
but at sea, the navy gained imperishable glory, and brought
this arm of the service into general favor. The particu-
lars of the war must be sought for in larger histories. A
treaty of peace was concluded at Ghent, in Dec., 1814,
and ratified by the President and Senate (Feb., 1815). A
Bank of the United States was chartered, with a capital of
$35,000,000, early in 1816, the charter to continue in
force twenty years.
(429.) Mr. Madison was succeeded by James Mon-
roe (March 4th, 1817). The state of the country, on Mr.
Monroe's accession, was by no means prosperous, — com-
merce had not yet revived, and the manufacturing inte-
rests of the community were greatly depressed by the
influx of foreign merchandise. In 1818, in a war with
the Seminoles, Gen. Jackson entirely subdued the Indian
territory. In 1819, Spain ceded to the United States
East and West Florida, and the adjacent islands. The
admission of Missouri into the Union (1821) aroused the
whole country on the subject of slavery ; a compromise
was finally effected, and the question has since been com-
paratively at rest. Mr. Monroe was re-elected in 1821,
and in 1824, Lafayette revisited the United States, and
received everywhere that attention and regard which he
so deservedly merited. At the next election for President
no one of the four candidates received a majority of the
electoral votes. The choice therefore devolved upon the
House of Representatives.
(430.) John Quincy Adams was inaugurated Pre-
sident of the United States, March 4th, 1825. A con-
troversy with Georgia, respecting certain lands held by
the Cherokees and Creeks in that State, at one time threat-
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ened serious difficulties, but was finally settled in a satis-
factory manner. Ex-Presidents Adams and Jefferson
died July 4th, 1826. As the time for a new election ap-
proached, everywhere party spirit began to develop itself,
with unusual viruiency, and Mr. Adams was defeated, and
G-eneral Jackson elected by a large majority.
(431.) Andrew Jackson entered upon the duties
of his office, March 4th, 1829. With this administration
began the system of proscription for political- opinions,
and removals from office were made to a very large ex-
tent. In 1832, a bill for the re-charter of the Bank of
the United States passed both Houses, but was vetoed by
the President. He also opposed internal improvements
by appropriations of the public money. South Carolina
having arrayed herself against the protective tariff mea-
sures passed by Congress, civil war was at one time feared,
but a compromise was effected, and the danger avoided —
the firmness of the Executive was deserving of all praise.
In 1833, G-eneral Jackson removed the deposits of public
money in the Bank of the United States, and placed them
in several of the State banks ; this measure was se-
verely censured by the Senate (June 9th, 1834). The
French indemnity appropriations not having been met,
the President recommended reprisals upon French com-
merce ; a war was feared for a time, but happily the mat-
ter was settled, by the French government the next year
making provision to fulfil its stipulations.
(432.) Martin Van Bur en succeeded General Jack-?
son (March 4th, 1837), and carried out the same line of
policy as his predecessor. At the commencement of his
administration the whole country was involved in unpre-
cedented and terrible mercantile distress. In the city of
New- York alone, during the inonths of March and April,
failures took place to the astonishing amount of nearly
$100,000.000 ; all confidence seemed to have taken flight,
and credit was at an end, and the banks almost every-
where suspended specie payments. An extra session of
Congress was called, and various measures adopted for-
public relief. The war in Florida, with the SeminoleSj
was still carried on, during this administration, with i\ft
very satisfactory results, In 1840, the independent
.
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sury bill, the great financial measure of this administra-
tion, was passed and became a law. The election, which
took place this year, was the most exciting ever known,
and both parties exerted themselves to the utmost — Mr.
Van Buren was defeated.
(433.) William Henry Harrison was inaugurated
President, March 4th, 1841. Just one month after this
he died, and the Vice-President, according to the pro-
visions o£ the constitution, succeeded him in his high
office.
(434.) John Tyler's administration was the first
during which a man not elected for the office was in-
trusted with its high powers and responsibilities. The
sub-treasury bill was repealed, and a general bankrupt law
passed in 1841. The north-eastern boundary treaty was
concluded at Washington, September, 1842. Disturb-
ances occurred in Rhode Island, which threatened blood-
shed, but happily they were repressed without this dread al-
ternative, and law and order prevailed. In 1844, through
the influence of the President, Texas was annexed to the
United States.
(435.) James K. Polk became President, March
4th, 1845. A treaty with China was effected this year.
In 1846, war with Mexico broke out. June 18th, 1846,
the Oregon treaty signed at London. July 6th, Commo-
dore Sloat took possession of California. Treaty of peace
with Mexico signed at Guadaloupe Hidalgo, Feb. 22d,
1848. Emigration from Europe this year (1848) to the
United States, 300,000.
(436.) Zachary Taylor was inaugurated Presi-
dent, March 4th, 1849. He died July 9th, 1850, and
was succeeded by Mill^rd Fillmore, who now (1851)
fills the office of President of the United States. '
(437.) 2. Hayti, or St. Domingo, became an empire
after the expulsion of the French in 1803, and finally (in
1820) a republic, into which the Spanish portion of the
island was incorporated in 1822. Souloque elected Pre-
sident. March 2d ; proclaimed Emperor of Hayti, August
24th, 1849.
(438.) 3. What was formerly Spanish America
consisted of four vice-royalties : viz., Mexico or New Spain,
438. $ 72.] AMERICAN STATES. 243
New G-ranada or Fe de Bogota, Peru, and Buenos Ayres
or Rio de la Plata ; and five general captainates : viz.,
Guatimala, Venezuela, Chili, Havana or Cuba, and Porto-
Rico. The people of Spanish America having refused to
acknowledge Joseph Bonaparte as King of Spain, or re-
ceive the viceroy sent out by the usurping government,
expected, not unreasonably, that at the restoration the
Cortes, in framing a constitution, would place the faithful
inhabitants of their colonies on the same footing as those
of the mother country. This expectation having been
miserably disappointed, the provinces of the American
continent declared themselves independent, and established
republican governments. The resistance of Ferdinand
VII. to these revolutionary proceedings occasioned the
Great American War of Liberation against
Spain (1811 — 1824), which was carried on with almost
uniform success on the side of the Americans, especially
those under the command of Simon Bolivar (f 1830),
and ended in the establishment of six (afterwards nine)
republics in South America.
a. Paraguay, a theocratic state, founded by the Je-
suits in the seventeenth century, declared itself indepen-
dent in 1811, and chose as its dictator an advocate named
Dr. Francia (f 1840), who governed with almost absolute
authority. The republic now has a president.
b. La Plata, or the Argentine Republic (1816).
c. C^(1818).
d. Colombia (1818), formed by the union of Venezuela
(or Caraccas) and New Granada, under the President
Bolivar. This republic (to which Quito was annexed in
1821) was divided in 1831 into three confederate states:
viz., Venezuela, New Granada, and Ecuador.
e. Peru (1824), where the Spaniards maintained their
authority longer than in any other state, was at length
liberated by the aid of Bolivar ; and in the year 1825 was
divided into two republics ; the six provinces which com-
pose Upper Peru having separated themselves from the
others, and established an independent republic under the
name of Bolivia.
f. Uruguay (1828), which formerly belonged to the
Spanish vice-royalty of Rio de la Plata, was taken pos-
244 MODERN HISTORY. [439. $ 72.
session of by Brazil in 1817, but declared independent,
through the intervention of England, in 1839. The in-
terference of the Argentine republic in disputes respect-
ing the election of a president in Uruguay occasioned a
war (1839) between the two states, which, notwithstanding
the mediation of England, is not yet terminated.
g. In Mexico the first insurrectionary movements were
suppressed by the Spaniards, but the revolution in the
mother-country encouraged the Mexicans to make a fresh
attempt. The throne of Mexico, as an independent em-
pire, was at first offered to Ferdinand VII. for himself or
one of the younger princes ; and, on his refusal, Colonel
Augustin Iturbide was proclaimed hereditary emperor ;
but he had scarcely reigned a year, when the opposition
party, headed by General Santa Anna, compelled him to
abdicate. After a succession of party struggles, and the
expulsion of all the ancient Spanish families, a Mexican
Union was established (consisting of nineteen states),
which has ever since been distracted by the disputes of
the two parties respecting the election of a president.
Texas separated itself from the Mexican Union in 1836,
and was annexed to the United States in 1844.
(439.) War with the United States. — The Uni-
ted States of America, between which country and Mex-
ico friendly relations had been for some time suspended
in consequence of various acts of aggression on the part
of the Mexican government, had not only recognized the
independence of Texas, but incorporated that state into
their union. Hostilities commenced in consequence of a
dispute between the two countries respecting the boundary-
line of Texas, and after the capture of the Mexican capi-
tal peace was concluded on terms exceedingly favorable to
the Americans, the Rio Grande del Nord being fixed as
the boundary of Texas, and Upper California and New
Mexico given up to the United States.
h. The Jive provinces of central America (Guatimala,
Honduras, San Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costarico.) after
remaining faithful to the mother-country longer than any
of the other provinces, at length declared themselves inde-
pendent (in 1823), and established the republic of the
United States of Central America. Gruatimala
(separated itself from the union in 1847.
440, 441. §73.] AMERICAN STATES. 245
(440.) 4. In Brazil (the only monarchy of the New
World) a struggle between monarchy and democracy com-
menced soon after its separation from Portugal. In the
year 1831, in consequence of a revolution occasioned by
disputes between the government and the chambers, Don
Pedro I. abdicated in favor of his son, Don Pedro II.,
who attained his majority in 1840. Notwithstanding,
however, this arrangement, several of the provinces con-
tinued to be the scene of revolutionary movements.
§ 73. Religion, Arts, Sciences, fyc., during the Third
Period.
r . RELI GION.
(441.) The exertions of both Protestants and Roman-
ists for the propagation of the Glospel in foreign countries
are still continued. The Church of England has now di-
vided her immense colonial possessions into the following
dioceses : —
Diocese. Colony.
f Nova Scotia.
NOVA SCOTIA . . . } Cape Breton.
( Prince Edward's Island.
FREDERICTON . . . New Brunswick.
QUEBEC ..... Canada East.
TORONTO ..... Canada West.
T Jamaica.
JAMAICA ..... {Bahamas.
BARBADOS.
ANTIGUA.
GUIANA,
CALCUTTA ..... Bengal.
MADRAS ..... Madras.
BOMBAY ..... Bombay.
COLOMBO .... Ceylon.
~ ( Cape of Good Hope.
CAPETOWN ....
SYDNEY ..... )
NEWCASTLE .... > New South Wales.
MELBOURNE . . . . )
{ South Australia.
ADELAIDE ..... {Western Australia.
NEW ZEALAND . . . New Zealand.
TASMANIA ..... Van Diemen's Land.
Seychelles.
HONG KoNG,1
1 To this number two more are just about to be added: 1850.
246 MODERN HISTORY. [442 445. §73.
(442.) The Church in these dioceses is mainly sup-
ported by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel
in Foreign Parts (incorporated in 1701), assisted by the
Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge. The
Church Missionary Society (founded about a -century
later) is now in the annual receipt of a vast income (above
100,000/.), and does not confine its operations to the
English colonies.
(443.) The Roman Catholic missions, which have
spread over the countries of the Levant, India, China,
America, and Australia, are under the direction of the
Propaganda at Rome, and are supported in a great measure
by religious associations in France. There are also several
Protestant missionary societies (in London, Holland, Bos-
ton, New- York, Basle, Berlin, and Berne) which are as-
sisted in their labors by the Bible Societies : their opera-
tions are very extensive.
(444.) The Roman Catholic ecclesiastical constitution
was established afresh after the fall of Napoleon, by means
of concordats concluded by the several temporal sovereigns
with the pope. The order of Jesuits, which had been re-
established by Pius VII., and expelled from Russia about
the same time, was admitted, with other monastic orders,
into several Roman Catholic countries, but subsequently
suppressed in Portugal, Spain, and France. A union of
the Lutheran and Reformed (i. e. Calvinistic) Commu-
nions, under the name of the Evangelical Church^ was
effected in Prussia in 1817, and adopted at a later period
in other German states. In Russia, the inhabitants of
the western provinces were required to conform to the es-
tablished religion (in 1836), and the Roman Catholic and
United Greek worship were suppressed by force.
II. Constitutional History of the Period.
(445.) In no period of modern history have so many
changes of constitution occurred (in Italy, France, Spain,
and Portugal.) as in 'the present century, both during and
since the revolutions. In some states, as Austria, Sardi-
nia (in part), Sweden, the two Mecklenburgs, and some of
the smaller German states, the old mediaeval constitutions
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(of estates) have been retained ; whilst in others, such as
France, the Netherlands, Poland (until 1831), Norway,
Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, most of the German states,
Lucca, Greece, the states of America (after the example
of the United States of America), a representative system
has been established. Prussia and Denmark have provin-
cial councils. Russia, the rest of the Italian states, and
three of the smaller German states (Oldenburg, Schwarz-
burg-Sondershausen, and Hesse-Homburg), were governed
as before, without constitutions. The most remarkable
effects of the French revolution, not only in France, but
to a certain extent in other countries, were : — a. In the
financial administration. The establishment of a sys-
tem of equal taxation, the right of self-taxation by the
estates (budgets, civil lists), and in the constitutional states
the enormous increase of their national debts, b. In the
administration of justice. Equality of all before the law,
publicity of courts of justice, adoption by several German
states of the Code Napoleon, which, however, was abol-
ished after the Restoration by all of them except Rhenish
Prussia, Rhenish Hesse, and Rhenish Bavaria, c. In
military affairs. The establishment (in the continental
states) of national guards, communal guards, and militias,
(Landwehren), together with the standing armies, compul-
sory service of all citizens, instead of the old system of
recruiting, increase in the number of the troops and ar-
tillery, improvements in strategy, military tactics, and the
art of fortification.
III. Science, Literature, and Art.
(446.) In the German speculative philosophy (which in
modern times has extended its influence to all other sci-
ences), after the publication of Inimanuel Kant's Critique
on the Intellect (Yernunft- Critic, 1804), commenced a re-
volution, which was completed by J. G. Fichte (f 1814).
To both these systems Schelling opposed his natural
philosophy, on which Hegel (| 1831) founded an absolute
idealism. In England, Coleridge; in France, Cousin.
(447.) b. Philology also flourished during this pe-
riod, especially in Germany, where Heyne (f 1812), F. A.
248 MODERN HISTORY. [448 450. §73.
Wolf (f 1824), G. Hermann, Buttmann (f 1829), Bek-
ker, Bockh, Creuzer, J. H. Voss (f 1826), R. O. Muller
(t 1840), and several others distinguished themselves as
critical scholars. In England, Porson, Elmsley, Do-
bree, Blomfield, Gaisford, Monk, Clinton, Thirl-
wall, Grote; of whom all but the three first are still
alive. The study of general grammar was pursued by
W. Von Humboldt (f 1835) ; that of Oriental literature by
Gesenius, Von Hammer, Rodiger, Ewald, the French
writer Sylvester de Sacy, the English Professor Lee, and
others. Sanscrit by Bopp, A. W. Von Schlegel (f 1845),
Wilson, Mill ; ancient German literature by the two Ba-
rons Von Grimm, Graff (f 1841), Lachmann, &c.
(448.) Excellent German translations of the best for-
eign authors were published by J. H. Voss, Schleiermacher
(f 1834) who was equally eminent as a philologist and the-
ologian, A. W. Von Schlegel, Gries, Kannegiesser, Riickert,
Streckfuss, Diez, and others. The principal English trans-
lation, and that a nearly perfect one, is Carey's 'Dante.'
Very important effects resulted from the profound study
of philology, biblical exegesis (which has been, however,
in Germany, too generally conducted in a rationalistic
spirit), and jurisprudence ; that of jurisprudence has been
cultivated with great success by Savigny and others.
(449.) c. Historical investigations were pursued with
unwearied industry and great acuteness by Niebuhr
(fl831), Heeren (f 1842), Fr. Von Raunier, Schlosser,
Wilken (1840), Von Hammer, Hullmann, Leo, Eichhorn
(f 1827), Pfister (f 1835), Ranke, Wachsmuth,K. A. Men-
zel, Voigt, Luden, Dahlmann, Aschbach, Lappenberg,
Thirlwall, Grote, Arnold, Prescott, &c. French historical
literature was cultivated by Guizot, Thierry, Sismondi,
Michaud, Lacretelle, Thiers, Capefigue ; English history
by Lingard (a Roman Catholic), Hallam, Lord Mahon,
Turner, Arnold, Macaulay ; American by Grahame, Ban-
croft, Sparks, Hildreth, &c. ; Italian by Botta (f 1802) ;
Swedish by Geijer and Lundblad ; Polish by Lelewel ;
and Russian by Karamsin (f 1826).
(450.) d. Geography was elevated to the rank of a
distinct science by C. Ritter, and its sphere enlarged by
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the French expedition into Eg^>t, and the discoveries of
several travellers.
(451.) The most important travels were those of
Mungo Park (f 1811), Clapperton (f 1827), the brothers
Lander on the Niger, A. Von Humboldt in the equinoc-
tial countries of America, and into Siberia, Burckhardt
(f 1817) in Arabia and Nubia, Gau in Nubia and Abys-
sinia, de Laborde in Arabia and Syria, Prince Max of
Neuwied, in Brazil and to the sources of the Missouri.
To these we must add the circumnavigations of the globe
by Krusenstern and Kotzebue ; the expeditions to the
North Pole of Captains Parry and Ross ; and the Ameri-
can South Sea Exploring Expedition, and Captain Lynch's
Dead Sea Expedition.
(452.) e. Natural science was greatly promoted by
these travels, especially those of A. Yon Humboldt and
the Prince of Neuwied, by the discovery of galvanism
(by Galvini, an Italian), and of the four smaller planets,
and by the annual meetings of German and Swiss, and at
a later period of English, French, and Italian naturalists.
The most distinguished naturalists of modern times were
— the Zoologist Cuvier (f 1832), Dr. Owen, the chemist
B e r z e 1 i u s, Sir Humphrey Davy, Faraday, the botanists
A. L. de Jussieu and Decandolle, and the astronomer La-
place (f 1827). Herschell, Airy, Adams. , The most remark-
able discoveries in medicine were Gall's (f 1822) craniology,
and Hahnemann's homoeopathic system. Invention of gal-
vano-plastic by Jacobi, of Dorpat.
(453.) f. Poetry.— In Germany, Schiller (f 1805),
and Goethe (f 1832), during their ten years' residence
together at Weimar (1795 — 1805). At the same time
there arose, in opposition to the sentimentality of lyric
poetry (revived by Matthison, Salis, and Tiedge), and the
dramas of real life of Iffland (f 1814), and Kotzebue
(f 1819), a romantic school, founded by the brothers
Schlegel (Aug. William, f 1845, and Frederick, f 1829),
and Tieck, who adopted as their model the romantic po-
etry of the middle ages, and distinguished themselves by
their critical productions no less than by their poetical
works and translations. The patriotic wars in which Ger-
many was engaged inspired Korner (f 1813), Von Schenk-
250 MODERN HISTORY. [454. $ 73.
endorf (f 1817), Arndt anti Ruckert (Freimand Reimar),
whose songs of war and victory were suggested by the
events of those stirring times. Patriotic songs were also
written by W. Muller (f 1827), to celebrate the Greek
revolution. Since that time lyric poetry has been es-
pecially employed to commemorate the events of the day,
by Uhland, Count Platen (f 1835), Chamicso (f 1838),
Zedlitz, and Lenau; and during the last ten years has as-
sumed a polemical character, in the disgraceful writings of
Heine, Anastasius Grim, Hoffman of Fallersleben, Freili-
grath, K. Beck, and Herwegh. In epic poetry, German
literature has been much less fruitful than in lyric. Epic
poems of considerable length have been attempted by E.
Schulze (f 1817), Archbishop Pyrker, and Lenau. In bal-
lads and romances, the Swabian poetical school of Uhland,
G. Schwab, and Kerner, is the most distinguished. Dra-
matic poetry, which had attained its highest degree of ex-
cellence in the days of Schiller, was cultivated with dif-
ferent success by his successors, H. Von Kleist (f 1811),
Z Werner (f 1823), Mullner (f 1828), Grabbe (f 1836),
Immermann (f 1840), Raupach, Zedlitz, and Gutzkow.
Romances and novels were written by Jean Paul Frede-
rick Richter (f 1825), L. Tieck, Immermann, and a crowd
of authors and authoresses. Several translations of for-
eign romances were also published.
(454.) In Prance, a host of poets, following the ex-
ample of Chateaubriand, threw off the trammels im-
posed on poetry by the academy, and formed a " modern
romantic school," in opposition to the old classical school,
as it was called. Among these the most celebrated is
Victor Hugo. A. de Lamartine has distinguished
himself as a religious lyric poet, and Beranger as a
writer of popular songs. An attempt to unite the two
schools was made by the lyric and dramatic poet Cas.
Delavigne. Among the dramatic poets, the most pro-
lific are Scribe and Alex. Dumas. Of the numerous
writers of romance, Victor Hugo, Chateaubriand, Mad-
ame de Stael (f 1817), Janin, Nodier, Balzac, Madame Du-
devant (George Sand), Paul de Kock, and Eugene Sue,
enjoy the highest reputation, though the works of the last
three are a disgrace to the nation that produces and toler-
ates such writings,
455 — 457. § 73.] SCIENCE, LITERATURE, AND ART. 251
(455.) In England, Lord Byron (fat Missolonghi,
in 1824) surpassed all his contemporaries in liveliness of
imagination and ardent poetic feeling. Wordsworth,
whose loss we are now deploring (1850), is a far sublimer,
as well as a far purer poet, than Lord Byron. Coleridge
was equal, if not in some respects superior, in poetic ge-
nius ; but executed comparatively little. Other poets
(omitted by Prof. Putz) are Walter Scott, Southey,
Tennyson, Keble, Mrs. Hemans. The historical ro-
mances of Sir Walter Scott are unrivalled for the fidel-
ity and brilliancy of their delineations. English domes-
tic romance has been revived by Sir E. L. Bulwer, and
Charles Dickens. In America. Bryant, Longfellow, Hal-
leek, Dana, Willis, Mrs. Sigourney, and others have done
much for true poetry. Among the modern poets of Italy,
the most renowned, as lyric and tragic writers, are Man-
zoni and Silvio Pelico. In Sweden, Bishop Tegner dis-
tinguished himself as an epic, and in Russia, Puschkin
(f 1 837), as a lyric poet. The American writers, Cooper
and Washington Irving, have also acquired a Euro-
pean reputation.
(456.) g. Oratory. — The sphere of political eloquence,
which before the revolution was limited to England, has
been extended since the introduction of the representa-
tive system to France and some of the German states.
The most distinguished orators of modern times are, those
of England, viz., the younger Pitt (f 1806), Fox (f 1806),
Brougham, O'Connell. Sir Eobert Peel, &c. ; next to them
rank the orators of 'France, viz., Manuel (1823), Foy
(f 1824), Benj. Constant (f 1830), Lamarque (f 1832),
Royer Collard, Casimir Perier (f 1832), Chateaubriand,
Guizot, Dupin, Odillon Barrot, Thiers, Lamartine, &c. ;
in America, Calhoun, Clay, Webster, &c.
(457.) h. In the fine arts, great advances were made
by France during the reign of Napoleon, and by G-ermany
and Belgium after the restoration of peace. The great
architectural works with which Paris, Berlin (by Schinkel),
and Munich (by Klenzi), have been adorned, indicate the
revival of a study of the antique, which has been greatly
promoted by the recent examination and measurement of
the monuments of Grecian art, and the introduction into
252 MODERN HISTORY. [458, 459. § 73.
the museums of Europe of some of the most valuable
treasures of Grecian sculpture (the Elgin marbles, &c.).
Others have endeavored to revive the Gothic style of the
middle ages. In sculpture, the most successful imitators
of classical models have been the Italian, C a n o v a (f 1 822),
and (in a totally different style) the Dane Thorwaldsen,
(f 1841) G. Schadow, Rauch, Chr. Tieck, Schwanthaler,
David, a Frenchman, Chantrey and Gibson, Englishmen,
Powers and Greenough, Americans.
(458.) Painting. — The greatest activity has been mani-
fested in all the branches of this art. In England,
Turner, Sir T. Lawrence, and others. In Germany, we
have the Munich school, with P. Von Cornelius (since
resident at Berlin) at its head, and that of Dusseldorf,
under W. Schadow. In France, Horace Vernet, P. Dela-
roche, &c., are distinguished as historical painters. Their
great aim has been to give individuality to their subjects,
in contradistinction to the classical style of J. L. David
(t 1825), and his pupil Gerard (f 1837). In Belgium,
Wappers and de Keyser are celebrated as historical
painters, and Verboekhoven as a painter of animals. The
study of the fine arts was promoted by the establishment
of museums (Musee Napoleon in the Louvre, museums at
Berlin and Versailles), and the erection of magnificent
buildings adorned with fresco painting, by command of
Lewis I., at Munich. A taste, for art was also diffused
far and wide by the establishment, in almost every great
European city, of art-unions. Lithography was invented
by Sennefelder, of Munich (1796); steel-engraving by
Heath, in England; and the Daguerreotype in France,
byDaguerre (1839); Photogenic drawing by H. F. Talbot,
in England, at the same time. A great improvement in
the art of engraving on wood was also effected in Hol-
land.
(459.) i. In Music, Germany produced the most illus-
trious masters. W. A. Mozart (f 1791), Jos. Haydn
(f 1809), Ludw. Von Beethoven (f 1827), and a host of
other composers, such as C. M. Von Weber (f 1826),
Spohr, Bernard Klein (f 1832), Felix Mendelssohn-Bar-
tholdy (f 1848), Ferd. Hies (f 1838), Fesca (f 1826), A.
Romberg (f 1821), Marschner, Schneider, Meyerbeer, &c.
460. $73.] SCIENCE, LITERATURE, AND ART. 253
In France, Cherubim, Mehul (f 1817), Boyldieu (f 1834),
and Auber. In Italy, Rossini and Bellini, both cele-
brated as composers of operas. Academies of singing
are established in Germany, and conservatories of music
in Paris and Prague. Great musical festivals are held in
Germany and England, and societies are established in
Holland for the advancement of musical science. The
taste for operatic representations has also contributed in
no small degree to the improvement of musical compo-
sition.
IV. Trade, Manufacturing Industry, Agriculture.
(460.) The colonial trade of the French, Dutch, and
Spaniards, was transferred, during the war, to England or
some neutral nation, such as the United States, which
began to rival Great Britain as a maritime power. Eng-
land indemnified herself for the loss of her trade with
the European continent, consequent on the introduction of
Napoleon's continental system, by extending her dominion
in India, and drawing more closely the bands of her com-
mercial intercourse with Brazil, and the revolted Spanish
colonies of South America. A brisk trade was also car-
ried on with the Spanish peninsula, during the period of
British ascendency in Spain and Portugal. The peace of
Paris restored to France and Holland their ancient colo-
nies, but not their former commercial prosperity. Manu-
facturing industry in France, the Netherlands, Germany,
and Russia, was encouraged by the exclusion of English
wares under the continental system, and subsequently by
enormous import duties : but, on the other hand, agri-
culture in the north-east of Europe and Germany was al-
most ruined by the English corn-laws. The circulation
of bills of exchange and promissory notes, and the trade
in government securities, were carried on with unprece-
dented spirit. The resolution of the Congress of Vienna
for the abolition of slavery was gradually carried into
execution. The interests of commerce were promoted by —
a. greater facilities of communication by means of canals,
steamers (Fulton, on the Hudson river, first succeeded in
applying steam to the propelling of vessels, 1807) ; rail-
ways (first introduced as of great importance, in England,
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1826-30 ; in the United States, 1827-35) ; telegraphs (in-
vented by Chappe, a Frenchman, in 1793 ; the electric tele-
graph by Professor Morse, 1832, patented 1837, first
practically used, 1844; Cooke and Wheatstone's patent
in England, 1840 ; b. commercial leagues ; c. the free
navigation of the German rivers, and establishment of the
great German commercial league (Zollverein). England,
on the other hand, has adopted the opposite principle,
and abolished or greatly lessened all restrictive duties,
Abolition of the Corn Laws by Sir Robert Peel.
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE.
FIRST PERIOD.
A.D.
1492—1648. FROM THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA TO THE PEACE OP
WESTPHALIA.
1492. DISCOVERY OP AMERICA, BY CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.
1493 — 1519. MAXIMILIAN I., EMPEROR OF GERMANY.
1493—1496. Second voyage of Columbus. Discovery of the An-
tilles and Jamaica.
1495. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE IMPERIAL CHAMBER.
Naples occupied for a short time by the French.
1498. DISCOVERY OF A PASSAGE BY SEA TO THE EAST INDIES, by
Vasco di Gama.
1498—1500. Third voyage of Columbus. Discovery of Trinidad
and the Continent of South America. Francisco de Boba-
dilla.
1498. CONQUEST OP MILAN, BY Louis XII.
1500. Cabral discovers Brazil.
1501. CONQUEST OF NAPLES, BY THE FRENCH AND SPANIARDS. THE
CITY REMAINS IN THE OCCUPATION OF THE LATTER.
1502—1504. Fourth voyage of Columbus.
1566. Death of Columbus.
1568, 1509. War of the league of Cambray against Venice.
1509—1515. Alfonso Albuquerque, Portuguese Viceroy in the East
Indies.
1509—1547. Henry VIII., King of England.
1511. Holy league for the expulsion of the French from Italy.
1512. Germany divided into ten circles.
1515 — 1547. FRANCIS I., KING OF FRANCE.
1515. Francis I. regains Milan by the victory of Marignano.
1516—1556. CHARLES I., KING OF SPAIN.
1517. BEGINNING OF THE REFORMATION. Luther's ninety-five
theses.
1518. Diet of Augsburg. Luther appears before Cardinal Caietan.
1519. Interregnum in Germany, after the death of Maximilian.
CORTEZ CONQUERS MEXICO.
1519—1556. CHARLES V., EMPEROR OF GERMANY.
256 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE.
A.D.
1520. MAGELLAN DISCOVERS A PASSAGE INTO THE SOUTH SEA.
Luther burns the Pope's bull. Massacre of Stockholm.
1520—1556. Solyman II., Turkish Sultan.
1521. Luther appears before the diet of Worms, and is placed under
the ban of the empire.
1521—1526. First war between Charles V. and Francis I.
1523. GUSTAVUS VASA SEPARATES SWEDEN FROM THE UNION OF
CALMAR.
1525. Peasants' war in Germany. They are defeated at Franken-
hausen.
Prussia, a temporal Ducky.
1525. Francis I. taken prisoner in the battle of Pavia.
1526. Convention of Madrid.
1526-1532. War of Charles V. with the Turks.
Battle of Mohacz.
1527—1529. Second war between Charles V. and Francis I. Rome
taken and plundered.
1529. Ladies' peace concluded at Cambray.
Siege of Vienna by the Turks.
Diet of Spiers (Protestants).
1530. Diet of Augsburg. CONFESSION OF AUSGBURG.
Charles V. gives Malta, Gozzo, and Tripoli, to the Knights
of St. John. Last coronation of an Emperor by the Pope.
1531. Schmalkaldian league.
Zwingli falls in the battle of Kappel.
1532. The Turks advance a second time against Vienna.
Religious peace at Nurnberg.
1535. Sect of the Anabaptists suppressed at Munster.
Successful expedition of Charles V. against Tunis.
1536—1538. Third war between Charles V. and Francis I.
1538. An armistice concluded at Nice.
1540. SOCIETY OF JESUITS FOUNDED BY IGNATIUS LOYOLA.
1541. Unsuccessful campaign of Charles V. against Algiers.
1542 — 1568. Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland.
1542—1544. Fourth war between Charles V. and Francis I.
The Duke of Cleves subdued.
1544. Peace of Cressy.
1545—1563. COUNCIL OF TRENT.
1546. Death of Martin Luther.
Schmalkaldian war between the Emperor Charles V. and the
Schmalkaldian league.
1547. The Elector of Saxony defeated at Miihlberg. The electoral
dignity transferred from the Ernestine to the Albertine
line.
Philip of Hesse taken prisoner at Halle.
1552. Maurice attacks the Emperor at Innsbruck.
CONVENTION OF PASSAU.
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A. D.
1552—1556. War of Charles V. with Henry II. of France. The
French lose Metz, Toul. and Verdun.
1555. RELIGIOUS PEACE OF AUGSBURG. Reservatum ecclesiasticum.
1555. Charles V. gives up Milan, Naples, and the Netherlands, to
his son.
1556. Abdication of Charles V.
1556—1598. PHILIP II., King of Spain.
1556—1564. FERDINAND L, EMPEROR OF GERMANY.
1558—1603. ELIZABETH, QUEEN OF ENGLAND.
1559. Long war between Spain and France, terminated by the
peace of Ch£teau-Cambresis.
1559—1567. Margaret of Parma, vice-sovereign of the Netherlands.
1560 — 1598. RELIGIOUS WARS IN FRANCE. -
1564—1576. MAXIMILIAN II., EMPEROR OF GERMANY.
1566. The Turks invade Hungary. Solyman II. dies before Sigeth.
1567—1573. The Duke of ALVA Governor in the Netherlands.
Execution of Egmont, Hoorn, &c. Massacre.
1571. Don Juan, of Austria, defeats the Turks at Lepanto.
1672. POLAND AN ELECTORAL KINGDOM.
MASSACRE OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S EVE.
William of Orange nominated royal Stattholder of the Neth-
erlandish provinces.
1573—1576. Zuniga y Requesens, Stattholder in the Netherlands.
1576—1578. Don Juan d' Austria, Stattholder.
1578 — 1592. Alexander Farnese, of Parma, Stattholder of the
Netherlands.
1579. THE SEVEN NORTHERN PROVINCES OF THE NETHERLANDS RE-
NOUNCE THEIR ALLEGIANCE TO THE SPANISH CROWN IN THE
UNION OF UTRECHT.
1581 — 1646. PORTUGAL UNDER THE DOMINION OF SPAIN.
1583. The Gregorian Calendar.
1584. William of Orange assassinated. He is succeeded by his son
Maurice.
1587. Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots.
1588. Destruction of the Invincible Armada.
1589—1792. THE HOUSE OF BOURBON IN FRANCE.
1589 — 1610. HENRY IV., KING OF FRANCE. Sully.
1598. Edict of Nantes.
Extinction of the house of Ruric, in Russia.
1600. English East India Company.
1602. Dutch East India Company.
1603 — 1649. THE HOUSE OF STUART IN GREAT BRITAIN AND
IRELAND.
1605. Discovery of the Gunpowder Plot.
1608. Union of the Protestant Princes of Germany.
258 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE.
A. D.
1609. Letter of Majesty for the Bohemian and Silesian Protestants.
Armistice between Spain and the United Netherlands.
Romanist league.
1610. Henry IV. assassinated by Ravaillac.
1610—1643. Louis XIII. Mary de Medici Regent.
1611—1632. Gustavus (II.) Adolphus, King of Sweden.
1612 — 1619. MATTHIAS, EMPEROR OF GERMANS'.
1613 — 1762. THE HOUSE OF ROMANOW, IN RUSSIA.
1618. Prussia united to Brandenburg.
1618. Disturbances in Prague on account of the destruction of the
Letter of Majesty.
1618 — 1648. THIRTY YEARS' WAR IN GERMANY.
1618 — 1623. BOHEMIAN-PALATINE PERIOD OF THE THIRTY YEARS'
WAR.
1619—1637. Ferdinand II., Emperor of Germany.
1619. The Protestant estates of Bohemia choose the Elector Pala-
tine, Frederick V., to be their King.
1620. Frederick defeated on the White Mountain. Bohemia sub-
dued.
1623. The electorate of the Palatinate (conquered by Tilly), con-
ferred on Maximilian of Bavaria.
1624 — 1642. RICHELIEU, Prime Minister in France.
1625—1629. DANISH PERIOD of the thirty years' war.
1626. Wallenstein defeats Count Mansfield at the Bridge. of Des-
sau. Christian IV. defeated by Tilly at Lutter on the
Barenberg.
1627. Conquest of Lower Saxony. Siege of Stralsund.
1629. Peace concluded with Denmark at Lubeck. RESTITUTION
EDICT.
1630. Diet of Ratisbon. Wallenstein deprived of the command-m-
chief. Dissolution of the Hansa.
1630 — 1634. SWEDISH PERIOD of the thirty years' war.
1630. Gustavus Adolphus lands in Pomerania, and advances as far
as Brandenburg.
1631. Magdeburg stormed and sacked by Tilly. Gustavus Adol-
phus, with a reinforcement of Saxon troops, defeats Tilly
near Leipzic, and advances into Western and Southern
Germany.
Gustavus Adolphus and (Wallenstein encamped near Niirn-
berg.
1632. Battle of LUTZEN. Death of Gustavus Adolphus and Pap-
penheim.
1632—1654. Christiria, Queen of Sweden.
1634. Wallenstein murdered at Eger. The Austrians victorious at
Nordlinger over Bernard of Weimar and Gustavus Horn.
SWEDISH-FRENCH PERIOD of the thirty years' war.
1635. Peace concluded at Prague by the emperor and Saxony
with the Protestant estates of central and Northern Ger-
many.
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A. D.
1636. Baner defeats the Saxons at Wittstock.
1637 — 1657. FERDINAND III., EMPEROR OF GERMANY.
1639. After the death of Bernard of Weimar, France regains pos-
session of his conquests on the Rhine.
1640—1688. Frederick William the Great, Elector of Brandenburg.
1640. Separation of Portugal from Spain. The house of Braganza
raised to the throne.
1642. Torstenson defeats the imperialists near Leipzic.
1643—1714. Louis XIV., KING OP FRANCE.
1643—1661. Mazarin Prime Minister in France during the minority
of Louis XIV.
1645. Torstenston victorious at Zankau.
1646. 1647. Bavaria twice attacked by Wrangel and Turenne.
1647. Massaniello's insurrection at Naples.
1648. THE PEACE OF WESTPHALIA.
War of the Fronde against the court of Louis XIII. and
Mazarin.
1648—1789. FROM THE PEACE OF WESTPHALIA TO THE FRENCH
REVOLUTION.
1649. Execution of Charles I., King of England.
1649—1660. ENGLAND A REPUBLIC.
1653—1658. Oliver Cromwell, Protector of England.
1654 — 1751. The house of Zweibrucken reigns in Sweden.
1655—1660. Swedish-Polish war ; in which the Great Elector takes
part.
1656. Battle of Warsaw ; the Swedes, assisted by the Great Elector,
defeat the Poles.
1658 — 1705. LEOPOLD I., EMPEROR OF GERMANY.
1659. Peace of the Pyrenees, between France and Spain. Richard
Cromwell resigns the Protectorate at the end of eight
months. Charles II. brought back by General Monk.
1660—1668. England under the two last Stuarts, Charles II., and
James II. Act of toleration (afterwards repealed). Test
act. Habeas corpus.
1660. Sweden concludes a peace with Poland at Oliva, and with
Denmark at Copenhagen.
Denmark becomes an absolute monarchy.
1661—1683. Colbert^ French minister.
1663. The German diet becomes a permanent congress of deputies.
1666—1668. Louis XlVth's first war of spoliation against the Span-
ish Netherlands. Triple alliance.
1668. Peace concluded at Aix-la-Chapelle.
1672—1676. Louis XlVth's second war of spoliation against Hol-
land. Dissolution of the triple alliance.
1675. Frederick William of Brandenburg defeats the Swedes at
Fehrbellin.
1678. Peace of Nimeguen.
1679. The Great Elector is compelled to restore almost all his con-
quests to Sweden at the peace of S. Germain en Laye.
1680—1684. Louis XlVth's " re-unions."
260 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE.
A. D.
1683. The last siege of Vienna by the Turks.
1685. Revocation of the edict of Nantes. The Protestants quit
France and establish themselves in other countries, espe-
cially in Brandenburg.
1687. Hungary a hereditary kingdom.
1688—1697. Louis XlVth's third war of spoliation. The Palati-
nate ravaged.
1688—1701. Frederick III. last Elector of Brandenburg.
1688. The English Revolution. Expulsion of the Stuarts.
1789—1702. The house of Orange in England. William III.
1690. Marshal Luxemburg defeats the Dutch at Fleurus.
1692. Hanover created a ninth electorate.
1697. Prince Eugene defeats the Turks at Gentha.
Saxony and Poland united. Peter the Great visits Holland
and England.
Peace of Ryswick.
1697—1718. Charles XII., King of Sweden.
1699. Peace with the Turks at Carlowitz.
1700—1721. THE NORTHERN WAR.
1700. Denmark compelled to conclude a peace at Travendal in
consequence of the landing of Charles XII. on the island
of Zealand.
Charles XII. defeats the Russians at Narva. Extinction of
the house of Hapsburg in Spain.
1701. The Elector of Brandenburg assumes the title of King of
Prussia.
1701—1713. FREDERICK I., KING OF PRUSSIA.
1701—1714. War of the Spanish succession.
1701. War in Italy. Attack on Milan.
1702—1714. Anne, Queen of England.
1703. Peter the Great lays the foundation of Petersburg.
1704. Stanislaus Lesczinsky, King of Poland.
Gibraltar taken by the English.
Eugene and Marlborough defeat the French at Hochstadt
1705—1711. JOSEPH I., EMPEROR OF GERMANY.
1706. Augustus II. resigns the crown of Poland at the peace of
Altranstadt.
Marlborough victorious at Ramillies, and Eugene, by the aid
of the Russians, at Turin.
1707. Neuenburg [Neufchatel] and Valendis annexed to Prussia.
England and Scotland united, with one parliament.
1708. Eugene and Marlborough victorious at Oudenarde. Nego-
tiations for peace.
1709. The two commanders victorious at Malplaquet. Charles
XII., defeated at Pultowa, takes refuge in Turkey.
1709—1714. Residence of Charles XII. in Turkey. Conquest of
the Swedish Baltic provinces by Peter. The Russian
army surrounded by the Turks on the banks of the Pruth.
Escape of Peter.
1711 — 1740. CHARLES VI., EMPEROR OF GERMANY.
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. 261
A. D.
1712. Fall of the Marlborough administration.
1713— 1740. Frederick William 1., King of Prussia.
1713. Peace of Utrecht. Philip V. recognized as King of Spain and
her foreign possessions.
1714. Peace concluded at Rastadt and Baden. Charles VI. obtains
the Spanish provinces in Europe. THE HOUSE OF HANO-
VER RAISED TO THE ENGLISH THRONE.
Return of Charles XII. from Turkey.
1714—1716. Three campaigns of Charles XII. against Norway.
1614 — 1718. War of the Turks against Venice and Austria.
1715—1774. Louis XV., King of France. Regency of the Duke of
Orleans under the management of Dubois.
1716. Prince Eugene victorious at Peterwardein.
1718. Charles XII. slain at the siege of Friederichshall. Quad-
ruple alliance for maintenance of the peace of Utrecht
against Philip V. Sardinia given to Savoy in exchange
for Sicily.
1721. Peace at Nystadt between Russia and Sweden.
1726 — 1743. Cardinal Fleury at the head of the administration in
France.
1735. The kingdom of the two Sicilies again independent.
1733—1738. War of the Polish succession.
1736—1739. War of the Turks against Russia and Austria.
1737. Extinction of the house of Medici.
1738. Peace concluded at Vienna. Stanislaus resigns the crown of
Poland, and receives Lorraine and Bar as an indemnifica-
tion.
1739. Peace of Belgrade.
1740 — 1780. MARIA THERESA EMPRESS OF GERMANY in consequence
of the pragmatic sanction.
1740—1788. Frederick (II.) the Great, King in (afterwards of)
Prussia.
1740 — 1748. War of the Austrian succession.
1740—1742. First Silesian war.
1741—1762. Elizabeth Empress of Russia.
1742. Frederick victorious at Czaslau. Peace of Breslau.
1742—1745. The Emperor Charles VII. Maria Theresa at the
diet of Presburg receives aid from Hungary. Charles
VII. loses Bavaria, The French defeated at Dettingen.
1744. East Friesland annexed to Prussia.
1744 — 1745. Second Silesian war.
1745. After the death of Charles VII. his son relinquishes his
claims to the Austrian succession.
1745—1806. THE HOUSE OF LORRAINE IN GERMANY AND AUSTRIA.
1745—1765. FRANCIS I., Emperor of Germany.
1745—1764. The Marquise de Pompadour governs France.
1745. Frederick 'II. victorious at Hohenfriedberg, Sorr, and Kes-
selsdorf. Peace concluded at Dresden between Austria
and Prussia.
262 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE.
A.D.
1746. Maria Theresa enters into an alliance with Elizabeth against
Frederick II.
The Pretender, Charles Edward, defeated at Culloden.
1748. Peace concluded at Aix-la-Chapelle between Austria and
France.
1750—1777. Administration of Pombal in Portugal.
1751—1818. The house of Holstein-Gottorp in Sweden.
1755. Earthquake at Lisbon.
1756 — 1763. Third Silesian, or seven years' war.
1756—1763. Maritime war between France and England, occa-
sioned by disputes respecting the boundaries of their
American possessions.
1756. Frederick invades Saxony. Occupation of Dresden. Block-
ade of the Saxon army. Victory at Lowositz, in Bohemia.
1757. Frederick victorious at PRAGUE.' Defeated at KOLLIN. The
French defeated at Hastenbeck, and the Russians at Gross-
jagerndorf. Defeat of the French and imperial troops at
ROSSBACH, and the Austrians at LEUTHEN.
1758. The French defeated at CREFELD. the Russians at ZORN-
DORF, and Frederick at HOCHKIRCH.
1759. The Austrians victorious at KUNERSDORF. Fink taken pris-
oner at Maxen. Ferdinand of Brunswick victorious at
Minden.
1760. Fougue taken prisoner at Landshut.
Frederick victorious at LIEGNITZ and Torgau.
1761. Frederick encamped at Bunzelwitz.
1762. Elizabeth succeeded on the throne of Russia by Peter III.,
who was followed at the end of six months by
1762—1796. Catherine II.
1762. Frederick victorious at Buckersdorf, and his brother Henry
at Freiberg.
1763. The two seven years' wars terminated by the peace of Hab-
ertsburg and Paris.
Stanislaus Poniatowski, King of Poland. Confederation at
Bar against the Russians.
1765—1790. JOSEPH II., EMPEROR OF GERMANY.
1767—1784. War of the English in the East Indies.
1768—1780. Three voyages of Cook round the world.
1768—1774. Russo-Turkish war.
1768. Corsica annexed to France.
1769. Napoleon Bonaparte born.
1772. First partition of Poland between Austria, Russia, and Prus-
sia. The minister Struensee executed.
1773. Order of the Jesuits suppressed by Pope Clement XIV.
1774. Peace at Kutschuk-Kainardge between Russia and the Porte.
1774-1792. Louis XVL, King of France.
1775 — 1783. NORTH AMERICAN WAR OF LIBERATION.
1776. Thirteen North American provinces declare themselves in-
dependent of England.
1776—1791. Potemkiu's administration.
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A. D.
1778. France takes part in the North American war. Armed
neutrality of the northern powers.
1778—1779. War of the Bavarian succession. Frederick II. in-
vades Bohemia, and compels the Emperor
1779. in the peace of Teschen to relinquish all claims on Bavaria.
1780 — 1790. Joseph II. introduces several reforms.
1783. Peace concluded at Versailles between England and the
North American states.
1785. Confederacy of the German Princes, founded by Frederick
II., against the ambitious designs of Austria.
1786—1797. Frederick William II., King of Prussia.
1787—1792. War of the Porte with Russia and Austria.
1788—1790. War between Sweden and Russia.
1789. Constitution of the United States of America.
THIRD PERIOD.
A. D. 1789 — 1848. FROM THE OUTBREAK OF THE FRENCH REVOLU-
TION TO THE PRESENT TIME.
1789. THE STATES-GENERAL ASSEMBLED AT VERSAILLES; Dispute
respecting the manner of taking the votes. The third
estate votes itself a national assembly, and directs its at-
tention chiefly to the drawing up of a constitution.
1789 — 1791. THE CONSTITUENT NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. Storming of
the Bastille. Abolition of the feudal system. The na-
tional assembly adjourns from Versailles to Paris. New
division of the kingdom. Assignats. Suppression of the
monastic orders and the hereditary nobility. Formation
of Clubs (Jacobins). Flight of the King. Completion of
the first constitution.
1790—1792. Leopold II., Emperor of Germany.
1792 — 1806. FRANCBS II., THE LAST GERMAN EMPEROR.
1792—1804. FRANCE A REPUBLIC.
1792 — 1795. THE NATIONAL CONVENTION.
1792. Dumouriez victorious at Jemappes. He conquers the whole
of Belgium.
1793. Execution of Louis XVI. Committee of public safety. Fall
of the Gironde.
1793—1797. War of France against the first coalition.
1793. Battle of Neerwinden. Belgium reconquered by the Aus-
trians.
1793—1794. REION OP TERROR. Second constitution. A large
force raised for resistance to foreign as well as domestic
enemies (La Vendee). Public worship abolished. Exe-
cutions en masse. Fall of Robespierre.
1793. Second partition of Poland between Prussia and Russia.
1794. The French, after the victory of Fleurus. regain possession
of Belgium.
Re-action against the Terrorists. Third constitution.
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A. D.
1795. THIRD PARTITION OF POLAND between Russia, Prussia, and
Austria.
Separate peace concluded at Basle with Prussia.
1795—1806. Holland a Batavian republic.
1795—1799. Government of the French DIRECTORY.
1796. Jourdan and Moreau defeated by the Archduke Charles.
1796—1799. NAPOLEON'S CAMPAIGNS IN ITALY. Victories at Mon-
tenotte, Millesimo, Mondovi, Lodi. Mantua taken. Cis-
padane republic. Peace of Campo Formio. Cisalpine
and Ligurian republics.
1797—1840. Frederick William III., King of Prussia.
1797, 1798. Difficulties between the United States and the French
Directory. Preparations for war.
1798, 1799. BONAPARTE'S CAMPAIGN IN EGYPT AND SYRIA. The
French take Malta. Battle of the Pyramids. The French
fleet annihilated by Nelson in the bay of Aboukir. Storm-
ing of Jaffa. Unsuccessful siege of St. Jean d' Acre. The
Turkish army defeated on their landing at Aboukir.
1798. Helvetic and Roman republics.
1799. WASHINGTON died, Dec. 14th, aged 68.
1799—1802. War of the SECOND COALITION against France.
1799. Fall of the Directory. Bonaparte FIRST CONSUL. Fourth
constitution.
Naples a Parthenopcean republic.
Disastrous war of the French in Germany, Switzerland, and
Italy.
1800. Napoleon recovers Upper Italy, by the victory of MARENGO.
Moreau's victory at Hohenlinden occasions
1801. The peace of LUNEVILLE between France and Austria.
The French evacuate Egypt.
1801—1825. Alexander I., Emperor of Russia.
1802. Peace of Amiens between France and England.
Napoleon Consul for life.
1804—1825. NAPOLEON HEREDITARY EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH.
1805. Napoleon King of Italy. Eugene Beuharnais Viceroy.
THE THIRD COALITION AGAINST FRANCE.
Mack capitulates in Ulm. Nelson slain in the battle of TRA-
FALGAR. Murat invests Vienna. Battle of the three Em-
perors at AUSTERLITZ. Peace concluded at Presburg.
Bavaria and Wiirtemberg made kingdoms. Tyrol annexed
to Bavaria.
1806—1808. Joseph Bonaparte King of Naples.
1806—1810. Louis Bonaparte King of Holland.
1806. DISSOLUTION OF THE GERMAN EMPIRE.
1806—1813. The Rhenish confederacy under the protection of
Napoleon.
1806—1835. Francis I., Emperor of Austria.
1806. The FOURTH COALITION against France.
Defeat of the Prussians at Jena and Auerstadt.
Napoleon begins the continental system.
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A. D.
1807. Indecisive engagement at Eylau.
Commencement of the reforms in Prussia, under Stem's ad-
ministration.
The Russians defeated at FRTKDLAND. Napoleon concludes
a peace at TILSIT with Russia and Prussia. Duchy of
Warsaw annexed to Saxony.
1807—1813. Jerome Bonaparte King- of Westphalia.
1807. Portugal invaded by the French. The royal family fiy to
Brazil.
1808—1814. WAR OF THE FRENCH IN SPAIN. Joseph Bonaparte
King of Spain. Murat King of Naples.
1809. Saragossa taken. Wellesley victorious at Talavera.
AUSTRIAN WAR AGAINST NAPOLEON. Vienna a second time
taken. Napoleon defeated, for the first time, at Aspern
and Essling. Victorious at WAGRAM. Peace of Vienna.
Suppression of the Pope's temporal power.
1809—1810. Insurrection of the Tyrolese. Andrew Hofer shot at
Mantua.
1810—1814. Holland united to France.
1810. Napoleon divorces Josephine, and marries Maria Louisa,
Archduchess of Austria.
1810—1822. A revolution in the government of Prussia effected by
the Chancellor Hardenberg.
1810 — 1813. Grea testae xtension of the French empire.
1811—1824. The American provinces revolt from Spain.
1812. Declaration of war by the United States against England
(June 4th).
1812. NAPOLEON'S RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN. Victories of Smolensk and
Borodino. Conflagration of Moscow. Retreat and de-
struction of the French army. Ney and Oudinot force the
passage of the Beresina.
1813. GRAND CONFLICT OF THE ALLIED POWERS WITH NAPOLEON.
Frederick William III. issues a proclamation to his people
and army. Prussian leve"e en masse (Landwehr und Land-
sturm). Napoleon defeats the Prussians and Russians at
Grossgorschen or Liitzen, and again at Bautzen and
Wurschen. Armistice. Austria takes part in the war.
Napoleon victorious at Dresden. His generals defeated,
viz., Oudinot at Grossbeeren, by Billow. Macdonald at
Wahlstatt, by Bliicher. Vandamme at Culm, and Ney at
Dennewitz.
DECISIVE BATTLE OF THE NATIONS, AT LEIPZIG. Battle of
Hanau. Wellington defeats the French at Vittoria.
1814. The allies enter France. Bliicher defeats the French at
la Rothiere and Laon. Paris taken. Napoleon abdicates
and retires to Elba.
First peace of Paris.
CONGRESS of Vienna.
The order of Jesuits restored by Pius VII.
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A. D.
1814. Treaty of Peace between the United States and England
(signed at Ghent, Dec. 24th).
1815. Napoleon returns from Elba. The hundred days.
LAST CONFLICT OP THE ALLIES WITH NAPOLEON.
Blucher defeated at Ligny. Ney victorious at Quatrebras.
Wellington and Blucher terminate the war by the victory
at WATERLOO. Second abdication of Napoleon.
1815—1830. Restoration of the Bourbons.
THE HOLY ALLIANCE between Russia, Austria, and Prussia.
1815- Second peace of Paris.
1817- The Prussian evangelical Church formed by the union of the
Lutheran and Reformed Communions.
1818. Congress of sovereigns at Aix-la-Chapelle. It is resolved to
withdraw the army of occupation from France.
Bernadotte Crown Prince of Sweden.
18,20. Military revolutions in Spain, Portugal, and Italy. Con-
gresses assembled, in consequence of these movements, at
Troppau, Laibach. and Verona (1820—1823.)
1821. Napoleon dies at St. Helena.
1821—1828. THE GREEKS THROW OFF THE TURKISH YOKE.
1822. Brazil revolts from Portugal.
1827- Battle of Navarino.
1828—1829. Russian-Turkish war. Peace of Adrianople.
1829. Emancipation of the Roman Catholics in England.
1830. Algiers taken by the French. REVOLUTION OF JULY AT PARIS.
Louis Philippe, king of the French.
Separation of Belgium from Holland. Leopold I., King of
the Belgians.
1830—1831. The Polish revolution.
Disturbances in Brunswick, Saxony, Hesse-Cassel, Hanover,
and Switzerland.
1831—1833. Mohammed Ali declares himself independent of the
Porte.
1832. Otho I., King of Greece.
1832—1834. Contest between Don Pedro and Don Miguel.
1833—1840. War of the Spanish succession.
1834. The German commercial league (Zollverem) established.
1835. Ferdinand I., Emperor of Austria.
1837. Hanover separated from England.
1839 — 1841. Second war between the Porte and Mohammed Ali.
1840. Frederick William IV., King of Prussia.
1843. Oregon treaty.
1845. Don Carlos relinquishes his claim to the Spanish throne in
favor of his eldest son the Prince of Asturias.
1845. Texas annexed to the United States.
1846. Pius IX. pope. His reforms.
Cracow annexed to Prussia.
1847. First united diet in Prussia.
War of the Swiss diet against the Sonderbund of the seven
Roman Catholic cantons.
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A. D.
1847. Parma, after the death of Maria Louisa, subject to the Duke
of Lucca.
Abd-el-Kader surrenders to General Lamoriciere.
1848. (Jan.) Insurrection at Palermo.
(Feb.) The Mexican union cedes Upper California and New
Mexico to the United States.
A constitution given to the kingdom of the two Sicilies.
Constitution for Tuscany.
Revolution at Paris. Resignation of Guizot. Flight
of Louis Philippe. Monarchy abolished. Provisional
government. PROCLAMATION OF THE SECOND FRENCH
REPUBLIC.
(March.) Important political privileges granted to the people
in most of the Germam states.
The connection of Neufchatel with Prussia dissolved.
Meeting of the fifty-one at Heidelberg for the purpose
of convoking a German national representative assembly.
Petition of the states of Lower Austria at Vienna.
RESIGNATION OF METTERNICH. Concessions.
A constitution granted to the states of the Church.
Abolition of the censorship in Prussia. COMBAT IN
THE STREETS OF BERLIN. Further concessions.
Insurrection at Milan.
Louis I., of Bavaria, abdicates in favor of Maxi-
milian II.
Provisional government established at Venice.
Hungary obtains a ministry of its own.
The preliminary parliament at Frankfort.
(April.) Second united diet in Prussia.
War of the Austrians against the Lombards and Sar-
dinians.
War of the Danes against Schleswig-Holstein and its
German allies.
The province of Prussia and a part of the province of
Posen admitted into the German confederacy.
(May.) Opening of the Assemble Nationale at Paris. Elec-
tion of an executive commission.
A constitutional diet, with ONE chamber, granted to
Austria.
Opening of the CONSTITUENT l GERMAN NATIONAL
ASSEMBLY AT FRANKFORT.
(June.) Opening of the first parliament at Rome.
Disturbances among the ouvriers at Paris. The
executive authority intrusted to General Cavaignac.
Resolution of the German national assembly respect-
ing the establishment of a PROVISIONAL CENTRAL GOVERN-
MENT FOR GERMANY.
The ARCHDUKE JOHN of Austria elected ADMINISTRA-
TOR OF THE GERMAN EMPIRE.
1 Verfassungsgebende ; constitution-giving.
268 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE.
A. D.
1848. (July.) Opening of the diet at Vienna (in the absence of the
emperor) by the Archduke John.
Radetzky defeats the Sardinians at Custozza.
(Aug.) Milan retaken by Radetzsky.
(Sept..) The new constitution proclaimed in Switzerland.
War between the Croatians and Hungarians.
(Oct.) A fresh revolution at Vienna accasioned by the resist-
ance offered by the national guard to the march of the
imperial troops against the Hungarians. Flight of the
emperor to Ohmitz.
(Nov.) Vienna retaken by Windischgratz and Jellachich.
The diet removed to Kremsier.
A new constitution for Holland proclaimed.
The Prussian assembly removed from Berlin to Bran-
denburg.
Flight of the Pope to Gaeta.
(Dec.) Abdication of the Emperor Ferdinand I. in favor of
his nephew Francis Joseph I.
Louis NAPOLEON ELECTED PRESIDENT OP THE FRENCH
REPUBLIC. (Dec. 10th.)
1849. Roman Republic proclaimed, Feb. 9th.
(July 3) Rome surrendered to the French.
1850. (April.) The Pope returns to Rome.
1850. Gen. Zachary Taylor, President of the United States, died
July 9th.
Louis Philippe, ex-king of the French, died, Aug. 26th., in
England.
QUESTIONS.
§ 1. Discoveries, Conquests, and Colonies, of the Europeans in other
quarters of the Globe.
(3.) BY what nations were voyages of discovery undertaken
towards the close of the fifteenth century 7 By what circumstance
were they induced to undertake these voyages 1 What object did
they hope to attain 1 In what direction did they respectively steer 7
(4.) Enumerate the discoveries and conquests of the Spaniards.
(5.) Who was Columbus 1 To what parties did he apply in the
first instance 1 With what success 7 To whom did he then address
himself 1 What encouragement did he at last receive, and from
whom 1 From what port and in what year did he sail 1 What
countries did he discover 1 What name did he give to one of these
islands 1 What discoveries did he make in his second and third
voyages 1 Under what circumstances did he return to Spain after
his third voyage 1 What discovery did he attempt in his fourth
voyage, and with what success 1 Where and in what year did he
die 1 From whom did the newly-discovered continent receive its
name 7 What work did he publish 7 What country was soon
afterwards discovered by the Spaniards 7
(6.) By what Spaniard was the next voyage of discovery under-
taken 1 From what island did he sail, and where did he land 1
What was the result of this invasion 1 What disaster followed, and
by what circumstance was it occasioned 1 What dignity was con-
ferred on him, and by whom 1 For what purpose did he return
to Spain 7 How was he received by the king 1 What office was
he permitted to retain 1 What discovery did he make 1 Where
and of what disease did he die 1
(7.) By whom, and in what year was a passage into the South
Sea discovered 7 What name was given to this channel 7 What
name did he give to the South Sea 7 What was his fate 7 What
exploit was performed by his crew 7
(8.) By whom was Peru discovered 7 Had he any colleagues 7
What circumstance facilitated the conquest of Peru 7 What name
was given to the new capital 7 By whom was the conquest of Chili
undertaken 7 What circumstance occasioned his execution 7 What
WAS the fate of Pizarro 7
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(9.) To what body was the government of these provinces in-
trusted 1 Where did they sit 1 What local government was estab-
lished'? By what measures was civilization promoted'? What
were the chief obstacles to their success 1 What benefit was de-
rived from these settlements 1 By whom were the mines worked 1
At whose suggestion ? What unjust restrictions were imposed on
the colonists 1 How were disputes with Portugal avoided 1 By
whom was this boundary established 1 Through what degrees of
longitude was it drawn 1
(10.) By whom was the Cape of Good Hope discovered? By
what Portuguese sovereign were fresh attempts made to find a
passage by sea to the East Indies ? By whom, and in what year
was this passage discovered 1 Where did he land 1
(11.) By what nations was the supremacy of Portugal in the
East Indies disputed? How was this supremacy maintained?
What city was the central point of these establishments ? By whom
were they chiefly planned ?
(12.) By whom was Brazil discovered, and in what year was it
colonized ? With what countries were commercial treaties con-
cluded by Portugal ?
(13.) By what circumstances were the Dutch induced to under-
take an expedition to India ? What was the result of this expedi-
tion ? In what year did this event occur ? In what year was the
Dutch East India Company formed? What advantages did it
enjoy by the terms of its charter ? Where were the principal
Dutch settlements ? In what city was the seat of government estab-
lished ? On what island was it situated ? In what year was the
Dutch West India Company established ? What conquests did it
achieve ? Was it able to retain these conquests ?
(14.) By whom, and in what year was the discovery of a north-
western passage to India attempted ? Who endeavored to discover
a north-eastern passage ? Was either of these adventures success-
ful ? By what sovereign, and in what year, was the English East
India Company chartered ? What territories did it possess ? By
what other nation were settlements formed in the West India
islands?
§ 2. The Reformation.
(16.) To what causes do you mainly attribute the rapid prog-
ress of the Reformation in the sixteenth century ?
(17.) From what period do you date the decline of the papal
influence ? Enumerate the causes of this decline. Which of the
popes were particularly disreputable ? In what country was the
feeling of hostility to the papal see most bitter ? Can you mention
any other causes ?
(18.) What was the immediate cause of the Reformation in Ger-
many ? By what pope, and for what purpose, was this system
sanctioned ? By whom was it opposed ? Where, and in what year
was he born ? 'What was his first act of aggression against the
papal system ? Mention the date of this event. What doctrine
did he maintain in his theological treatises ? In what language
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were they written t What measures were adopted by the pope in
consequence of these proceedings 1 What indulgence was granted
to the Reformer, and at whose request 7 With whom was he per-
mitted to discuss the question 7 At what diet 1 What was the
result of this conference 1 Who was afterwards appointed as the
pope's representative 1 What was the result of his conference with
Luther 1 Where, and in conjunction with whom, did Luther hold
a disputation with Dr. Eck7 What bull was published by the
pope in consequence of these proceedings 1 How was this bull
treated by Luther 1 What writings shared the same fate 7 What
was the consequence of this daring act 1 In what year did Luther
appear before the diet of Worms 1 What was the result of Luther's
refusal to retract his assertions 1 By what name was this sentence
distinguished 1 Where did he find an asylum 7 What great work
was completed by Luther during his retirement 1
(19.) In whom did the reformed doctrines find an able defender 7
What work did he publish 7 Wh'o were the most distinguished
opponents of the Reformation 7 In what countries did the reformed
doctrines first gain a footing 1 To what circumstance do you attri-
bute' the success of the Reformers in Prussia 1 In what year did
this event take place 7 Whom did the new Duke marry 7 What
bold course was adopted by Luther 1 What was the name of this
lady 7 What disastrous result was produced by the misinterpreta-
tion of Luther's doctrines 7 Was there no other cause 1 In what
country, and in what year, did this war break out 7 Over what
countries did it spread 7 Can you mention any distinguished noble
who was compelled to join the insurgents 1 What was the result
of this attempt 1 By whom, and with what success was a subse-
quent attempt made 7
(20.) What demands were made by the peasants 1 Were there
not others of a still more fanatical character 1 On what did they
found these demands 1
(21.) In what year, and by whom, was the diet of Spires assem-
bled 1 For the discussion of what subjects 1 What resolutions
did it adopt] Fiom what circumstance were the Reformers called
Protestants 1
(22.) With what view did the emperor assemble the diet of
Augsburg 1 In what year 1 What important document was read
at this diet 1 By whom was it drawn up 1 Who signed it 7 What
imperial edict was then issued 1 What was the result of this pro-
ceeding 1 Where, and in what year, was the league formed 1 Who
were parties to the league 1 To what course of action did they
pledge themselves 1 What effect had their firmness on the empe-
ror'? What were the terms of this convention. 7 By what name
was it known 7 By whom was the calm disturbed 7 Where did
this sect re-appear 7
(23.) Who were the leaders 7 In what year did Mattheys visit
Munster 7 What was his fate, and by whom was he succeeded 7
What was the first act of the new leader 7 What was his fate 7
Who suffered with him 7 In what year was the council of Trent
opened 7 When did Martin Luther die 7 Why did the Protest-
I?
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ants refuse to appear before the council 7 What demand did they
make 1 What effect did the threats of the emperor produce on
some of the Protestant leaders 1 Who were their principal sup-
porters 1 What course did they pursue 1 What measures were
adopted by the emperor in consequence of these proceedings 1
(24.) In what year did the Schmalkaldian war commence 1 To
what circumstance was Charles indebted for his escape 1 Where
did he engage the Schmalkaldian confederates, and with what suc-
cess 1 By whom were the territories of the Elector of Saxony
invaded 7
(25.) Where was the elector defeated, and what disastrous con-
sequences followed 1 In whose favor was he compelled to abdi-
cate 1 What became of the Landgrave of Hesse 1 To what place
did the council of Trent adjourn 1 What decree was issued by the
emperor 7 By what name was this decree known, and for what
reason 1 Why was this arrangement distasteful both to the Pope
and the Protestants 1 What city distinguished itself by its opposi-
tion to the emperor's decree 1 By whom was it taken 1 What
circumstance occasioned a change in the aspect of affairs 1 What
excuse did he make for this act of treachery 7 By what sovereigns
was he supported 1 What act of aggression was committed by the
King of France 1 Where was the ernperor at this time, and what
course was he forced to adopt 1 On what terms, and in what year,
was the convention of Passau concluded 1 What became of the
Landgrave of Hesse and the Elector of Saxony 1 What attempt
was made by the emperor, and with what success 1 In what year,
and with what result, was the battle of Sievershausen fought 7
What celebrated general was mortally wounded in this battle 7
Where, and by whom, was the promised diet opened 'I In what
year 1 On what terms was a peace concluded 1 By what name
was it known 1 What was the only subject of dispute 1
(26.) How many years did the session of the council of Trent
continue 1 To what objects did it now direct its attention 1
(27.) What religion was adopted by the sovereigns of the
Scandinavian kingdoms 1 What advantage did they gain by this
change 1 By what abuses were the inhabitants of the North of
Europe rendered discontented with the old system 1
(28.) Who was Zwingli 1 Where, and in what year, was he
born 1 What irregular practice did he first oppose 1 What Rom-
ish doctrines did he afterwards attack 1 Compare the Reforma-
tions of Luther and Zwingli 1 What was the grand subject of dis-
pute between the two Reformers 7 Mention the opinion of each
of them respecting the Holy Eucharist. By what Swiss cantons
was the doctrine of Zwingli embraced 1 What cantons rejected it 1
What was the fate of Zwingli 7 What was the immediate result of
this battle 7 To what circumstance do you ascribe the establish-
ment of Protestantism in French-Switzerland? Where were the
head-quarters of the reformed belief 7
(29.) Who was Calvin? Where, and in what year, was he
born 7 What was his original profession 7 Where did he seek an
asylum 7 What important work did he publish 7 What befell him
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at Geneva? Mention his peculiar doctrines'? What form of
Church government was established at Geneva 1 Into what other
countries, and by whom, was it introduced "?
(30.) Into what other countries did the teaching of Calvin
spread 1 By what name were the Protestants distinguished in
France 1 In whose reigns did they form a powerful party 1
(31.) To what circumstance do you attribute the rapid progress
of the Reformation in the Netherlands 1
(32.) What occasioned the separation of the seven northern
provinces from Spain ?
(33.) What form of Protestantism was established in these
provinces 1
(34.) Why did Henry VIII. quarrel with the Pope ? What
title did he assume 1 What punishments were inflicted on those
who refused to recognize his supremacy 1 What sweeping plans
of spoliation were carried into effect in England 1 By whom, and
in whose reign, were the doctrines of the Reformation first intro-
duced into England 1 Who re-established the connection with
Rome 1 What cruelties were now inflicted on the Protestants 1
What was the fate of Archbishop Cranmer'? By whom was
Protestantism restored 1 What was the constitution of the re-
formed Anglican Church 1 By what party was this arrangement
opposed 1 Whence did they derive their name 1 What other
sect sprang up in the reign of Charles 1. 1 What tenet was main-
tained by these schismatics ?
(35.) To what circumstance do you attribute the success of the
Reformers in Scotland 1 Who was the most vehement opponent of
the Church of Rome in that country'?
(36.) What attempts were made to establish Protestantism in
Ireland 1 With what success ?
(37.) Into what countries did the Reformation extend from
Germany ?
§ 3. Germany under Maximilian I. and Charles V.
(38.) On what condition did the estates of the empire grant a
subsidy to the emperor for carrying on the Italian war 1 Where
did Maximilian hold a diet, and what important change was made
in the constitution 1 In what year was it held 1 With what au-
thority was the imperial chamber invested 1 By whom was the
president of this court nominated 1 By whom were the other
members elected ? Where did the chamber now hold its sittings 1
Was the place of its meeting ever changed 1 In what year was it
dissolved 1 What measure was adopted for the better main-
tenance of peace? At what diet, and in what year, was this
arrangement made 1 Name the ten circles, and enumerate the
countries comprehended in each.
39.) In the Austrian circle.
40.) The Bavarian.
41.) The Swabian.
42.) The Franconian.
274 QUESTIONS TO HANDBOOK [43 57.
The Upper Rhenish.
The Electoral, or Lower Rhenish.
The Burgundian.
The Westphalian.
The Lower Saxon.
The Upper Saxon.
49.) How many states were comprehended in these circles 1
"Was the attendance of members at the diet in proportion to the
number of states 1 Why not 7 What countries were excluded
from this arrangement 1 What privileges were conferred on
Switzerland's What became of Italy and the kingdom of
Aries 1
(50.) On what did Charles VIII. of France found his claims to
the Neapolitan throne 7 In what year did he obtain possession of
Naples 1 What circumstance occasioned the formation of a
league against him, and who were the parties to that league 1
What was the result of this movement 1
(51.) By what French king, and in what year, was Milan con-
quered 7 On what did he found his claims^ By whom were the
French expelled 1 What was his fate 7
(52.) With whom, and for what purpose, did Louis XII. King
of France, form an alliance 7 By what circumstance had his
power been augmented 1 What became of the reigning sovereign
of Naples 1 By whom, and in consequence of what dispute, was
Louis compelled to relinquish his claims 1
(53.) With what sovereigns, and for what purpose, did Louis
XII. enter into a confederacy in the year 1508 1 Why do you con-
sider this a proof of his weakness 1 By what name was th'is treaty
known 7 What were its provisions 1 Where, and with what re-
sult, was the first battle fought 7 Under what circumstances was
the confederacy broken up 1 With what powers did the Vene-
tians then form a league 1 For the attainment of what object 7
(54.) By what name was it distinguished 1 What heavy loss
was sustained by the French 1 In what year 1 What celebrated
French general fell in the battle of Ravenna 7 By whom was
Milan then garrisoned 7 By whom, and where, were the French
defeated soon after the battle of Novara 1 By whom was Milan
taken for the fourth time 1 In conjunction with what allies 1
After what victory 1 In what year 1 What became of Maximilian
Sforza 1
(55.) To what marriages was Maximilian indebted for an ac-
cession of territory 1 What title did he adopt 1 In consequence
of what circumstance 7 At what period of their reign did his
successors assume the imperial dignity 7 Was there no ex-
ception 7
(56.) Trace the pedigree of the house of Hapsburg in Germany
and Spain 7
(57.) How many candidates for the imperial crown presented
themselves after the death of Maximilian 7 On what favorable
circumstances did Francis rely for success 7 What was the result 7
What instrument was the newly elected emperor required to sign 7
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How was France affected by this union of the Spanish and German
crowns 1 In what year, and from whose hands, did Charles re-
ceive the imperial and Italian crowns 7
(58.) What was the immediate occasion of a war between
Charles and Francis I. 7 From what princess, and by whom, had
the duchy of Burgundy been wrested 7 By whom had the king-
dom of Navarre been conquered 7 What untoward circumstance
occasioned the loss of Milan 1 On whom was it conferred 1 What
heavy loss was sustained by Francis during his preparations for its
reception 7 To what circumstance do you attribute the defection
of the Constable Charles de Bourbon 7 What renowned French
general lost his life during the retreat from Milan 7
(59.) Of what opportunity did Francis avail himself for a last
attempt at Milan 7 What advantage did he gain 7 By what gen-
eral were the imperialists commanded at the battle of Pavia 1
What was the issue of this battle 7 In what year was it fought 1
What became of Francis I 7 By what concessions did he purchase
his liberation 7 On what grounds did he refuse to fulfil these con-
ditions 7 What consequences followed this refusal 7 With what
powers did the pope form an alliance 7 By whom were the im-
perial troops commanded 7 What was his fate 7 By what troops
was Rome stormed 7 Who was their general 7 What was his fate 1
In what fortress did the pope take refuge 7 On what conditions
was he released 7 By whom, and in what year, was the kingdom
of Naples conquered 7 Who was Andrew Doria, and what service
did he render to the Neapolitans 7 What misfortune befell the
French besieging army 7 In what year was the peace of Cambray
concluded 7 By what name was it known, and why 7 What con-
cessions were made by Francis 7 What territory did he retain 7
(60.) By whom was Solyman II. invited to enter Hungary?
What battle was fought in that country, and with what result 1
By whom was Lewis King of Hungary succeeded 7 Was there any
other candidate for the Hungarian crown 7 By whom was he pro-
tected 7 What city did Solyman besiege, and why did he with-
draw his army 7 Which of the rivals remained King of Hungary 1
To what circumstance was he indebted for his success 7 In what
year did Solyman a second time enter Hungary 7 With what
force 7 What unexpected check did he receive 7 Were there any
other reasons for his retreat 7
(61.) Who was Hayraddin Barbarossa 7 What sovereign had
he deposed, and where had he established himself 7 By whom
were his acts of piracy unsuccessfully resisted 7 What fiefs had
been granted to this order 7 By whom, and on what conditions!
What measures were adopted by the emperor for the reduction of
Tunis 7 With what success 7 To whom was the greater part of
the conquered territory restored 7
(62.) What districts were excepted7 What circumstance en-
couraged Francis I. to attempt the re-conquest of Milan 7 In what
year was this attempt made 7 From whom did Francis demand a
free passage through his territories 7 What provinces did he now
enter, and against whom did he declare war 7 With whom did he
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form an alliance 7 What country was invaded by Charles V. 7
With what success 7 In what year, and at what place, was an ar-
mistice concluded 1 On what conditions 1
(63.) What was the occasion of Charles's expedition against
Algiers 1 In what year was it undertaken 7 By what accident
were his plans frustrated 7
(64.) What circumstances seemed favorable for the re-assertion
of his claims by Francis 1. 1 Of what pretext did he avail him-
self 1 Who were his allies 7
(65.) Into whose hands did Christian Hungary fall after the
death of Zapolya 1 By whom were the Netherlands invaded 7 In
what sea, and by whom, were naval operations carried on 7 Which
of his enemies was first defeated by Charles V. 7 To what circum-
stance do you ascribe his overthrow 7 From what powers did the
empire receive assistance 7 By what movement was the peace of
Crespy hastened 7 In what year was it concluded 7 To what con-
ditions did the two sovereigns pledge themselves 7 What claims
were at the same time renounced by Francis 7
(66.) Of what German cities did Henry II. obtain possession 7
By what means 7 By whom, and with what result, was an attempt
made to re-conquer those cities 7
(67.) What was the immediate occasion of the abdication of
Charles V. 7 When, and to whom, did he resign the sovereignty
of Naples, Milan, the Netherlands, and Spain 7 In whose favor
did he abdicate the imperial dignity 7 Whither did he retire 7
How was his time occupied in his retirement 7 When did he
die 7
$ 4. Spain.
(68.) What circumstances laid the foundation of a union between
the kingdoms of Aragon and Castile 7 What kingdoms were ad-
ded to these possessions, and by whom? What was the grand
object of the two sovereigns 7 What measures were adopted for
the promotion of this object 7 What use was made of the newly-
established inquisition 7 What advantage did the crown obtain
by the banishment of the Jews 7 What remarkable events hap-
pened during the reign of Ferdinand 7 In what conquests, and
under what commander, was reputation gained by the warriors of
Spain 7 By whom was Isabella succeeded in the sovereignty of
Castile 7 How long did Philip reign 7 What happened to his
widow after his death 7 What measure was adopted by Ximenes
in consequence of this event 7
(69) By whom was Ferdinand succeeded 7 Under whose
guardianship did Charles I. commence his reign 7 What was the
fate of this minister 7 Who was appointed regent of the king-
dom during the absence of Charles 7 What measures were adopt-
ed by the cities of Castile, in consequence of his oppressive con-
duct 7 What name was given to their confederation 7 By whom
was their army commanded 7 What was his fate 7 What mea-
sures were adopted by Charles on his return 7 In what condition
was the Cortes 7
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(70.) What dominions had Charles inherited from his ancestors 1
What addditions had he made to these possessions 1 To whom did
he resign the greater part of this territory 1 What countries were
exceptcd ]
(71.) Whom did Philip II. marry? What was his character 1
What circumstance rendered him unpopular in the Netherlands 1
What war did he carry on 1 By whom was he assisted, and how
was the war terminated 1 Where was peace concluded, and on
what conditions 1 To what city was the royal residence transfer-
red in this reign ? What was the political state of Spain at this
period 1 How were the Moors treated by Philip 1 What was the
effect of this treatment 1 Where, and by what nations was the
naval power of the Turks annihilated 1 By whom was the com-
bined fleet commanded 1
(72.) What severe loss was sustained by Spain at this period 1
What province was annexed to the Spanish crown 1 Under what
circumstances ? By what aggressions on the part of Queen Eliza-
beth was Philip provoked to invade England 1 What name was
given to the invading fleet ? What was its fate 1 What effect had
this disaster on the power of Spain 1 What became of Philip's son,
Don Carlos 1
(73.) What narrow-minded policy was pursued by Philip III.,
and what was its effect ? In what year, and for how long, was an
armistice concluded with the Netherlands 1
(74.) By what sovereign was the ruin of Spain further accele-
rated ? To whom did he abandon the government of the country 1
What was the policy of this minister, and what was its effect ?
How did they resist 1 By whom was Olivarez succeeded 1 By
what long measures were fresh discontents occasioned in the prov-
inces ? What circumstance occasioned an insurrection at Naples 1
By whom was it headed, and what was his fate ? What was the
result of this violence 1 In what peace was the independence of
the United Netherlands fully recognized by Spain 1
$ 5. The Netherlands.
(75.) To what kingdom did the Netherlands belong during the
mediaeval period'? After the partition of that kingdom, to what
country were they annexed 1 Were there any subsequent changes 1
Whose property did they eventually become ? How many Nether-
landish provinces did Charles the Bold possess 1 By what mar-
riage, and in whose reign, were they annexed to Austria 1 Were
any provinces subequently added to them 1 By what sovereign 1
What privileges were obtained by the Netherlandish States 1 What
monarch took an oath to respect these privileges 1 Whom did
Philip leave as his representative when he quitted the Netherlands 1
By whom was she assisted 1 On what native nobles were impor-
tant offices conferred 1 How were these popular measures neutral-
ized 1 On whom was the archbishopric of Mechlin conferred 1
By what circumstance was the discontent, occasioned by these pro-
ceedings, aggravated 1 Against what laws was a protest presented
to the duchess-regent by " les gueux 1" Explain the meaning of
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the term (note 10). How was this petition received ? What effects
followed the popular movement 1 Were these concessions satisfac-
tory to all 1 What became of the Prince of Orange and his adher-
ents 1 Under whose commands, and in what year, was a Spanish
army sent into the Netherlands 1 What circumstances led to the
resignation of the Regent Margaret 1 To what country did she
retire 1 Who was then appointed sole governor of the Nether-
lands ? What commission did he establish, and against whom did
it commence proceedings 1 What punishment was inflicted on
Egmont and Hoorn 1
(76.) What measures were now adopted by the Prince of
Orange ? By whom was he assisted 1 Was this attempt success-
ful 1 What act of oppression occasioned a fresh insurrection 1 By
whom was it headed 1 What title was conferred on him 1 By
whom was Alva succeeded in the government of the Netherlands 1
What was the policy of the new governor 1 Was it successful 7
Where, and for what purpose, was a confederation of the Nether-
landish provinces formed 1 Who was then appointed governor of
the Netherlands ? How long did he hold the office, and by whom
was he succeeded 1
(77.) What doctrines were embraced by the seven northern
provinces 1 Where did they form a union, -and in what year ? On
whom did they intend to confer the hereditary counts hip of the
Netherlands 1 What circumstance prevented the execution of this
plan 7 To whom was the government of the Seven United Prov-
inces then committed £
(78.) Of what cities did Alexander of Parma obtain possession 7
In what siege did both parties distinguish themselves 1 To what
sovereign did the states-general apply for assistance 1 Who was
then appointed general stattholder ? What circumstance occa-
sioned his resignation 1 By whom, and with what intention, was
the "Invincible Armada" fitted out 1 By what power were the
United Provinces assisted 1 What town was taken by the Spanish
general, Spinola ? What was the result of their continued resist-
ance ? When, and under what circumstances, was their independ-
ence recognized by'Spain 1
(79.) Into how many parties were the Dutch Protestants
divided at this time 1 On what subject did they differ 1 In what
year, and by what synod, was the doctrine of the Arminians con-
demned 1 What treatment did they receive from their opponents 1
Who were the principal sufferers 1
§ 6. Portugal.
(80.) Under what rulers was Portugal most prosperous 1 To
what circumstances do you chiefly attribute this prosperity 1
(81.) In what battle was King Sebastian defeated 1 By whom
was he succeeded 7 In what year did Portugal become a Spanish
province 1 Was she permitted to retain her own constitution 1
(82.) By how many pretenders was the crown claimed in suc-
cession 1 Is it certain that the fourth of these pretenders was an
impostor 1 What loss did Portugal sustain under Spanish domina-
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tion 1 Of what privileges was she deprived ? Mention some of
her grievances 1 How was this state of slavery terminated 1 Who
was then raised to the throne 1 Were any attempts made on the
part of Spain to reconquer Portugal 1
$ 7. France.
(83.) Who succeeded Charles VIII. on the throne of France 1
To what circumstances do you attribute the important position at
that time occupied by France 1 Was her territory more or less
extensive at that time than it is at present 1
(84.) What was the character of Francis 1. 1 What was the
first act of his reign 1 To what victory was he indebted for the
attainment of this object 1 With whom was he engaged in four
wars, and what was the result 1 To what circumstances do you
attribute this disaster 1 By what evils was it followed 1 What
advantages did he gain at home 1 How was he enabled to dis-
charge his foreign mercenaries 1 To whom was legislation for the
most part intrusted 1 What title was conferred on Francis L, and
for what reason 1
(85.) By whom was he succeeded7? By what favorites was the
new king governed 1 What war did he renew, and on what
runds 1 What was the ostensible reason, and how do you prove
inconsistency 1 What cities were betrayed into the hands of
the French 7 Who distinguished himself by his defence of one of
of these cities 1 When did the French recommence hostilities 1
Where, and by what forces, were they defeated 1
(86.) When, and where, was peace concluded, and' on what
terms 1 What town was retained by the French 1 From whom
had it been recaptured 1
(87.) How old was Francis II. when he ascended the throne 1
When did he marry 7 What was his character 1 To what parties
was the regency an object of ambition 1 On what grounds did
each of these parties claim the office 1 Which of them was suc-
cessful 1 By whom were the military and civil administrations of
the kingdom successively undertaken 1
(88.) By whom was Francis II. succeeded*'? How old was the
new sovereign when he ascended the throne 1 By whom was the
regency now undertaken 1 Who was appointed lieutenant of the
kingdom 1 What privilege was granted to the Huguenots 1 For
how many years was France distracted by religions wars 1 By
what circumstances was the first of these wars occasioned'?
(89.) What success attended the military movements of the
Huguenots in the three first wars 1 By whom were they com-
manded at different periods 1 By what peace was each of these
wars terminated 1 What terms were obtained by the Huguenots 7
To what circumstance do you ascribe this 1 By what favorable pros-
pect were the Protestants induced to visit Paris 7 What atrocious
act was perpetrated by the government 1 Who escaped this mas-
sacre 7 By whom was it planned 7 What sanguinary orders were
at the same time issued 1 Were they disobeyed in any instance 7
What stronghold of the Huguenots was besieged in the fourth re-
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ligious war 1 When, and on what conditions, was peace con-
cluded*"? By whom was Charles IX. succeeded 1 Of what country
had he been previously king 1
(90.) What was the character of this prince ? By whom was
he influenced, and what policy did he pursue 1 To what circum-
stance do you attribute the formation of the Catholic league 1 At
whose instigation was it formed 1 What was the ostensible, and
what the real, object of this league 1 By whom was it headed,
and what was his motive? What act of tyranny occasioned a
fresh war ? By whom were the Huguenots commanded 1 What
was the object of the league which was now formed, and by what
name was it known ? What became of Henry of Guise 1 Who
shared his fate ? What name was given to the day on which the
king fled from Paris ? What line of policy was now pursued by
Henry III. ? What was his fate ? Whom did he recommend as
his successor ?
(91.) How long did the struggle continue between the league
and Henry IV. 1 What victories did he gain ? What change took
place in his religious profession 1 By what edict were the re-
ligious wars terminated 1 How long had they lasted ?
(92.) What privileges were granted to the Protestants by this
edict 1 How was this period of tranquillity employed by Henry ?
By whom was he assisted in carrying out his plans 1 What policy
was now adopted by Henry, and with what object 1 What wild
plan did he devise 1 What was his object in proposing such a
plan? Of how many states was this confederation to be com-
posed ? What result was expected from this combination ? What
was the fate of Henry IV. ?
(93.) By whom was he succeeded? ' Under whose guardianship
did the new king commence his reign ? What minister was dis-
missed? After his dismissal, what course was pursued by the
Queen Mother ? Under whose direction ? How was this extrava-
gant course checked ? By whose interposition was a war between
the king and his mother averted ? What was the policy of this
minister ? What became of the Queen Mother ? Mention the
grand objects of Richelieu's administration ? How was the first of
these objects effected ? In what countries were his political
measures, for the extension of French influence, most successfully
adopted ? By what circumstance was the Mantuan war of suc-
cession terminated ? What plans were successfully carried out in
Germany ? By what circumstance was the last of these measures
rendered imperative ? To what position did the foreign power of
Richelieu raise France ? What plans of domestic improvement
were devised ? For the establishment of what institution is
France indebted to him ? To whom did Louis XIII. leave
his kingdom? How old was the new king when he ascended
the throne ?
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$ 8. England and Ireland under the house of Tudor. 14.85 — 1603.
(94.) By whom, and in what battle, was the war between the
houses of York and Lancaster terminated 1 To what circum-
stance do you attribute the feebleness of the opposition ex-
perienced by Henry VII. 7 What was his policy, and what
important measures were carried into effect during his reign 1
(95.) Explain the genealogical table of the houses of Tudor
and Stuart 1
(96.) By whom was Henry VII. succeeded'? Whom did the
new king marry 1 How did he expend the treasures bequeathed
to him by his father. 1 To whom did he leave the management of
public affairs 1 How was his own time occupied 1 What work
did he publish, and -what title of honor did he receive from the
pope in consequence 1 On what ground did he quarrel with the
pope 7 What course did he adopt, as soon as the refusal of the
pope was communicated to him'? What issue had he by this
second wife 1 What title did he now assume 7 Who was pun-
ished with death for resisting this claim 7 What became of Anna
Boleyn 1 Whom did he marry immediately after her death 1
What issue had he by his third wife"? What act was now
passed by the parliament 1 Who was Henry's fourth wife,
and what became of her'? Who was his fifth, and on what
pretence was she beheaded 1 Who was his sixth wife, and for
what offence was she condemned to death 1 Was this sentence
executed 7
(97.) By whom was Henry VIII. succeeded 1 How old was the
new king when he ascended the throne 1 Who was his guardian 7
What was the fate of Somerset, and to whom was the administra-
tion of public affairs committed after his death 1 Whom did the
king declare heiress to the crown 7 Who assumed the crown im-
mediately after Edward's death'7 How long did she retain it, and
in whose favor did she abdicate 1
(98.) Whom did the new sovereign marry 7 What punishment
was inflicted on Northumberland, and for what offence 7 What
became of Jane Grey and her husband 1 What circumstances at-
tended the re-establishment of Romanism in England 1 Name
some of the most distinguished Protestants who suffered death
during the reign of Queen Mary. Under whose influence did
Mary act on this and other occasions 1 In what war did she
engage by his persuasion 1 What English possession on the con-
tinent did she lose 7 By whom was the title of Queen of England
assumed after the death of Mary 7
(99.) Who actually ascended the throne 1 What was the
character of the new sovereign 7 By whom was she recognized as
supreme head of the Anglican Church 7 What do you understand
by this title 7 (note 6.) Who were her ministers 7 To what cir-
cumstances do you attribute the prosperous condition of England
during her reign 7 By what invention were the operations of
manufacturing industry extended 7 How was foreign commerce
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promoted 1 What great commercial company was incorporated
in this reign 1 What circumstances occasioned the sending out of
the Invincible Armada 1 By whom was this fleet commanded ?
With what squadron was it proposed that this fleet should form a
junction? How was this prevented 1 What completed the de-
struction of the Armada 1 What measures were adopted by Eng-
land immediately after this victory? What country was more
closely united to England than before 1 What portion of this
country had previously belonged to England 1 What promise was
made to the Irish by the Earl of Essex 1 Was this promise ful-
filled 1 What was the condition of England at this period of her
history 1 At what period of Elizabeth's reign was Scotland united
to England and Ireland ?
§ 9. Scotland under the Stuarts.
(100.) By what family had Scotland been governed since the
year 1371 ? What misfortunes befell the five kings of the house of
Stuart 1
(101.) By whom was James V. succeeded? Where was the
young queen educated ? By whom was Scotland governed during
her absence ? What title did Mary Stuart assume after the death
of Mary, Queen of England ? By whom was the Scotch Reforma-
tion commenced ? When did Mary return to Scotland ? Whom
did she marry, and what was his fate ? Who was her second hus-
band, and what were the results of this marriage ? Who was ap-
pointed regent of the kingdom ? Whither did Mary flee ? On
what grounds was she deprived of liberty by Queen Elizabeth ?
How long was she detained in prison ? What was her fate ? In
consequence of what accusation ? By whom was she succeeded on
the Scottish throne ?
(102.) By how many regents was Scotland governed during the
minority of James VI? How many of them escaped a violent
death ? What triumph was obtained by the Presbyterians during
his reign ? What title was assumed by James after the death of
Queen Elizabeth ? In what year was the complete union of the
two kingdoms effected ?
§ 10. Great Britain, and Ireland under the two first Stuarts.
(103.) Mention the causes of James's unpopularity among his
English subjects. What was the object of the Gunpowder Plot ?
How was this conspiracy discovered ?
(104.) By whom was James I. succeeded ? What were the
grounds of his quarrel with the parliament? What important
privileges were secured by the "Petition of Right?" For how
many years was the government carried on without a parliament ?
What became of the Duke of Buckingham? How did the king
violate the " Petition of Right ?" For what purpose was this tax
imposed ? What occasioned the formation of the " Solemn League
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and Covenant " in Scotland, and what was its object 1 What meas-
ures were adopted by Charles in consequence of this movement 1
What extravagant demands were made by the new parliament 1
Who were sacrificed to their fury 1 What officer soon distin-
guished himself in the parliament army 1 How often did they
engage the royal forces, and with what results 1 Where did the
king then seek an asylum 1 On what pretence was he delivered
up to the parliament 1 Between what parties did disputes arise at
this time 1 Which of these parties obtained possession of the king's
person 1 By whom was an attempt made to rescue him 1 What
name was given to the parliament after the expulsion of the Pres-
byterians 1 What sentence was passed on Charles 1. 1 When and
where was it executed 1 *
§ 11. Italy.
(105.) How was the political equipoise, established in the fif-
teenth century between the different states of Italy, destroyed in
the sixteenth 1 What kingdom was added to Sicily and Sardinia
by Ferdinand the Catholic 7 To whom, and after the extinction
of what house, was Milan granted as a fief by Charles V.
(106.) What changes took place in the duchies of Savoy, Man-
tua, and Modena 1 To whom did the duchies of Parma and Pia-
cenza belong at different periods 7
(107.) What territories were possessed by the republic of Ven-
ice at this time 1 To what circumstance do you attribute her wars
with the Southern Italian powers, and what was the result of those
wars 1 What injuries were inflicted on her by the Turks 1 To
what do you attribute the ruin of her commerce 7 To what nation
did Genoa at first belong, and by whom was it twice conquered 1
How did the republic obtain its independence 1 What form of
government was established, and how long did it last 1 What
was the object of Fiesco's conspiracy, and why did it mis-
carry 7
(108.) To what house did Tuscany remain subject! Under
what forms of government 1
(109.) What territories were added to the States of the
Church 1
§ 12. Germany, from the abdication of Charles V. to the peace of
Westphalia.
(110.) What oath was required from the Emperor Ferdinand I.
on his accession 1 What was his character 1 What success at-
tended his wars with France and Turkey 1
(111.) To what do you attribute his death 1 How did he pro-
pose to effect a reconciliation of the two confessions 1 By whom
was he succeeded 1
(112.) In what war did the new emperor engage 1 How was
this war terminated 1 What murderer was put to death by this
emperor 7
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(113.) By whom was Maximilian II. succeeded! What was
the character of this sovereign 1 By what disputes was his reign
distracted 1 Mention the circumstances which increased the es-
trangement hetween the" two parties 7 • What advice was given to
the Protestant princes by the Elector Palatine 1 What was the
professed object of this union !
(114.) By whom was the Romanist "League" headed"? To
what house did the leaders of both parties belong 1 What impor-
tant privileges were granted to the Protestants in Bohemia 1 What
do you mean' by the term " Utraquists V (note 1.) What letter
was published by the emperor 1
(115.) What war of succession broke out in 1609, how long did
it rage, and by what convention was it terminated 1 What division
was made of the territories of the late duke 1 In whose reign did
the thirty years' war begin 1
(116.) From what circumstance do you date its commence-
ment 1 By what disputes was this insurrection occasioned 1 What
act of violence was committed by the insurgents 1
a. Bohemian Palatine period. 1618—1623.
(117.) By whom were the Bohemian Protestants supported 1
Who commanded this army 1
(118.) By whom was the Emperdr Matthias succeeded 1 Whose
grandson was he 7 By whom was his election opposed, and whom
did they place on the throne 1 With whom, and on what grounds,
did the Elector of Saxony form an alliance 1 By whom, and where,
were the forces of Frederick routed 1 What were the immediate
consequences of this victory 1 By whom, and in what manner, was
the ban of the empire against Frederick carried into effect ?
Whom did he defeat 1 On whom was the vacant electorate con-
ferred'? What advantage did the Romanists derive from this ap-
pointment 1 What reward was given to the Elector of Saxony 1
In what year was the Union dissolved 1 What became of the Elec-
tor Palatine's library at Heidelberg 1
b. Danish period. 1625—1629.
(119.) By whom were hostilities recommenced 1 In what char-
acter did he come forward 1 By whom was he assisted 1 By what
private individual was the emperor supported ? Whom did he
defeat 1 Where, and over whom, did Tilly obtain a victory ? With
whom did he effect a junction 1 For what purpose 1 What prov-
inces were conquered by the two generals 1 On what pretence
were the Dukes of Mecklenburg expelled from their dominions 1
What fortress refused to receive an imperial garrison 1 By whom
were they assisted, and what success attended their resistance 1
For what reason, and on what terms, was a peace concluded at
Lubeck 1 Between what parties 7 What pledge was given by the
King of Denmark 1
(120.) What compensation was given to the Elector of Bavaria
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and Wallenstein 1 What demand was made by the emperor 1 By
whom was he supported, and what was his object in making this
demand 1 What intolerant decree was at the same time issued 1
By whom, and in conjunction with what troops, was this decree
carried into effect 1 What was the result of these proceedings 1
By whom was the discontent which they excited most loudly ex-
pressed 1
c. Swedish period. 1630—1635.
(121.) By what favorable circumstances were the Protestants
encouraged 7 Mention some of the causes by which Gustavus
Adolphus was induced to take up arms against the emperor'?
With what power did he form an alliance 1 In what year did he
land in Germany 1 On what part of the coast 1 How far did he
advance 1 What city was invested by Tilly 7 By whom was he
supported 1 What was its fate 1 What was Tilly's next move-
ment 1 Where, and by whom, was he defeated 1 What ambitious
design did this success suggest to the mind of Gustavus Adolphus 1
What plan of operations was now arranged between Gustavus and
the Elector of Saxony 1 How was this plan carried into execution 1
Whom did Gustavus leave behind him when he advanced into
Bavaria 1
(122.) By whom was the passage of the Lech disputed, and
what was his fate 1 Whither did Gustavus Adolphus then march 1
How was Wallenstein engaged at this time 7 What success at-
tended his operations 1 Before what place, and for how long a
time, did the Swedish and Imperial armies remain opposite to one
another 1 Whither did Gustavus Adolphus return 1 In what
direction did Wallenstein march 1 For what purpose! What
effect had the intelligence of this movement on the plans of Gus-
tavus 7 Where, and with what success, did the Swedes engage
the Imperialists 7 What was the fate of Gustavus Adolphus 1
What became of Pappenheim 1 By whom was the prosecution of
the war then undertaken 7 In conjunction with whom 1 What
was Richelieu's object in thus supporting the Protestant party 1
What character did the war now assume 1
(123.) By whom was the command of the Swedish army as-
sumed after the death of Gustavusl How did he employ himself]
Who acted as his second in command 1 How was Wallenstein en-
gaged at this time 1 Of what conviction was this conduct the
result 7 With what grounds of accusation were his enemies fur-
nished 1 What punishment was inflicted on him by the emperor 1
What was his fate 1 By whom was he succeeded in the command
of the Imperial forces 1 Who was his lieutenant 1 By whom was
the new commander- in-chief supported ! Where, and with what
result, did he engage the two Swedish generals 7 What became of
Bernard of Saxe Weimar and General Horn 1 What districts were
now occupied by the imperial troops 7 By what sacrifice were the
Protestants of South- Western Germany compelled to purchase the
protection of France 1
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d. Swedish- Fi-ench period. 1634—1648.
(124.) In what spirit were negotiations set on foot by the Elec-
tor of Saxony 1 What was the result of those negotiations 1 What
were the terms of this peace, and by whom were they sub-
scribed? What act of treachery was committed by the Saxons
in the following year? Where, and by whom, were they de-
feated ?
(125.) What circumstance enabled Bernard of Saxe Weimar to
recross the Rhine 1 Where was he victorious, and what general
fell in the battle 1 What became of his conquests after his death 1
On whom did the command-in-chief of the Swedish army de-
volve after his death 1 What was the character of this general 1
What advantage did he gain over the Imperialists 1 What cir-
cumstance recalled Torstenson from Germany 1 Where did he ob-
tain a victory? What reverse befell him before the walls of
Vienna ? Why did he resign his command ? By what powers was
the war now carried on on the banks of the Rhine 1 With what
success 1 Who succeeded Torstenson in the command ? With
what general did he effect a junction ? For what purpose 1 How
far did he advance ? Where was the peace of Westphalia con-
cluded 1
(126.) What were its conditions with respect to ecclesiastical
matters ?
(127.) What advantages were obtained respectively, by
France, Sweden, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg, Hesse-Cassel, and
the Elector Palatine 1 For whose benefit was an eighth elector-
ate founded 1 What advantage was gained by Switzerland and
the United Netherlands'? What regulations were adopted with
regard to measures of legislation, war and peace, taxation, &c. 1
On what conditions was the sovereignty of the princes secured to
them 1
§ 13. Prussia.
(128.) How long had the Teutonic Order governed Prussia, and
what was its fate 1 By whom, and at what diet, was Eastern
Prussia received as a temporal duchy ? Of what kingdom was it
to be held as a fief?
(129.) By whom was he succeeded? In what year, and by
whom, was the duchy annexed to Brandenburg ?
§ 14. Scandinavia.
(130.) Since what event had Denmark. Norway, and Sweden
formed one kingdom ? In what reign were the kings of the house
of Oldenburg acknowledged in Sweden ? By what cruel act did he
endeavor to confirm his authority? What important personage
escaped the massacre ? By whom was he supported in his resist'
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ance to the Danes 1 What success attended his efforts for the
liberation of Sweden 1
(131.) What loss was occasioned by the ambition of the house
of Oldenburg 1 What territories did the kingdom of Denmark
then comprise 7 By whom were they seized 7
(132.) By whom, and in what manner, was the Reformation in-
troduced into Sweden 7 By what acts of injustice was its intro-
duction accompanied 1 By what declarations, on the part of the
king, were the estates induced to grant his demands 1 What was
the policy of Gustavus, and by whom was it fully carried out 1
What was the fate of this sovereign 1 On what plea was Sigismund
deposed 1 By whom was he succeeded, and what great work did
he complete 1 By whom was Charles IX. succeeded 7
(133.) In what condition did he find his kingdom 1 With what
nation, and on what terms, was a peace concluded 7 By whom was
he succeeded 7 Under whose guardianship did she commence her
reign 1 What sort of education did the young queen receive 1
On what terms was the peace concluded with Germany and Den-
mark 7 What circumstances occasioned the abdication of Christi-
na 1 In whose favor did she abdicate 1 What religion did she em-
brace after her abdication'? For what purpose did she revisit
Sweden 7 For what crown did she become a candidate 7 Where
did she die 7
§ 15. Poland.
(134.) Under what dynasty did Poland become the most im-
portant state of Eastern Europe 7 What provinces were annexed
to Poland, and what were now the limits of the kingdom 7 What
element of dissolution existed amidst all this apparent pros-
perity 7 What concessions did they at last extort from the
king 7
(135.) Whom did the nobles now elect, how did he reign, and
for what purposes did he quit Poland 7 By whom was he succeed-
ed 7 What three kings followed him on the throne, and in what
war did they involve Poland 7 By what peace was it terminated 7
What province was ceded to Sweden by this peace 7 What ad-
vantage was gained by Prussia 7 How long had the nominal su-
premacy of Poland over the Moldau been lost 7
§ 16. Russia.
(136.) From what event do you date the advancement of Rus-
sia in power and civilization 7 Under what rulers 7 What pro-
vinces were added to her territories 7 What important political
and military improvements were effected 7 With what country
was a commercial treaty concluded 7 By what events "was Rus-
sia distracted after the extinction of the race of Ruric 7 What
advantages were gained by Poland and Sweden in these wars 7
In what year, and in what family, did the throne become heredi-
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tary 1 By what sacrifice did Russia purchase peace with Poland
and Sweden 1
§ 17. The Ottoman or Osmanic Empire.
(137.) What was the extent of the empire in 15007 What
countries were added to this territory by Selim 1. 1 Under what
sovereign did the Turkish power attain its highest elevation 1 To
what quality of their commanders were his fleets and armies in-
debted for victory 1 What was their first conquest 1 By whom
was the island garrisoned 1 What was the amount of the loss sus-
tained by the Turks 7 Where did the knights find an asylum 1
How many times did Solyman visit Hungary 1 Describe these sev-
eral expeditions 1 What remarkable events occurred between
these campaigns 1 What were the limits of the Osmanic empire in
the reign of Solyman 1 What important reforms did he effect 7
What was the character of his successors 1 By whom was the
kingdom actually governed 1 By whom was Cyprus wrested from
the Turks 1 In what battle was the naval power of Turkey anni-
hilated 7 With what power was she engaged in an almost perpet-
ual war 1
§18. Religion, Arts, Sciences, <f*c., during the First Period.
(138.) To whom is the credit chiefly due of propagating Chris-
tianity among the heathen during this period 7 In what countries
were they principally employed 7 Which of the orders was most
conspicuous for zeal, courage, and self-denial 7 What institutions
were founded at Rome for the promotion of such missions 7 By
whom were they established 7
(139.) What American state was founded by the missionaries 7
What new orders and congregations were established, and with
what result 7 By whom, for the attainment of what object, and in
what year was the Society of Jesus founded 7 Under the sanction
of what pope 7 What additional vow was taken by the members
of this order 7 What were their especial duties 7
(140.) Where did the general of this order reside, and what
were his powers 7 Over what countries did it spread, and how
many countries did it eventually comprehend 7
(141.) On what subject did Jansenius publish five theses 7 On
what ground were they condemned by the pope 7
(142.) What remarkable political change took place in the Ger-
manic kingdoms 7
(143.) Describe the various causes by which this effect was
produced in France 7 In Spain 7 In Germany 7 In most of the
Protestant countries 7 What additional advantage had the sover-
eign in England, Denmark, and Sweden 7 Mention another cause
of absolutism in Sweden 7 By what means was the change effected
generally throughout Europe 7
(144.) What power was exercised by the nobles in Poland after
the establishment of an elective monarchy 7 What form of govern-
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ment existed in Italy, Switzerland, and the Netherlands 7 What
was the system in Hungary, Russia, and Turkey 7
(145.) By whom were the laws administered 7 Was this the
case in every country of Europe 7 In what manner were the pro-
ceedings carried on 7 On what law were most of their codes
founded 7 What atrocious cruelties were practised in Spain and
Germany 7
(146.) By what circumstances was the system of warfare con-
siderably modified 7 To what do you attribute the more profound,
as well as active, scientific investigations of this period 7
(147.) In what places were universities and schools established 7
(148.) What study was considered the groundwork of a learned
education 7 In what country, and during what period, had this
study been revived 7 In what country, and by whom was it culti-
vated as an independent science 7 Of what sciences was it also
considered the handmaid 7 Mention the most renowned " Human-
ists" of Germany. What country was the great seat of classical
learning 7 Name its most distinguished etymologists, grammarians,
and critics.
(149.) What influence had the study of classical antiquity on
philosophy 7 By what studies was the scholastic philosophy of the
middle ages in a great measure supplanted 7 Who was the chief
professor of the mystic philosophy 7 By what name does he call
himself 7 How long did the struggle continue, and how many new
schools did it produce 7 Describe these schools.
(150.) What discoveries were made by Copernicus, Keppler,
and Galileo 1 By whom, and in what country, was the telescope
invented 7 What were the inventions of Torricelli 7 What study
was the groundwork of the physical sciences 7 Describe minutely
the principles on which the calendar was reformed by Pope Greg-
ory XIII. In what year was this alteration of the style adopted in
England 7 [See note.]
(151.) Who were the most able expounders of political sci-
ence 7
(152.) To what practice do you attribute the imperfect method
of treating universal history which prevailed during this period 7
Name some of the most distinguished writers in the department of
particular history. By whom were the most celebrated memoirs
written 7 Where, and in what year, was the earliest political jour-
nal published 7 Who laid the foundation of literary history, of
chronology, and of numismatics 7
(153.) In what part of Europe was poetry most successfully
cultivated during this period 7 Mention the principal epic poems
published during this period in Italy and Portugal. Name the
most distinguished romantic and dramatic writers in Spain. France,
and England. What sorts of poetry were most successfully culti-
vated in Germany during this period 7 What were the most re-
markable novelties in German literature 7 By whom was the High
German language created 7 To what school do you attribute the
first corruption of the German language 7
(154.) In what works had the modern Italian school of archi-
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lecture been engaged since the fifteenth century ? What models
did they copy 1 At what period did church building assume a
prominent position 1 Who were the most distinguished profes-
sors 1 What style of architecture was gradually displaced by the
Italian 7
(155.) Where were the most distinguished sculptors found 1
Who was the most renowned worker in metals 7
(156.) Name the most distinguished Italian, German, and Flem-
ish painters.
(157.) By what great composer was the Flemish school thrown
into the shade 1 Of what school was he the founder, and what
celebrated men did it produce 7 To what circumstance do you
ascribe the formation of a better style of vocal and instrumental
music 7
(158.) What great revolution was effected in the commerce of
the world by the discovery of America, and of a passage by sea to
the East Indies 1 What great commercial states fell into decay in
consequence of this change 7 What became of the German
Hansa 1 By what circumstance were the operations of commerce
greatly facilitated 1 To what countries did Europe now export
largely 1 In whose hands was the East India trade at first 7 By
what union did Spain become possessed of the trade of both hemis-
pheres 7 By what country was this commerce soon shared 1 In
what extensive undertakings were the Dutch engaged 1
(159.) Enumerate the circumstances favorable to trade during
this period. Mention the new products ? What new trade was
established 1
(160.) What manufactures flourished in Spain 1 Mention some
of the most important inventions.
SECOND PERIOD.
A. D. 1648 — 1789. FROM THE PEACE OF WESTPHALIA TO THE FRENCH
REVOLUTION.
$ 19. France under Louis XIV.
(161.) How old was Louis XIV. when his father died 1 To
whom was the guardianship of the young king intrusted ? By
whom were the actual functions of government discharged7? By
whom was this minister recommended 1 By what circumstances
was his unpopularity increased 1 What was his object in engaging
in a war with Germany and Spain 1 By what conduct had' the
parliament rendered itself obnoxious to the court 1 How did the
queen avenge herself 1 By what circumstance was she encouraged
to commit this act of violence 1 How were the proceedings of
Cond6 arrested 1 What do you mean by the Fronde 1 By whom
was this party headed 1 Against whom did they declare war 1
What became of the queen-mother and Mazarin 1 By whom was
peace re-established 1 What conduct on the part of this general
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occasioned his arrest 1 What part did the populace take in this
dispute 1 What became of Mazarin 1
(162.) With whom did Condd now form an alliance 1 Against
whom did he declare war 1 By whom were the royal troops com-
manded 1 Where did Condd seek an asylum 7 What became of
Mazarin after the overthrow of Conde' 7
(163.) Give an account of the termination of the' war by the
peace orWestphalia.,
(164.) When did the war with Spain break out ? After what
battle was it terminated 1 By what peace 1 By whom was this
peace negotiated 1 What territories did France acquire by this
peace 1 What honors were conferred on Conde" 7 Whom did
Louis XIV. marry 7 What claims did she renounce for herself and
heirs 1
(165.) What declaration was made by Louis XIV. immediately
after the death of Mazarin 1
(166.) To what objects were the attempts of Louis XIV. di-
rected 1 How was the first of these objects effected 1 By what
means did he endeavor to establish an independent authority in
ecclesiastical matters 1 How was his second object attained 1 To
what office was Colbert appointed 1 What improvements were ef-
fected under his administration 1 What public institutions did he
found 1 How was his third object achieved 1 Who was Louvois,
and what was his policy 1
(167.) Against what country was the first war of spoliation car-
ried on 1 What law was brought forward by Louis XIV. after the
death of his father-in-law 1 To what territories did he lay claim
in consequence of this law 1 Between what powers was an alliance
formed at this time 1 What was their object 1 What peace was
Louis XIV. compelled to conclude 1 On what terms 1
(168.) Against what country was his second war of spoliation
undertaken 1 What was his motive for undertaking this war 1
Whom did Louis XIV. gain over 7 How was he restrained from
conquering the whole of Holland 1 By what circumstances were
the French and English prevented from landing 1 By whom was
assistance now promised to the Dutch republic 1 Through whose
influence 1 With what powers did the republic conclude an alli-
ance 1 What embarrassment did this occasion to France 1 With
whom did the King of England conclude a peace 1 What were
*his reasons for terminating the war 1 Where and with what result
was a battle fought 1 What was the fate of Turenne 7 What at-
tempt was made by the Swedes, and how far did it succeed!
Where were they defeated, and what loss did they sustain in con-
sequence of this defeat 1 By what admiral was the French fleet
defeated 1 What peace was now concluded by Louis 1 On what
terms 1 Under what circumstances was the Elector of Brandenburg
compelled to conclude peace 7 On what terms was the peace of
St. Germain-en-Laye concluded 1
(169.) Under whose administration, and by how many treaties
had France considerably augmented her territories! For what
purpose were the re-union chambers established 1 What was the
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result of this inquiry 7 What fortresses were occupied by the
French 1 How was the emperor engaged at this time 1 At whose
instigation did Louis XIV. revoke the edict of Nantes 1 What was
the immediate effect of this measure 7
(170.) How did Louis XIV. commence the third war of spolia-
tion 1 What Turkish fortress had previously fallen into the hands
of the Imperialists 1 Of what capitals did Louis take possession 7
By what act of violence was this violation of the law of nations
followed 7 Name the German towns which were destroyed by the
French.
(171.) Who was King of England at this time 7 With whom
and against what power did England form an alliance 1 On what
pretence 1 How did the war by sea commence 1 How did it con-
clude 1 Name the three victories gained by Luxembourg. What
advantage was obtained by General Catinat 1 Mention the causes
which hastened the conclusion of peace at Ryswick. On what
terms was this peace concluded 7
$ 20. Germany.
(172.) By whom was Ferdinand III. succeeded 7 Of what
countries was he already king 7 What concessions was he obliged
to make 7 Name the two corporations into which the estates of
the empire had been divided since the peace of Westphalia 7 What
change took place in the constitution of the diet 7 To what con-
dition was the German empire now reduced 7 To what circum-
stance do you attribute this change 7
(173.) In what manner did the Turks take advantage of the ab-
sence of Louis XIV. 7 By what acts of cruelty was the Hungarian
insurrection occasioned 7 By whom was it headed 7 At whose in-
stigation had the sultan declared war against Austria 7
(174.) By whom were the Turks commanded, and how far did
they advance 7 Where was the emperor at this time 7 By whom
was the capital defended 7 What number of men had he, and what
was the amount of the Turkish force 7 To whom was Vienna chiefly
indebted for its preservation 7 What question was agitated after
the capture of Belgrade 7 What circumstances prevented the ex-
pulsion of the Turks from Europe 7 In consequence of what victo-
ries was peace concluded 7 What were the conditions of this
treaty 7 Why was Venice rewarded 7
(175.) In what year was Hungary made an hereditary mon-
archy 7 On what family was the crown settled 7 To whom did the
Tyrol and Transylvania belong 7 For what reason was Hanover
erected into a ninth electorate 7
(176.) What dignity was conferred on the Elector of Saxony 7
In what manner had he previously qualified himself for the office 7
(177.) To what rank was the Elector of Brandenburg elevated 7
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§21. Brandenburg and Prussia to 1701.
(178.) Out of what provinces did the great elector form a state 1
By whom was this state raised to a high rank among German gov-
ernments 1 Under whom did it become a first-rate power 7 By
what means was this eminent position attained 7
(179.) By whom was the possession of the Swedish throne con-
tested 1
(180.) To whom did both parties appeal 1 What advantage did
the elector take of this circumstance 1 With whom did he form an
alliance 1 Where, and with what success, did the united armies
engage the Poles 1 By what treaty was the independence of Prus-
sia finally established 1 By whom was this recognition opposed 1
Why were they adverse to the measure 7
(181.) Who laid the foundation of Prussia's future greatness 1
(182.) What military force did he establish 1
(183.) In what manner did he raise funds for the maintenance
of this army 1 What reform did he effect in the financial adminis-
tration 1
(184.) Describe the manner in which he established military
colonies.
(185.) How was inland navigation facilitated 7 Where were
settlements established, and did they answer the expectation of
their founders 1 To what cause do you chiefly attribute the im-
provement in manufactures 1
(186.) What literary institutions did he establish 7
(187.) Against whom did Frederick III. assist the Austrians ?
In what manner did the emperor recompense those services 1
What public buildings were erected in this reign, at Berlin and
elsewhere 7 What consideration induced the emperor to recog-
nize Frederick III. as king of Prussia 1 When and where was he
crowned, and what order was founded in commemoration of that
event 1
§ 22. Great Britain and Ireland.
(188.) What changes were made in the English constitution imme-
diately after the execution of Charles I. 1 Why did Cromwell at-
tack the Irish 1 Was the title of Charles II. recognized in any other
part of the British dominions 1 Where did Cromwell defeat the
Scotch 7 What attempt was made by Charles during the absence
of Cromwell in Scotland 1 Where was the king defeated, and what
course was he compelled to adopt after that battle 7
(189.) In what manner, and for what offence, did the new Com-
monwealth avenge itself on Holland 7
(190.) What measures were now adopted by Cromwell? On
the support of what body did he reckon with certainty ? From
whom did the parliament derive its nickname 1 What title was
now given to Cromwell by his officers 7
(191.) In whom was the executive authority vested 1 How
often was the parliament called together, and what authority did
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it possess 1 To whom did the management of the army belong 7
What circumstance occasioned a war between England and the
united Netherlands 1 What proceeding on the part of Cromwell
produced a war with Spain 7 What territories were acquired by
England in this war 7 Describe the manner in which parliament
was prepared for the question of offering the crown to the pro-
tector 7 Was the offer accepted or declined 1 When did Cromwell
die 7 To what do you in a great measure attribute his death 1
By whom was he succeeded 1 How long did he reign 1 What
measure was he compelled to adopt 7 By whom and in what man-
ner was the state of anarchy terminated 1
(192.) What measures were adopted by Charles II. on his ac-
cession 1 Whom did he appoint prime minister 1 How did he
disgust the people 1 What political acts especially excited the
indignation of hiis subjects 1 By whom was Clarendon's place
supplied 1 What do you mean by the Cabal 7 [See note.] By
whose authority was an act of toleration passed 7 By whom was
it repealed 1 What was the effect of the Test Act 1 What privi-
lege was secured to the king's subjects by the Habeas Corpus Act 7
By what circumstance was the Whig party brought into collision
with the Tories 7
(193.) In what manner did Charles govern during the last
years of his reign 1 Did he support or oppose the exclusion of his
brother from the succession 7 By whom was Charles II. suc-
ceeded 7 What plans did he eagerly pursue 1 To what griev-
ances do you ascribe the discontents which terminated in the
English Revolution 1 From what event may its commencement be
dated 7
(194.) Explain the pedigree of the houses of Stuart and Han-
over.
(195.) Who was invited over by the malcontents 1 In conse-
quence of what proceeding on the part of James was the throne
declared vacant 1 In what year were the new king and queen pro-
claimed 1 By what act was the authority of the crown limited 7
Who was appointed their successor in the event of their dying
without issue 7
(196.) By what decisive victories were the hopes of James II.
annihilated 7 How "were the Irish punished for their support of
James 7 By what measure was peace in some degree restored in
Scotland 7 What im pro vem tots were effected in the constitution 7
What dignity was William permitted to retain 7 What was his
policy during the Spanish war of succession 7
§ 23. The Republic of Holland.
(197.) By what name was the republic of Holland generally dis-
tinguished 7 At what period had it reached its highest state of
prosperity 7 By what peace was its independence secured 7 Men-
tion the chief sources of its wealth. By what measure was its
carrying trade ruined 7 What was the result of two wars with
England? What Dutch admirals distinguished themselves in
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these wars 1 Were there any other causes of decay 7 What im-
portant office was abolished immediately after the death of Wil-
liam II. 1 Did any of the provinces retain their statth older 1
When was the office re-established 1 On whom was the dignity
conferred 1 For how long a period 1 Who were the brothers
de Witt, and what was their fate 1 At whose instigation was this
atrocious act perpetrated 7
(198.) What advantage did Holland gain by the marriage of
William III. with an English princess 7 How was this advantage
neutralized 7 By what circumstances was the affection of his
Dutch subjects towards William considerably weakened 7 What
circumstance occasioned the restoration of the hereditary statt-
holdership 1 How long had it been in abeyance 1 What was the
foreign policy of the republic during the interval between the
Spanish and Austrian war of succession 1
§ 24. The north-east of Europe.
(199.) What position did Sweden occupy in northern Europe
under the three first kings of the house of Sweibriicken 1 From
what period do you date her elevation to the rank of a first-rate
power 7
(200.) What circumstance afforded Charles a pretext for de-
claring war against Poland 1 In what battle did he defeat the
Poles 7 Who was at that time king of Poland, and what became
of him 7 For what purpose was a confederation formed about this
time 1 Against what power did the King of Denmark declare
war 7 What measures were adopted by Charles X. in consequence
of this declaration 1 What were the conditions of the peace of
Roeskild 7 By whom were these conditions violated 1 What city
did he attack, and with what success 1 By whom were the Danes
assisted 1 What circumstances induced the Swedish government
to conclude a peace with Poland 1 What were the conditions of
this peace 1 Did the Swedes conclude a peace with any other
power 1 Of what peace did it confirm the conditions 1 What
places were restored to Denmark 1 What conduct on the part of
the Swedes occasioned the loss of their German possessions 1 Af-
ter what battle 1 When were most of these possessions restored to
Sweden 7 What vigorous policy was adopted by Charles XI.
after he had attained full age 1 How did he employ this addi-
tional revenue 7 By whom was he succeeded 1 What was the
result of the new sovereign's policy 1 What change took place in
the Danish constitution 1 By whom, and in what year, was
this change effected 1 On what grounds did the Danes recom-
mence hostilities against Sweden 7 Did they retain their con-
quests 7
(201.) Describe the constitution of Poland at this period 7>
Who was the last king of the house of Vasa, and why did he re-
sign his crown 7 To what country did he retire, and how was he
supported there 7 Who was John Sobieski 7 With whom, and
against what power, did he form an alliance 7 What siege did he
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compel them to raise? In whose reign was the Turkish war
terminated 1 Where, and through the intervention of what power,
was peace concluded 1 Describe the progress of Russian civiliza-
tion under the house of Romanow. By whom was the Ukraine
wrested from the Turks 1 Who were raised together to the throne
after his death 1 What was the character of each of these princes ?
Under whose guardianship were they placed 1 What treacherous
policy was pursued by this princess 1 What was its result7?
What punishment was inflicted on Sophia 1 What authority was
assumed by Peter, and what changes did he effect in the adminis-
tration of affairs 1 Who enjoyed the title of czar 1 By whom
were the counsels of Peter directed 1 What improvements were
effected in the organization of the army ? What important sea-
port was wrested from the Turks'? What countries did Peter
visit, and for what purpose 1 What occurrence prevented his
visiting Italy 1 Who was King of England when Peter visited that
country 1 How were the Strelitzes punished for their treason ?
On what footing was the Russian army then placed 1 What
ecclesiastical office did Peter usurp 1 What project involved him
in the great northern war 1
$ 25. War of the Spanish succession.
(202.) By whom, and on what grounds respectively, was the
succession to the Spanish throne claimed 7 Whom had Charles
II. declared his heir ? Who was nominated on the decease of this
prince1? With what view did Charles make this arrangement7?
By whom was the title of King of Spain assumed soon after
Charles's death 1 By what powers, and for what purpose, was
the grand alliance concluded 1 To what conditions did they
pledge themselves ? Which of the German princes was the first
to join this alliance 1 With whom did the Electors of Bavaria and
Cologne take part 1
(203.) By what German princes was the emperor supported 1
What were their reasons for thus supporting him ? Under whose
command did he dispatch an army to dispute the passage of the
Rhine with the French 1 Who commanded the army of Italy ?
Where had he already distinguished himself 1 By what French
general had Italy been already entered 1 Whom did Eugene defeat,
and why was he at last compelled to retire 1
(204.) By what conduct, on the part of the French king, was
the English parliament induced to grant supplies for carrying on a
war in the Spanish Netherlands 1 Who commanded the English
troops 1 By what powers was the Grand Alliance joined at the
same time 1 What successful manoeuvre had been carried into
effect in the mean time by the French army on the Rhine 7 With
whom had Villars effected a junction ?
(205.) By whom was the elector's plan of entering the Tyrol
frustrated 7 For what purpose did Marlborough effect a junction
with Eugene at the commencement of the year 1704 7 What sta-
tions were then assigned to the two armies respectively 1 By what
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circumstance was Eugene compelled to rejoin Marlborough 7
What great battle was fought by the allies 1 Against whom, and
with what success % How were the inhabitants of Bavaria treated
by the conquerors 1 What punishment did the emperor inflict on
the electors of Bavaria and Cologne 1 How was the Elector Pala-
tine rewarded 1
(206.) In what year did the war begin in Spain! By whom
was a descent made on the coast of Portugal 1 What important
event occurred in the first year of the war 1 From what circum-
stances do you date the commencement of the Spanish civil war 1
What was its character! Between what provinces did the war
continue after the return of Philip IV. to his capital 1 What ad-
vantage was gained by the latter ? What circumstances enabled
Charles to drive Philip out of Madrid 1 By whom was Charles
compelled to fly 1 To what country did he return 1
(207.) How had Marlborough and Eugene disposed of their
forces after the battle of Hochstadt ? What successes attended the
operations of the allies in Bavaria and the Netherlands 1 At what
courts had Marlborough distinguished himself as a diplomatist 1
Where did he defeat the French 1 By whom was their army com-
manded 1 What provinces did he subdue 1 To whom did he com-
pel those provinces to swear allegiance 1 Where did Eugene de-
feat a French army in the autumn of the same year 1 By whom
was he assisted! What was the amount of the French force?
What advantage did the allies gain by this victory ? To what of-
fice was Eugene nominated by the Emperor, and what use did he
make of his authority ? How did the Neapolitans receive a de-
tachment of the allied army 1 Of what island did the English
take possession in 1708 ? What now remained to the Spaniards of
all their European possessions ? Whither did Eugene march after
the termination of the war in Italy ? Where, and in conjunction
with whom, did he defeat the French ? What fortress did he
storm? By what celebrated engineer had it been constructed?
What circumstances induced Louis XIV. to sue for peace ? What
conditions did he propose ? By what unreasonable demand, on
the part of the allies, were the negotiations broken off? By whom
was his newly raised army commanded ? Where, and by whom,
was this general defeated ?
(208.) By the occurrence of what events was the aspect of af-
fairs entirely changed ? On what terms was Louis now enabled to
conclude peace ? With whom was the peace of Utrecht concluded ?
Who was recognized as king of Spain by this peace ? What stipu-
lation was at the same time made ?
(209.) What important concessions did England obtain from
France and Spain ? What was gained by Prussia ? For what
island did Savoy exchange Sicily ? Between what parties, and in
what year, was the treaty of Rastadt concluded ? What provinces
did the emperor receive ? What princes were reinstated in their
dignities ? Between what generals had this treaty been negotiated ?
At what peace was it fully recognized ? What treaties were con-
firmed by this peace ?
298 QUESTIONS TO HANDBOOK [210 216.
§ 26. The northern war.
(210.) Enumerate the causes of this war. At whose instance
was a league formed between Russia and Denmark 1 What was
its object 1
(211.) With what acts of aggression did the Danish war begin 1
What advantages were gained by Charles XII. 1 With whom, and
where, did he conclude a separate peace 1 On what conditions 1
(212.) To whose assistance had the Czar Peter marched 1
What siege was he compelled to raise by Charles XII. 1 What
conquests were then achieved by Charles 1 Whom were the Poles
compelled to elect as their king in the place of Augustus II. 7 Of
what circumstances was his general recognition the result 1 What
imprudent act was committed at this time by Charles XII. 7 In
what year, and where, did Peter found his new capital 1 What
were the conditions of the peace of Altranstadt 1 What punish-
ment was inflicted on the instigator of the war 7
(213.) Through whose obstinacy were the fruits of these bril-
liant successes lost 1 For what purpose had the czar entered Po-
land 1 What design was conceived by Charles XII. after the ex-
pulsion of the czar from Poland 1 Who was Mazeppa, and what
advice did he give to Charles 1 What force did Charles bring
into the field at Pultowa 7 What was the amount of the Russian
force 1 What was the result1? In what city did Charles take
refuge after his defeat 1
(214.) How long did Charles XII. reside at Bender? What
opportunity was afforded by his absence to the Poles and Danes 7
What declaration was made by Augustus II., and how was it fol-
lowed up 1 What advantage was gained by the Danes 1 What
conquests were achieved by Peter during the absence of his enemy 7
With what plans did he at the same time proceed 1 By whom was
the sultan persuaded to declare war against Peter 1 From what
danger was Peter rescued with difficulty 1 On what conditions did
he obtain peace 1 What happened to Charles at Bender after his
refusal to quit the Turkish territory 1 In what year did he return
to Sweden 7
(215.) By what sovereigns were the enemies of Sweden now
joined 7 What loss was sustained by the Swedes 7 How was
Peter I. employed at this time 7 What country did Charles XII.
now invade 7 What was the result of the first campaign 7 Where,
and in what manner, did Charles XII. lose his life 7 Who suc-
ceeded him on the throne 7 What concessions were made by this
sovereign 7 Into whose hands did the queen afterwards resign the
reins of government 7 With what view were further concessions
made by the king 7
(216.) By what treaties was the war terminated 7 What terri-
tories were acquired respectively by Hanover, Prussia, Denmark,
and Russia 7 What was the position of Sweden at this time 7
What indulgence was granted to Stanislaus Lesczinsky 7
217 — 225.] OF MODERN HISTORY. 299
§ 27. The Emperor Charles VI.
(217.) What important possession was wrested from Venice by
the Turks ? Why did they declare war against Charles VI. 1 By
whom, and where, were they defeated 1 What great Turkish
officer lost his life 7 What advantages were gained by Eugene
after this victory 1 What were the conditions of the peace con-
cluded between the emperor and the Turks 1 What province had
Charles fruitlessly endeavored to recover for Venice 1
(218.) What was the state of affairs in Spain at this time?
What plan was devised by Cardinal Alberoni, and how did he
attempt to carry it into execution 1 Between what parties was the
quadruple alliance concluded 1 What was its chief object 1 What
concessions did it extort from Philip 1 What became of Alberoni 1
How was Philip in some degree recompensed for these concessions 1
What exchange of territory was effected between the Emperor and
Savoy 1
(219.) Why did Charles VI. publish the pragmatic sanction ?
Whom did he declare heiress of the Austrian states 1 What was
the grand object of his government during the remainder of his
life'?
(220.) Who persuaded the Polish nobles to restore Stanislaus
Lesczinsky 1 By whom was the Elector of Saxony supported 1
What became of Stanislaus 1 What princes declared war against
the emperor in consequence of his expulsion 1 What countries
were occupied by the allies! In what year, and where, was a
peace at last concluded 1 What indemnification did Stanislaus re-
ceive for the renunciation of his claims to the crown of Poland ?
On whom was the grand duchy of Tuscany settled'? By the ex-
tinction of what house had it become vacant 7 On whom was the
crown of the two Sicilies bestowed 1 What territories did he re-
linquish to the emperor 1
(221.) Of what Turkish province did the Empress Anne take
possession 1 By whom and at what peace had it been ceded to the
Turks 1
(222.) Explain the genealogical table of the house of Bourbon
in France, Spain, the two Sicilies, and Parma.
(223.) By whom and in how many engagements were the
armies of the Emperor Charles defeated 1 To what circumstance
do you attribute these defeats 1 What concessions were made to
the Porte at the peace of Belgrade by the Austrians and the
Empress Anne of Russia 1
$ 28. Prussia under her two First Kings.
(224.) Of what territories did Frederick I. become possessed
after the death of William III. of England 1 By what states, and
after the extinction of what house, was he recognized as heir of
the house of Nassau-Chalons-Orange 1
(225.) What was the character of Frederick William 1. 1 What
was his only expensive amusement.
300 QUESTIONS TO HANDBOOK [226 230.
(226.) What amount of treasure was amassed by Frederick
William 1 What sort of an army did he leave to his successor 1
What improvements did he effect 1 What indemnification did he
receive at the peace of Utrecht 1 For what sacrifice 1 What ter-
ritories did he acquire by the peace of Stockholm 7 On what
terms did he live with his son Frederick 1 For what offence was
Frederick imprisoned at Kiistrin 1 What punishment was inflicted
on his accomplice Katte 1 By whose intercession was Frederick
himself rescued from death 1 In consequence of what marriage
was he reconciled to his father 1 Where did he reside until his
accession in 1740 1 Who was his favorite associate 1
§ 29. War of the Austrian succession, and the two first Silesian wars.
(227.) By whom was the accession of Maria Theresa opposed 7
On what grounds 1 By whom were they supported 7
(228.) What ancient claim was revived by Frederick the Great 7
What war was occasioned by the refusal of Maria Theresa to re-
cognize these claims 7
(229.) What country was conquered at the commencement of
the war 7 In what battle were the Prussian troops victorious 7
Through whose skill and valor 7 What countries did Frederick
overrun in the following year 7 Where did he gain a second vic-
tory 7 What increase of territory did he obtain at the peace of
Breslau 7 What advantage did the empress gain by these conces-
sions 7 By whom was Charles Albert supported ? Of what coun-
tries did he assume the sovereignty 7 What assistance did Maria
Theresa receive from England and Holland 7 What effect was pro-
duced by her appearance at the Hungarian diet 7 Of what coun-
tries did they recover possession 7 Out of what country was
Charles VII. driven by the Austrians 7 Where was Maria Theresa
proclaimed 7 Of what nations was the pragmatic army composed 7
By whom was it commanded 7 In what battle did it defeat the
French 7 What fresh alliance was produced by these events 7
Why did Frederick II. join the confederacy 7
(230.) What country did Frederick invade at the commence-
ment of the second Silesian war 7 What name did he give to his
troops 7 Of what country did the Imperialists regain possession at
the same time 7 By whom was Charles VII. succeeded on the im-
perial throne 7 Who had previously renounced all claim to the
Austrian succession 7 For what purpose was England compelled
to withdraw her troops from the continent 7 Where had the Pre-
tender landed 7 In what power did Austria find a new ally 7
What advantage had been gained by Prince Charles of Lorraine 7
By whom and where was he afterwards defeated 7 What plan was
rendered abortive by the victory of Kesselsdorf7 What advantage
did Frederick gain by the peace of Dresden 7 Of what country
had the French in the mean time obtained possession 7 By whom
was their army commanded 7 What provinces remained uncon-
quered 7 By what forces was the war in Italy prosecuted 7 With
what result 7 By what sovereign was an army dispatched to the
231 234.] OF MODERN HISTORY. 301
Rhine in 1748 1 On what terms was peace concluded at Aix-la-
Chapelle 1
$ 30. The Third Silesian ; or, Seven Years' War.
(231.) What was the policy of Maria Theresa after the peace
of Dresden 1 Who was her adviser 1 What representation had she
made to the Empress of Russia 7 What was the substance of the
secret treaty concluded between the two empresses'? Was any
other court a party to this treaty 1 Who was prime minister at
this court 1 What misunderstanding occasioned a war between
England and France 1 Why did England conclude an alliance with
Frederick of Prussia 1 With what power did Austria ally herself?
What was her object in forming this alliance 7
(232.) How did Frederick anticipate the movements of his ene-
mies 1 To what city did he lay siege 7 Where did he blockade
the Saxon army 1 With what force and where did he defeat the
enemy 7 Why did he divide his forces 1 Where did he pass the
winter 7 What became of the Saxon troops blockaded at Pirna 1
(233.) What circumstance compelled the French to conclude
an alliance against Prussia 1 With what powers was the alliance
concluded 1 Did any other power become a party to this treaty 1
With what view 1 To whom did Frederick now leave the duty of
keeping the French at bay 1 Against whom did he advance 1
What support did Austria receive from the other powers 1 What
amount of force was brought into the field by the Austrians and
Prussians respectively 1 What generals were defeated in the battle
of Prague 1 What Prussian officer of rank lost his life in the bat-
tle 1 Where did the greater part of the defeated army take
refuge 7 Where and by whom was Frederick for the first time de-
feated 1 What course did this check compel him to adopt 1 With
whom were the French engaged at the battle of Hastenbeck 7
What was the result of that battle 1 Who commanded the allies of
Frederick'? Did the French avail themselves of the advantage
which they had gained 1 Between whom and with what result
was the battle of Grossjagerndorf fought 1 Which party was vic-
torious in the battle of Rossbach 1 To whom was Frederick mainly
indebted for this victory 7 How was he prevented from forming a
junction with the Duke of Bevern 7 What fortresses fell into the
hands of the conqueror 7 With what amount of force did Freder-
ick attempt the reconquest of Silesia 7 How many men had the
Austrians 7 What was the event of the battle of Leuthen 7 What
important advantage did Frederick gain by this victory 7 How
was the king employed during the winter 7 Against whom was the
campaign of 1758 carried on in the east and west 7 Who com-
manded the Prussians and their allies 7 How did the Duke of
Brunswick open the campaign 7 Which party was victorious at the
battle of Crefeld 7
(234.) To what circumstance do you attribute this disaster as
well as the other failures of the French 7 What important fortress
now fell into the hands of the Prussians 7 For what purpose did
302 QUESTIONS TO HANDBOOK [235 — 239.
Frederick march into Moravia 1 Why did he return to Silesia ?
Where did he attack the Russians, and with what result7? To
whom was he mainly indebted for this victory 7 What disaster
befell Frederick at Hochkirch 1 Did this misfortune produce any
further results 1
(235.) Enumerate the circumstances which compelled Frederick
to confine himself to a defensive war in 1759. What operations
were carried on by the Russians on the bank of the Oder 1 Where
did Frederick attack the Russians, and with what success 1 Who
changed the fortune of the day 1 What distinguished poet fell in
this battle 7 What advice was given by Laudon to the conqueror 1
What reason had he in all probability for not adopting this course ?
By what disputes was the prosecution of the war retarded ? How
was Frederick relieved from all apprehension of an attack on his
eastern frontier 1 To whom were the fortresses in Saxony surren-
dered'? What disaster befell General Fink 7 By whom and
where was Duke Frederick of Brunswick defeated at the com-
mencement of the campaign 1 By what victory was this disgrace
afterwards obliterated 1
(236.) What misfortune befell the Prussian troops at the com-
mencement of the year 1760? What city did Frederick ineffec-
tually attempt to reduce 7 What fortress did he surrender to the
Austrians? Where did he encamp, and why did he shift his
Siarters 1 Where and with what result did he engage Laudon 1
ow was he enabled to rescue Silesia 7 To whom was Frederick
in a great measure indebted for his victory at Torgau? What
were the consequences of this victory 7 For what purpose was the
war prosecuted in the west 7
(237.) By what events were the hopes of peace destroyed in
1761 7 What heavy loss was sustained by Frederick at this time 1
(238.) By what event was Frederick unexpectedly extricated
from his difficulties 1 What assistance did he receive from Peter II. 1
How long did this emperor reign, and what was his fate 7 By
whom was he succeeded'? What battle was fought previously
to the withdrawal of the Russian troops from Silesia 1 Who was
defeated in that battle 7 What important event occurred between
the date of this battle and the conclusion of peace 7 Where, be-
tween what parties, and on what terms was peace concluded?
What rank was now assigned to Prussia 7
§ 31. The Emperor Joseph, II., 1765—1790. Frederick" the Great
after the Seven Years' War.
(239.) Who succeeded Augustus III. on the throne of Poland 7
By whom was he elected, and at whose instigation 7 What privi-
leges were granted to the Protestants and members of the Greek
Church 7 By whose advice 7 What was the immediate effect of
these concessions 7 Between what parties was this civil war car-
ried on 7 Between what nations did a war break out soon after-
wards 7 Which of these parties was generally victorious 7 Men-
tion :some of the important advantages gained by them. What
240 — 245.] OF MODHRN HISTORY. 303
measures were adopted by Austria in consequence of this aggran-
dizement of Russia 1 Under what pretence was this example fol-
lowed by Prussia ? What plan was at length adopted for preserv-
ing the balance of power 7
(240.) Among what powers was Poland divided, and what
provinces-did each receive 1 "What province did Prussia recover 1
Of how great a portion of the kingdom was the king deprived by
this arrangement 1
(241.) Who took possession of the Bavarian dominions after the
death of the last elector ? On what were his claims founded 1
Whose claims to a portion of this territory were allowed by the
Elector Palatine 1 By whom was this compact disputed 7 On
whose advice did he act 1 At what peace, and in consequence of
what circumstances, did the emperor withdraw his claim on Bava-
ria 1 Did he retain any portion? What advantage did Austria
gain by the annexation of this territory ?
(242.) What was the character of Maria Theresa 1 With whom
had she shared her throne ? In whose hands had the reins of gov-
ernment virtually remained 1 For what benefits was Austria in-
debted to this sovereign 1 How was she enabled to maintain her
position among the European powers ? What plans were brought
forward by Joseph II. immediately after his mother's death 1 What
was the character of this new monarch 1 To what cause may we
attribute the failure of most of his plans'? Give one or two in-
stances. What was the ground of his quarrel with Pope Pius VI. 1
How did he treat the remonstrances of the pope1? Were his plans
afterwards modified ? What was his favorite scheme, and what
proposal did he make for the purpose of carrying it into eifect 1
By whose advice was this proposal made? What promise was
made to the elector ? By whom was this proposal rejected 1
Under whose auspices was a confederation formed in 1785, and of
what sovereigns did it consist? What was its object? What
name was given to this confederation ? Was the number of its
members ever increased ?
(243.) For how long a period did Frederick II. maintain peace ?
What measures did he adopt for securing to Prussia the rank which
she had recently assumed among European nations ? How was
this force supported? What important reforms did he eifect?
How long did Frederick reign? Give a sketch of his character.
In what particulars* was he worthy of censure? What was his
greatest protection against the designs of other governments?
How did Frederick pass his leisure hours ? To what circumstance
do you ascribe his preference of the French language ?
(244.) When did Frederick II. die, and by whom was he suc-
ceeded ? What provinces had he annexed to Prussia ? What
amount of treasure did he leave to his successor ? What number
of soldiers ? What title had he assumed since the annexation of
West Prussia ?
(245.) By what people were the political and ecclesiastical re-
forms of Joseph II. opposed ? By whom were they headed ?
What was the result of this opposition? Under what circum-
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stances, and in whose reign did the revolted provinces return to
their allegiance 7 By whom, and in conjunction with what ally,
was a Turkish war undertaken 1 With what results'? By whom
and on what terms was peace concluded 1
$ 32. France.
(246.) In what sort of difficulties was France involved by the
wars of Louis XIV 7
(247.) By whom was he succeeded? Under whose guardian-
ship did he commence his reign 1 By whose advice was a bank of
issue established 1 What joint-stock company was established at
the same time 7 What grant did the king make to this com-
pany 7 What circumstance occasioned the bankruptcy of the
company 1
(248.) In what year, and after whose death, did Louis assume
the reins of government 1 Whom did he marry 1 To whom did
he leave the entire management of affairs 1 What was the effect
of this minister's policy 7 How did the first Austrian war of suc-
cession end 7 To what do you ascribe the inauspicious commence-
ment of the second war 7 How were these losses repaired 7 By
what favorite was the king now governed 7 Through whose influ-
ence was a treaty concluded with the court of Vienna, and what
was its effect on French politics 7 In what war was France in-
volved through this alliance 7 Was she engaged in any other war
at the same time 7 How long did it continue, and how did it
terminate 7 Of what persons was the so-called school of philoso-
phers composed 7 and what effect had their teaching on the
morals of the French people 7 What was their grand object, and
how was it advanced 7 What other name had these philosophers 7
In conjunction with whom did they obtain an ordonnance from
the king 7 For the suppression of what order 7 On what
grounds 7 By whom was Louis governed towards the close
of his life 7 What effect had her extravagance on the ex-
chequer 7
(249.) By whom was Louis XV. succeeded 7 What was the
character of this monarch 7 State at length the causes to which
we may ascribe the outbreak of the French Revolution. To
what circumstances do you attribute the large annual deficit in
the, public accounts 7
$ 33. Great Britain.
(250.) By whom was William III. succeeded 7 By what po-
litical party was her policy dictated during the greater part of
her reign 7 Who were her most influential advisers 7 On what
terms was the union between England and Scotland accomplished 7
By whom were the attempts of Anne to obtain the settlement of
the crown on her step-brother frustrated 7 On what ground did
they oppose the wishes of the queen 7
251 255.] OF MODERN HISTORY. 305
(251.) What family did they place on the throne after her
death 7 Who was the first sovereign of this dynasty 1 How was
he related to the house of Stuart 1 Who was- his prime minister 7
Whom did George II. retain as his prime minister 7 Of what op-
portunity did France avail herself for a last attempt to restore the
Stuarts 1 Where was the pretender defeated 1 Why did George
II. send an army into Germany 1 What war was at the same time
carried on by England 1 Where had this war broken out in the
first instance 1 In consequence of what dispute 7 By whom was
the superiority of the British arms restored 1 Mention one of the
most important victories gained by the British in America. Be-
tween what courts was a treaty concluded 1 For what purpose 7
Who succeeded George II. 1
(252.) Why did Pitt resign his office 7 What important acces-
sion of territory did Great Britain obtain at the peace of Paris 7
Did she acquire any other provinces 1
(253.) State the condition of England, and how brought about.
What part had the colonies in the matter 1 What had they con-
tributed, and to what extent 1 What control had the mother
country exercised'? What new claim was now set up 1 What
measures were attempted 7 How did the colonists act 1 What
other duties were attempted to be imposed 1 What was done with
the cargoes of tea 7 What did England do 7 Where and when did
the first Congress assemble 7 When and where did hostilities
commence 1 What were the original thirteen United States 1
When was independence declared 1 Who commanded the Ame-
rican troops 1 What was his military character 1 In what war
had he already distinguished himself? Through whose exertions
was an alliance concluded between France and America 1 What
powers afterwards became parties to this league 1 At whose in-
stigation, and for what purpose, did the northern powers form a
league 7 By whom were they supported 1
(254.) Into what quarters of the world was the war carried in
consequence of these movements 1 What proposal was made by
the English government, and why was it refused 1 How many
engagements were fought 1 What great naval battles were fought,
and what was the result 1 How were the attempts of the Spaniards
and French to retake Gibraltar frustrated 1 What places were
taken by the English 1 By whom and in what battle was the
event of the American war decided 1 Where and in what year
was peace concluded 1 To what terms was England compelled to
submit 1 What sacrifice of territory was made by the Dutch 1
What was the condition of the United States at the close of the
war 1 When was the Federal Constitution adopted 7 In whom
is the legislative authority vested 7 The judicial 1 The execu-
tive 1 Who was the first president 7 When and where inaugu-
rated 1
(255.) What attempts were made by European nations in
India 7 From what events do you date the commencement of
these attempts 7 Of what province had England obtained posses-
sion 7 Through whose victories 7 Between what Indian powers
306 QUESTIONS TO HANDBOOK [256 — 260.
was a league formed against Great Britain 7 With whom did the
French conclude an alliance at the same time 1 Through whose
prudence and energy was the supremacy of the East India
Company maintained at this crisis 7 Who was Tippoo Sahib 1
Under what circumstances was he compelled to purchase peace 7
By what sacrifices 7
(256.) Under what circumstances, and hy whom was the East
India bill brought forward 1 What were its provisions 1 By whose
discoveries was an addition made to the colonial possessions of
England 1 How often did he sail around the world 1 What coast
did he visit in his first voyage 7 What countries did he discover
in the second 7 How far did he penetrate, and in what expecta-
tion was he disappointed 7 What straits did he survey in his third
voyage, and what was his fate 7
§ 34. Spain under the Bourbons, from 1701.
(257.) What possessions were given up hy Spain at the peace
of Utrecht 7 By whom were attempts made to recover them 7
How were these attempts frustrated 7 To whom did the two Si-
cilies revert 7 At the close of what war 7 On whom was Parma
settled 7 Under what sovereign was the nation deprived of its
constitutional privileges 7 Were any provinces excepted 7 In what
war was Charles III. involved 7 In consequence of what compact 7
Against what powers had he been unsuccessful 7 What province
was he compelled to cede at the peace of Paris 7 When did he
recover it 7 What fortified places did he attack, and with what
success 7 Why were the Jesuits expelled from the Spanish do-
minions 7
§ 35. Portugal under the house of Braganza, from 1640.
(258 ) What was the condition of Portugal under the first kings
of the house of Braganza 7 What colonies did she recover 7 To
what circumstance do you attribute her decline 7 By whom was
her commercial system reformed 7
(259.) What measures did he adopt for the protection of native
industry 7 By what calamity had a portion of Lisbon been de-
stroyed 7 When was it restored 7 How was money raised to meet
these expenses 7 What occurrence afforded the minister an excuse
for banishing the Jesuits 7 By whom was Joseph I. succeeded 7
How did she treat Pombal 7 Which of the ordonnances issued
during his administration remained in force 7
§36. Italy.
(260.) What countries continued to be dependencies of Spain
as long as the throne of that country was occupied by the family
of Hapsburg 7 To what power were they ceded at the peace of
Utrecht 7 What became of Sicily 7
261 267.] OF MODERN HISTORY. 307
(261.) When and under whom did the kingdom of the two Si-
cilies regain its independence 1 What calamity befell Calabria and
Sicily in 1783 7
(262.) What accession of territory did Savoy obtain at the
peace of Utrecht 7 For what island was she compelled to exchange
it 7 By the addition of what provinces were her territories subse-
quently augmented"? Of what country did Austria become a
province 7 To what family did Modena remain subject 1 On
whom were Parma and Piacenza settled 7 After the extinction of
what family 7 To what country were they afterwards annexed 7
To whom were the duchies restored at the peace of Aix-la-Cha-
pelle 7
(263.) Of what island was Venice deprived by the Turks 7
What provinces did she obtain from them at the peace of Carlo-
witz 7 What insurrection was suppressed by Genoa 7 With the
assistance of what power 7 By whom was the insurrection headed 7
What became of him 7 By whom was a subsequent insurrection
headed 7 What step was taken by the Genoese senate in conse
quence of this insurrection 7 What became of Paoli 7 What
attempt did he make at a later period, and by whom was he as
sisted 7
(364.) To whom did the grand duchy of Tuscany descend after
the extinction of the Medici family 7 Of what family did it after-
wards become a possession 7 On whom was the grand duchy set-
tled, when Joseph IT. was elected Roman king 7
(265.) What provinces were recovered by the states of the
Church 7
§37. Denmark.
(266.) What countries belonged to Denmark 7 What provinces
were subsequently acquired 7 From what date, and during how
many years, did Denmark enjoy peace 7 Under what sovereigns 7
Under whose administration did Denmark become a flourishing
kingdom 7 By whom, and in what reign, was this minister sup-
planted 7 What was his fate 7 By what arrangement were the
disputes terminated between Denmark and the ducal line of Got-
torp 7 On whom was the duchy of Oldenburg settled 7 What prov-
ince was annexed to Denmark at the same time 7
(267.) What was the condition of Sweden at the close of the
northern war 7 By what names were the factions distinguished 7
What attempt occasioned the loss of a portion of Finland 7 Who
was the first king of the house of Holstein-Gottorp 7 How were
the powers of the crown restricted in his reign 7 By what expen-
diture was the exchequer drained 7 By whom was this aristocratic
tyranny successfully resisted 7 In whom was the executive au-
thority now vested 7 How were his powers limited 7 To what
combination of favorable circumstances do you attribute the popu-
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larity of this sovereign 7 By whom was he perseveringly opposed 1
What alliance did he renew 7 What was his probable motive for
this irregular proceeding 1
(268.) What act did he persuade the diet to pass 7 In conse-
quence of what opposition 1 How did the war terminate 7 What
was the fate of Gustavus III. 7
§39. Russia.
(269.) What city was built by Peter the Great during the
northern war 1 How was it peopled 1 To what rank was it ele-
vated 7 By whom were his reforms resisted 7 Who was at the
head of this movement 1 What punishment was inflicted on him 1
What title did Peter assume after the war 1 What law was passed
in 1722 1 In what year did Peter die 7 What was the immediate
cause of his death 1 By whom was he succeeded 7 What was the
name of her favorite 1 Who succeeded her 7 By whom and in
what manner was the foundation laid of Russian influence in Po-
land 1 Who were her ministers 1 In what war did she join Aus-
tria 7 Who was the commander-in-chief of the Russian forces,
and by what name was he distinguished 7 To what circumstance
do you ascribe the inglorious termination of the war 7 Was any
advantage gained by Russia 7 By whom was Anne succeeded 7
How long did he reign, and in favor of whom was he set aside 7
§ 40. The houses of Romanow and Holstein- Gottorp, in Russia.
(270.) Give the pedigree of these houses.
(271.) What punishment did Elizabeth inflict on the ministers
of the late sovereign 7 Under whose guidance did she then place
herself 7 What became of him 7 By what peace was the war with
Sweden terminated 7 What accession of territory did Elizabeth
obtain by this peace 7 By what act on the part of the Russian
government was the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle hastened 7 By what
personal feelings were the bonds of Elizabeth's union with Austria
strengthened during the seven years' war 7 Whom did Elizabeth
nominate as her successor 7
(272.) Of what monarch was Peter III. a personal friend 7 With
what power did he conclude an alliance 7 With what reforms did
he commence his reign 7 How long did he reign, and what was his
fate 7
(273.) By whom was he succeeded 7 What great sovereign
did she choose as her model 7 Whom did she place on the throne
of Poland 7 Between what parties did her policy excite a civil
war 7 By whom was the king supported 7 Which of the Euro-
pean powers declared war against Catherine 7 On what grounds 7
(274.) Which of the two belligerents was for the most part
successful in this war 7 From what cause 7 When and by whom
was the Turkish fleet destroyed 7 Through whose mediation was
an armistice concluded 7 What circumstance occasioned a re-
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newal of the war ? By what troubles was the Russian empire at
this time distracted 1 Where was a peace concluded 7 What
favorable occurrence enabled the Russians to negotiate this
peace 1 On what terms was it concluded 1 What benefits did
Catherine confer on Poland after the first partition of that king-
dom 1 Who was the principal favorite of Catherine, and what was
his character 7 To what rank had he been raised by Joseph II. 1
For how many years and in what manner did he exercise his au-
thority 7
(275.) What projects occupied the attention of Catherine after
the first Turkish war 1 How was the first of these projects pro-
moted ? What was the first step taken by Potemkin towards the
, accomplishment of the second plan 1 By whom had it been de-
' vised 7 What deception did Potemkin practise, and by what nick-
name was he distinguished in consequence 1 Between what sove-
reigns did a meeting take place during this progress 7 What was
the immediate consequence of this meeting 1 By what powers was
the Porte supported 1
(276.) By whom and in how many battles were the Turks de-
feated 1 After what event was peace concluded between Austria
and the Porte 1 What country had already formed an alliance
with the Turks 1 What province of the Russian empire was in-
vaded, and by whom 1 By what powers was Catherine threatened 1
After whose death, and in consequence of what circumstances, was
she compelled to conclude a peace 1 With what territory was she
now obliged to content herself?
(277.) By whom were the measures of improvement com-
menced by Peter I. fully carried out 1 Give an account of her re-
forms. From what country chiefly were colonists brought into
Russia 7
§41. The Osmanic Empire.
(278.) To what causes do you attribute the decay of the Os-
manic empire 7 How was its utter ruin prevented 1
$42. Causes and immediate occasion of the French Revolution.
(279.) In what reign was the enormous public debt contracted,
and how was it augmented 1
(280.) By what classes were the public burdens almost exclu-
sively borne 1
(281.) To what object were the endeavors of the Encyclopae-
dists directed 1
(282.) What do you mean by "lettres de cachet V
(283.) What was the immediate occasion of the revolutionary
outbreak 1 What notions had been acquired by the French soj-
diers during the American war 1 Who was first minister of finance
at this time, and what plan did he propose 1 By whom was he
succeeded, and what was the result of his policy 1 What body
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was called together by Calonne , and what plan did he lay before
them 7 Of what classes was this assembly chiefly composed 1
Through whose influence was this minister removed from office 1
By whom was he succeeded 1 What body did he call together,
and what was the result 1 Under what circumstances was Brienne
dismissed, and by whom was he succeeded 1 What body was now
summoned to assemble at Versailles 7 What dispute arose at their
first meeting 1 What extraordinary proceeding was adopted by
the third estate 7 By whose advice 7 Of what great movement do
you consider this the commencement 7 What plan was adopted by
Bailly, in consequence of an attempt on the part of the king to
prevent the meetings of this assembly 7
§ 43. The constituent National Assembly.
(284.) By which of the estates was the separation still opposed 1
Were they joined by any other estate 7 What proclamation was
issued by the king 7 To what subject was the attention of this as-
sembly chiefly directed 7 What circumstances occasioned an in-
surrection on the 13th and 14th of July 7 By whom were the in-
surgents addressed 7 What were their first acts 7 What measures
were then adopted by the government 7 By what concession on
the part of Louis XVI. were the populace appeased 7 What course
was adopted by some of the nobility at the commencement of the
Revolution 7 By whom was an army assembled on the frontier 7
With what act did the national assembly commence their proceed-
ings 7 What declaration followed 7 What further resolution did
they pass 7
(285.) By what circumstances were fresh discontents occa-
sioned 7 What act of violence was committed on the 6th of
October 7 By whose exertions were the king and queen rescued 7
To what place did the national assembly now adjourn its session 7
(286.) What questions next occupied the attention of the as-
sembly 7 Into what parties were the members divided 7 What
was the result of their deliberations 7 On whom was the primary
elective franchise conferred 7 To whom was it at first refused 7
By what name were these primary electors known, and whom did
they elect 7 What number of representatives was returned to the
national assembly 7 By whom were they elected 7 Did they act
in any other capacity 7 From what body were the municipal au-
thorities chosen 7 What measure of finance was adopted by the
assembly 7 At whose suggestion 7 What attempt was made to
hasten the sale of Church lands 7 Did this plan succeed 7 What
acts were passed respecting the religious orders 7 What reform
was effected in the administration of justice 7 What acts were
passed of a still more republican character 7 What concessions
was the king required to make 7 What oath did he take 7 What
political societies were formed by the members of the national as-
sembly 7 For what purpose did they meet 7 Which was the most
important of these societies 7 From what circumstance did they
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derive their name 1 "What sort of influence did they exercise 1
What occurrence occasioned the resignation of Necker 1 What was
the immediate consequence of this resignation 1 What intention
was soon afterwards proclaimed by the republicans 1 After whose
death 1
(287.) What attempt was now made by the king 1 For what
purpose 1 How was this attempt frustrated 1 What resolution was
passed by the assembly, after the return of the king to Paris 1 By
what party were the Republicans opposed on this occasion 7 With
what act did the national assembly terminate its labors 1
$ 44. The Legislative Assembly.
(288.) Of how many deputies did the new legislative assembly
consist 1 Whence did the Feuillants derive their name 7 [See
note.] Which was the strongest party in the assembly 1 Who
composed the moderate party 1 Who were the Cordeliers, whence
did they derive their name, and who were their leaders 1 By whom
were some of the highest places in the courts of justice filled 1
What administration was at last formed by the king, and what
measures was he compelled to adopt 7
(269.) To what acts of. the assembly did the king refuse his as-
sent 1 What was the immediate consequence of this refusal 1 What
occasioned the second attack on the Tuileries 7 To whom did Louis
now intrust himself 1 What decrees were passed by the assembly 7
How did they treat the king himself? What misfortune befell La-
fayette 1 By whom and under what circumstances were the Pa-
risian populace persuaded to massacre the adherents of the old
regime 1 After the dissolution of the legislative assembly, what
was the form of government 1 Of how many deputies did this
convention consist 1
§45. The National Convention.
(290.) By what parties was the national convention distracted 7
By whom were the Jacobins headed 1 Which of these parties was
the stronger 1 To what circumstances do you attribute their su-
periority 1 What change in the form of government was proclaimed
by the convention in their first session 1 By what party was an at-
tempt made to protect the king 1 On what charges was he ar-
raigned, and what was the result of his trial 1 What appeal was
rejected 7 When and where was_the sentence of the court carried
into execution 1
(291.) What feeling was excited by this act of treason 1 Against
what countries did the republic declare war 7 In what part of
France did the people rise against the government 7 By what act
of oppression had they been irritated 7
(292.) Between what parties did a struggle now commence 7
Under what circumstances was a committee of public safety esta-
blished 7 What order was issued by the assembly 7 By whom was
it compelled to issue this order 7 Whither did the great body of
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Girondists fly, and against what government did they organize an
insurrection 7
(293.) What plan was drawn up and circulated by the conven-
tion 1 With what preparations did the convention then occupy it-
self? What was the fate of Marat 1
(294.) What proposal was made by Carnot at this time 1 How
was this edict carried into effect 1 What cities surrendered to the
republican forces 1 Where did Napoleon win his first laurels 1
What cruelties were practised towards the insurgents in La Ven-
de'e 1 What success attended the operations of the republican ar-
mies on the frontiers 1 What distinguished persons were put to
death by the government 1 What became of the Girondists who
escaped from Paris 1
(295.) What measures were adopted in the departments 1 In
what manner did the republican government endeavor to destroy
all reminiscences of former times 1 What acts of sacrilege were
committed 1 What plan of Robespierre's was successfully carried
out 1 Who were guillotined for alleged treason against the Re-
public 1 To what important office was Robespierre raised 7 What
were his apparent qualifications for this office 1 What law was
next passed by the convention 1 What was the result of this ini-
quitous enactment 1 What was the fate of Robespierre 7
(296.) What effect was produced by his death 1 In whose
hands were the two committees at this time 1 What acts were
passed 1 For what purpose was a commission appointed, and who
was placed at its head 1 Where and how did Louis XVII. die 7
On whom did the Royalists confer the title of king after his
death 7 Where was he resident at that time 7 Where and by
whom was an army of emigrants almost annihilated 7 In what
body was the executive power lodged by the new constitution 7
To whom was the legislative authority intrusted 7 What was the
qualification for a seat in the council of ancients 7 What attempts
were made by the Royalists, and how were they frustrated 7 By
what general were their forces defeated 7 On what plan were the
councils then formed 7
$ 46. The first coalition against France.
(297.) Against whom and for what reasons was Louis XVI.
compelled by his subjects to declare war 7 To whom was the con-
duct of this war confided by the emperor 7 Of what troops was
the grand army entirely composed 7 By whom was it commanded 7
What was its line of march 7 On whom was the command in chief
of the French army conferred 7 By what circumstances were his
operations against the Prussians aided 7 What was the result 7
Whom did he next attack 7 Where was a battle fought, and with
what result 7 What advantages were gained by the French in other
parts of Europe 7
(298.) Of what European powers did the grand coalition con-
sist 7 By what power was it headed 7
(299.) With what achievement did the Austrians open the cam-
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paign of 1793 1 How was Dumouriez occupied at this time ; and
why did he quit Holland 1 In what battle was he defeated 1 Of
what fortified town did the Prussians regain possession 1 What
step was taken by Dumouriez in consequence of the refusal of his
soldiers to follow him 1 What plan had he proposed to them 1
To what circumstances do you chiefly attribute the success of
Jourdan 1 What victories did he gain 1 Did any thing remarkable
occur during the battle of Fleurus 1 What battle was fought after
the Austrians had re-crossed the Rhine 1 With what result 1
What country did Pichegru invade 1 By what party was he sup-
ported 1 and of what circumstance did he take advantage 1 What
change was effected in the form of government ? By what name
was the new commonwealth distinguished 1
(300.) Under what circumstances were the allies compelled to
abandon all their conquests on the Upper and Middle Rhine 1
Between what powers was a separate peace concluded 1 On what
terms'? Did any other governments conclude a peace with the
Republic ? What concessions were made by the Spanish govern-
ment 1 What Spanish statesman took an active part in the nego-
tiations 7 How was he rewarded 1 In what war were the French
unsuccessful ? Where and by the ships of what nation were they
defeated 1 What colonies did they lose 1
(301.) Why did the directory renew the war? What nation
did they first attack 1 By whom were the three French armies
respectively commanded ; and what was the destination of each 1
(302.) Into what country did two of the armies advance ? By
whom was the offensive now assumed 1 Where did he engage the
French, and with what result 1 Against whom did the archduke
now direct his march 1 How did Moreau avoid an engagement 1
What French generals crossed the Rhine in 1797 1 What intelli-
gence checked their farther advance 1
(303.) By what general was the French army in Italy com-
manded 1 Whom had he recently married ? By what pass did
Napoleon enter Italy 1 Where did he first defeat the Austrians 1
By what victories did he separate the Sardinian from the Austrian
army 1 What concessions did he extort from the King of Sar-
dinia 1
(304.) Give the pedigree of the Bonaparte family.
(305.) What bridge did Napoleon storm, and what city did he
enter 7 By what sacrifices did the Dukes of Modena and Parma
purchase an armistice 1 How did Napoleon employ the interval
which must elapse before he could procure a battering train for an
attack on Mantua 1 What effect had this movement on the coun-
cils of the King of Naples 1 By what sacrifices did the Pope pur-
chase the forbearance of the French 1 Of what city were the Aus-
trians still in possession 1 What is its situation 1 By whom was
the garrison commanded 1 How many attempts were made to
raise the siege 1 What was the fate of the city at last ? By whom
was the first of these attempts made, why did he quit Mantua, and
where was he defeated 1 By whom was the second attempt made ?
Where were they defeated 1 What other victories were gained by
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the French 7 After what battle did the garrison of Mantua ca-
pitulate 7
"">.) In consequence of what accusation was the Duke of Mo-
dena deprived of his duchy 7 Of what republic did it form a part 7
By what sacrifice was the Pope compelled to purchase peace after
the fall of Mantua 1
(307.) Into what countries did Napoleon then advance 1 With
what power did he conclude an armistice 1 When and where was
a peace afterwards concluded 7 What countries were given up
to the French 1 Of what countries was the Cisalpine Republic
composed 7 What territory did the emperor receive in return
for these sacrifices'? What provinces was he permitted to
retain 1
(308.) What islands were ceded to France 1 What compensa-
tion did the Duke of Modena receive for the loss of his duchy 1
For what purpose was a congress held at Rastadt 1 What name
was given to Genoa and its territory 1 What was the condition of
the French marine at this time 1
$ 47. Eastern Europe.
(309.) What circumstances encouraged the Poles to rise against
their Russian rulers 1 By what government were they encouraged 1
What were the most important articles of their new constitution 7
By whom and at whose instigation was a confederacy formed for
the restoration of the ancient constitution 7 By what troops was
Poland at the same time invaded 7 Who commanded the Polish
army 7 What concessions were made by the king in consequence
of these hostile demonstrations 7
(310.) What was the avowed object of the King of Prussia in
invading Poland 7 What was the purport of his proclamation 1
Between what powers, and with what motives, was a second
partition of Poland arranged 7 What portion did each of
those powers receive 7 Whom did the Poles choose to be their
leader 7
(311.) What measures were adopted by William II. on receiv-
ing intelligence of this outbreak 7 What city did he storm, and
why did he abandon the siege of Warsaw 7 By what armies was
Poland now invaded 7 By whom was an attempt made to prevent
the junction of these armies 7 What became of Kosciusko 7 What
city was stormed by Suwarrow 7 With the capitulation of what
city did the strue-gle terminate 7 What became of King Stanislaus
Poniatowski7 Between what powers, and in what year, was a
third partition of Poland arranged 7 What were now the bounda-
ries of those countries 7
(312.) In what wars did Frederick William II. take an active
part 7 What loss did he sustain in the first of these wars, and
what advantage did he gain in the second 7 What provinces
were formed out of his newly-acquired territory 7 By what
river were they separated from one another 7 Of what other
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territories did Frederick become possessor'? By whom was he
succeeded 1 What was the policy of the new monarch 1
(313> By whom were Catherine II. and Gustavus III. sue- :
ceeded 7
§ 48. The French Directory.
(314.) In what condition did the five directors find the finances 1
How did they endeavor to meet this difficulty'? Did this plan
succeed 1
(315.) What circumstances occasioned the formation of a royal-
ist opposition 1 By whom was a party also formed in the directory
itself? Which of the two parties triumphed 1 What became of
Carnot and Barthelmy 1
(316.) Why were the negotiations with England broken off 7
Who was appointed commander-in-chief of the " army of Eng-
land V How was Bonaparte occupied at this time 1 Had he
any object in view beyond the conquest of Egypt 7 By whom
was the Indian war renewed 7 In what year, and how did it
terminate 1
Bonaparte's expedition against Egypt and Syria.
(317.) What number of men had Bonaparte under his com-
mand 1 From what port did he sail 1 By what generals was he
accompanied ? By whom were they afterwards joined 1 Were
any distinguished civilians attached to the army 1 By whom was
the English fleet in the Mediterranean commanded at this time 1
•What island did Bonaparte conquer in his voyage from Toulon to
Egypt 7 At what Egyptian sea-port did he land 1 Who were the
Mamelukes, where were they attacked by the French, and what
was the result of the battle 7 In what direction did Dessaix
advance 1 What disastrous intelligence now reached Napoleon 7
On what day was this battle fought 1 What was the immediate
effect of this disaster 1 By whom were the French attacked at
Cairo, and with what result 1 By what power was war declared
against France in consequence of these proceedings 1 What coun-
try did Bonaparte invade 7 By whom was Acre defended 7 What
was the result of his attempts on that city 1 How many times did
he attack it 1 In consequence of what intelligence did he withdraw
his army 1
(318.) Where did the Turkish army land, and what was its
fate 1 In what year did Bonaparte return to France 7 Whom did
he leave in command of the army 1 What victory was gained by
Kleber, and what was his fate 1
(319.) What effect was produced by the violent proceedings of
the directory 1 What pretext was afforded them for sending an
army into the States of the Church ? What form of government
did they establish at Rome 1 What became of Pope Pius VI. 1
What measures were adopted for the destruction of the Swiss
Confederation 1 Under what name was Switzerland incorporated
into the French republic? What secret article was introduced
7
316 QUESTIONS TO HANDBOOK [320 323.
into the treaty of Campo Formio t With consent of what power ?
What was its effect 7
(320.) In what condition did Bonaparte find the nation on his
return from Egypt 7 What powers were intrusted to him 7 Who
was appointed his coadjutor 7 What event furnished the councils
with an excuse for withdrawing to St. Cloud 7 How many of the
directors supported Bonaparte 7 On what condition 1 What be-
came of the others 1 By whose exertions was Bonaparte enabled
to dissolve the assembly of Five Hundred 1 What sort of a govern-
ment was then established 7 What title was conferred on Bona-
parte 7 For how many years was he appointed 1 Who were his
colleagues 7 To what bodies were the consuls required to submit
all projects of law 1
§ 49. War of the second coalition against France.
(321.) What territories had the emperor ceded to France 1 In
accordance with the terms of what treaty 7 What places were
promised to him as a compensation 7 Who protested against this
alienation of German territory 1 To what conditions were they
forced to submit 7 Between what powers had a new coalition been
formed 7 Who was grand-master of the Knights of Malta at this
time 7 State the reasons which induced the Porte and Austria to
become parties to this alliance. With what atrocious act was the
peace of Rastadt terminated 7 Which of the German princes took
part in the war 1 What was the policy of the northern sovereigns 1
(322.) What plan of military operations was agreed on by the
allies 7 By whom were these armies respectively commanded 7
For what purpose were they sent into those countries 7 How did
the Neapolitans commence the war 7 By whom were they com-
manded 7 Was the attempt successful 7 What Italian sovereign
fled on the approach of the French 7 In whose hands did he leave
his capital 7 What new name was given to his dominions 7 Against
whom did the directory then declare war 7 What were the desti-
nations of their four armies, and by whom were they commanded 7
What success attended the operations of Massena in Switzerland 7
What generals were stationed at Naples and in Holland 7
(323.) By whom was Scherer defeated 7 Whose arrival com-
pleted the discomfiture of the French 7 By what troops were
Lombardy and Piedmont occupied 7 Between what parties, and
with what result, was a battle fought on the banks of the Trebia 7
What were the immediate consequences of this victory 7 What
French general was defeated by Suwarrow, and for what purpose
did he cross the Alps 7 What portion of their Italian possessions
remained in the hands of the French at the close of the year 1799 7
By whom was the French army commanded in the campaign of the
following year 7 How long did this campaign last 7 By what
passes did they cross the Alps 7 What city was entered by Bona-
parte 7 Where did General Melas engage the French 7 By whom
was the battle renewed 7 What was his fate 7 By what occur-
rence was the discomfiture of the Austrians completed 7 On what
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conditions was Melas allowed to withdraw the remains of his army
from the field 1 In what cities did Bonaparte now establish provi-
sional governments 7 Whom did he nominate Commander-in-chief
of the army of Italy 1
(324.) What success attended the operations of the Archduke
Charles in Germany and Switzerland 1 By what pass did Suwarrow
enter Switzerland 1 By what circumstance was he compelled to
withdraw his. troops into the country of the Grisons 1 Through
what country did he return to Russia'? What victories were
gained by Moreau in the year 1800 1 How near to Vienna did he
advance 7
(325.) On what day, and where was peace concluded'? Be-
tween what parties, and on what conditions 1 For what purpose
was a deputation appointed, and what was the result of their labors 1
In what manner were the hereditary princes of the empire indem-
nified for their losses 7 What compensation did the Grand Duke
of Tuscany and the Duke of Modena receive 1 What countries
were most favored in this division 7 For whom were new elector-
ates founded 1 What was now the total number of electors 1
What princes had been deprived of the electoral dignity 7 What
cities remained unmediatized 7
(326.) What territories were added to Prussia"? What did
Bavaria receive 7 What territory did Hesse share with Nassau 1
What portion fell to the lot of Baden 1 To what circumstance was
the grand duke indebted for this accession of territory 1 What
compensation did Wiirtemberg receive for her losses in Alsace 1
What indemnification was received by Austria for her cession of
the Breisgau 1 What sacrifice had been made by the Duke of
Parma, and what compensation did he receive 1 By what sacrifice
did Naples purchase peace 7 To what office in Italy was Bonaparte
appointed 1 How many new cantons were added to those already
existing in Switzerland 1 Which of the Swiss cantons was annexed
to France 1 For what reason 7
(327.) By what nation was the commerce of Holland crippled 7
By what parties was the country itself distracted 7 What effect
was produced by the appearance of the Prince of Orange off the
Helder at this crisis 7 To whose incapacity do you attribute the
failure of the whole undertaking 7 By what conquest was the
supremacy of England in the Mediterranean secured 7 In accord-
ance with what capitulation was Egypt evacuated by the French 7
What refusal on the part of England produced a rupture with Rus-
sia 7 In conjunction with what powers did Russia revive the armed
neutrality 7 How did England avenge herself 7 What occur-
rences afforded a favorable opportunity for the termination of hos-
tilities 7 Who succeeded Paul on the Russian throne 7 In what
month and year was peace concluded 7 Between what powers 7
What possessions were relinquished by England at the peace of
Amiens 7 What compensation did she receive for this sacrifice 7
What government afterwards became a party to this treaty 7
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$ 50. The consular government of Napoleon Bonaparte.
(328.) To what objects did the first consul now direct his atten-
tion ? What was his ultimate design 1 What proof have you of
this 7 What conspiracy was discovered, and for what severe meas-
ure did the discovery afford a pretext 1 Into how many sections
was the tribunate divided 1 By what afct on the part of the French
government were the emigrants enabled to return to France'?
What plan was adopted by Bonaparte for the establishment of the
Roman Catholic worship 1 What improvement was effected in the
education of the middle classes 1 What was the " Code Napo-
leon 7" By what measure was public credit re-established 1 De-
scribe the manner in which Bonaparte prepared the way for the
establishment of absolute monarchy. To what office was Napo-
leon elected immediately after the conclusion of peace 1 In whom
was absolute authority vested by the new constitution 7 In con-
junction with what body 1 By what restrictions were the legisla-
tive corps and tribunate reduced to insignificance 1 What dis-
covery furnished an excuse for still further encroachments 7 By
what court were the conspirators tried 1 Why was this 1 How-
many of them were executed? What became of Pichegru and
Moreaul On what charge was the Duke d'Enghien arrested'?
What was his fate 1 What title was conferred on Bonaparte pre-
viously to these trials 1 When and by whom was he anointed 1 In
what manner was the constitution modified 1 What vestige of the
representative system remained'?
§ 51. The third coalition against France.
(329.) What circumstances produced a rupture between France
and England in 1803 ? Which of these governments declared war 1
What British possession was immediately seized by Bonaparte'?
What do you mean by the continental system 1 What prepara-
tions were made at Boulogne 1
(330.) In what manner did Pitt meet this danger 7 By what
circumstance were the operations of this coalition facilitated 1
What form of government did Bonaparte substitute for the Italian
republic 1 Where and in what year was he crowned 1 Who was
nominated viceroy of Italy 1 What dignity was conferred on his
brother-in-law, Bacciochi 1 What republic was incorporated with
France 1 What measures were adopted by Bonaparte on the for-
mation of this third coalition 1 What powers were parties to the
coalition 1 By whom was Bonaparte joined 1
(331.) What force was raised by Austria in 1805 7 By whom
was the larger army commanded, and into what country did it
march 1 Who commanded the smaller 1 What was its destina-
tion 7 Whom did Napoleon dispatch into Italy 1 In what country
did he himself take the command of the army 1 Where did he
concentrate his forces 1 By what general was he joined 1 What
country was entered by the French, and what fortress did they
blockade and take 1 Who commanded the garrison 1 What
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country did Napoleon now enter 7 Of what city did Murat take
possession 1 How were the Austrians employed in the mean time 1
On what day was the battle of Austerlitz fought 1 By what name
is it known 1 Who were defeated in that battle 1 Between what
parties was the peace of Presburg concluded'? What sacrifices
were made by the emperor 1 What dignities were conferred on
the electors of Bavaria, Wiirtemberg, and Baden 1 What territo-
ries were surrendered by Prussia, and what did she receive in ex-
change 1 What penalty was inflicted on the King of Naples 1 How
had he displeased Napoleon 1 On whom was the kingdom of Na-
ples conferred 1 To whom were the papal seignories of Benevento
and Ponte-Corvo granted 1 What name was given to the Batavian
republic, and on whom was the sovereignty conferred 1 To whom
did Napoleon give Cleves, Berg, and Neufchatel 1 In what month
and year did the dismemberment of the German empire take place 1
How many princes separated themselves from the empire 1 What
confederacy did they form 1 Who declared himself its protector 1
What titles did these princes renounce 1 Where was the business
of the confederacy to be transacted 1 Who was the president 1
To what did each of the confederates pledge himself 1 What title
had Francis II. assumed in 1804 1 What imperial institutions were
broken up when Francis ceased to be head of the German empire 7
What arbitrary policy was pursued by the confederation 7 By
what troops were they supported 7 Who was punished with death
for resistance to their tyranny 1
(332.) By whom and where were the Spanish and French fleets
destroyed 1 Who lost his life in the engagement 1 To what
aggressive measures against England did Napoleon now direct his
attention ?
fy 52. The fourth coalition against France.
(333.) What hostile measures was Prussia compelled to adopt
against England 1 What was the immediate result of this proceed-
ing 1 What plan did Napoleon adopt in the hope of still further
widening the breach 1 What measure was unanimously recom-
mended by the Prussian generals'? By what circumstance was
Napoleon enabled to concentrate a force on the Main 1 What was
the amount of that force 1 What royal personage fell in a skirmish
near Saalfeld 1 Where did Napoleon engage the two grand divi-
sions of the Prussian army 1 Who commanded the two divisions 1
By whom were the two divisions of the French army commanded 1
What was the event of both these battles 1 What became of the
Duke of Brunswick'? How was the Elector of Saxony rewarded
for his adherence to the Rhenish confederacy 1 To whom were the
Prussian fortresses surrendered 1 By whom were some of them
bravely defended ? What city did Napoleon enter in triumph 1
Into how many departments did he divide the conquered Prussian
provinces 7 What decree did he publish, and what was its effect 1
(334.) By whom were the French joined as they approached
the Vistula 1 Whom did the Prussians join 1 In what war were
the Russians involved at that time 1 Through whose influence 1
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Against what city did Ney's division march 1 What became of the
rest of the French army? What intelligence induced Napoleon to
break up his winter encampment at Warsaw 1 What Russian gen-
eral did he engage, and where 1 Was the battle decisive 1 What
cities capitulated during the armistice ? By what victory was the
war terminated 1 Where and between what parties was peace con-
cluded ? What reason did Napoleon assign for restoring to Prus-
sia all her provinces on the right bank of the Elbe ? What con-
cessions were made by Prussia in return for this indulgence 1 In
what year was the restoration of the Prussian territory carried into
effect 1 What was now the extent of the Rhenish confederacy, and
what territories did it comprehend ? What countries were evacu-
ated by Russia? What possessions were surrendered by Sweden?
What agreement had been made between the two emperors at the
peace of Tilsit? Why did the English government demand that
the Danish fleet should be delivered up to England ? What hap-
pened in consequence of the refusal of Denmark to comply with
this demand? What was the consequence of this proceeding?
From what power did Denmark obtain an army for the defence of
her territory ?
§ 53. The war in Portugal and Spain.
(335.) Why was Portugal occupied by a French army? By
whom was it commanded ? What title did he assume ? In whose
name did he proclaim himself regent ? What had become of the
Portuguese royal family? To what countries did Napoleon ex-
tend his continental system ? For the subjugation of what coun-
try did he form a plan ? Under what pretence did he cross the
Pyrenees ? With what force ? Who was at that time King of
Spain ? Why had Charles IV. resigned his crown ? What desire
was expressed by the ex-king in consequence of the entry of the
French into Madrid? Of what treacherous act was Napoleon
guilty ? Whom did he place on the throne of Spain ? On whom
was the kingdom of Naples conferred ? For whom was the grand
duchy of Berg destined ? How did the Spaniards receive their
new emperor ? What attempt did Joseph make to conciliate his
subjects ? Whither did he retire ?
(336.) What government sent an army into Portugal? By
whom was it commanded ? What success attended its operations ?
Who commanded the French army in Portugal, and what became
of him ? What disaster befell the French army in Spain ? By
whom was it commanded ? Who had promised assistance to Na-
poleon ? Where had the two sovereigns met ? At the head of
what force did Napoleon appear in Spain ?
(337.) What city did Napoleon enter, and what changes did he
effect in the constitution ? By whom were the English compelled
to evacuate Portugal ? For what purpose did Napoleon return to
France ? By whom was the fortress of Saragossa defended ? To
whom did it surrender ? Over whom and where did Sir Arthur
338 341.] OF MODERN HISTORY. 321
Wellesley obtain a brilliant victory ? By what disastrous events
was this victory neutralized 1
(338.) How had the monks offended King Joseph, and in what
manner were they punished 1 By whom were the French troops
perpetually harassed? To what place had the Junta retired?
What body did they assemble, and what sort of constitution did
they draw up 1 Under what general did the French make re-
peated attempts to regain a footing in Portugal 1 Were they suc-
cessful 1 What fortified city did they attack, and with what suc-
cess 1 By whom was it protected ? For what purpose did
Napoleon withdraw his best soldiers from Spain in 1812 ? What
effect had this on the Spanish population 1 Under whom did they
take the field 1 What fortresses were stormed by Lord Welling-
ton 1 Whose armies did he separate 1 Which of these generals
did he defeat ? Where was the battle fought 1 In what direction
did Wellington retreat on the approach of the French ? What
general was recalled from Spain by Napoleon 1 In consquence of
what disasters 1 What happened in consequence of the recall of
Soult 1 In what year and by what battle was the fate of Spain
decided? How did King Joseph escape being taken prisoner?
By what battle was the war terminated ? Was Napoleon still
emperor ? What became of Ferdinand VII. ?
§ 54. Suppression of the temporal authority of the Pope.
(339.) What idea had Napoleon conceived soon after his coro-
nation ? What use did he intend to make of the Pope's influence ?
What demands did he make ? On the refusal of the Pope to en-
tertain his proposals, what further measures did Napoleon adopt ?
What decree was soon afterwards published ? To what place was
the Pope carried off? Whither was he then removed, and how
long did he remain a prisoner there? To what place was he
removed in 1812 ? For what purpose ? When did he return
to Rome ?
§ 55. War of Austria against Napoleon.
(340.) What attempt was made by the Austrian government
after the peace of Tilsit? What effect had this movement on
the plans of Napoleon ? What step was then taken by Aus-
tria ? What was the purport of the proclamation issued by the
emperor's brothers ? What effect - was produced by this ap-
peal ? By whom and in what engagements was the Archduke
Charles defeated ? Towards what country did he commence his
retreat ?
(341.) What city was a second time taken by the French ?
Where and by whom was Napoleon defeated ? With whom did he
then form a junction ? Where did he defeat the Archduke
Charles? Where did the two armies again meet? By whose
arrival were hostilities suspended ? What attempt was made by
the English ? Was it successful ? By what peace was the Aus-
322 QUESTIONS TO HANDBOOK [342,343.
trian war terminated ? What extent of territory did Austria lose
by the peace of Vienna 1 What provinces was she compelled to
relinquish 1 To what powers were they ceded 1 Out of what
provinces was the new state of the seven Illyrian provinces formed 1
Who was appointed governor of these states ? By whom was the
Tyrolese insurrection headed? What was his fate? Into how
many portions was the Tyrol now divided? To what king-
doms or provinces were they annexed ? What indemnification
did Bavaria receive for this sacrifice of territory ? Out of what
provinces was the new grand duchy of Frankfort formed, and to
whom was it granted ? With what stipulation ? What attempt
was made by Schill, and what was the result ?
$ 56. Napoleon at the summit of his power.
(342.) Whom did Napoleon marry after his divorce from
Josephine ? What title was conferred on the empress's infant son 1
Why did Napoleon annex the whole of Holland to France ? What
further acts of aggression did he commit? How many depart-
ments did the French empire number at this time ? What was its
extent ? What was now the policy of the imperial government ?
What was the condition of France at this time ? What effect had
the continental system on commerce ? What encouragement did
Napoleon afford to native industry ? In what particular was the
strictness of the continental system sometimes relaxed ? What
effect did these grievances produce on the feelings of the French
people ? Was discontent excited in any other quarters ?
§ 57. Napoleon's Russian campaign.
(343.) What conviction was soon forced on Russia ? What ad-
ditional territory had she acquired by the peace of Bucharest ?
By what occurrence was the first coolness occasioned between
Alexander and Napoleon ? Why was this measure regarded with
suspicion by Russia ? Mention the other causes of offence. By
whom and in what year was the Russian war commenced ? What
number of men did he bring into the field ? What was the
amount of the Russian force ? Where did Napoleon first defeat
the Russians ? Where did he gain a second victory ? On what
day did he enter Moscow ? What fearful calamity occurred soon
after his arrival ? By whom was it probably occasioned ? How
long did Napoleon remain at Moscow ? On what day and with
how many men did he commence his retreat ? What was the
state of the weather at this time? In what condition was the
country through which the French army passed ? By whom were
they repeatedly attacked ? By whom was the passage of the
Beresina forced ? Why did Napoleon abandon his army ? What
service had Ney rendered, and how was he rewarded ? What was
the first step towards the emancipation of Prussia ? What was
Napoleon's opinion of this proceeding ?
344 348.] OF MODERN HISTORY. 323
$ 58. The War of liberation.
(344.) From what place did Frederick William III. of Prussia
issue a manifesto 1 What was its purport 7 With what power
did he now conclude an alliance? By what powers was he
afterwards joined 1 What new military force did he organize in
Prussia 1
(345.) By whom was the Prussian grand army commanded'?
In what direction did it march 1 Of what force did it await the
arrival 1 By whom was the allied army commanded 1 What were
the numbers respectively of the two armies 1
(346.) When did Napoleon re-appear in Germany 7 Towards
what place did he advance 7 Where was he compelled to engage
the enemy'? Which party was victorious 7 How did Napoleon
treat the King of Saxony 1 What was the result of the battles of
Bautzen and Wurschen7 In what direction did the allies now
march 1 Why did Napoleon consent to an armistice 7 By whom
had Hamburg been abandoned, and by whom was it retaken 1 How
did he treat the inhabitants 1 What reason did he give for these
acts of cruelty 7
(347.) To what circumstances do you attribute the unsatisfac-
tory termination of the congress of Prague 7 What was the
amount of the subsidy granted to the allies 1 By what power was
it granted 7 What force did they equip 7 How many divisions
did they form 7 By what general was each of these armies com-
manded, and what was its destination 7 How many men did Na-
poleon bring into the field 7 When and where did Napoleon gain
his last victory 7 What celebrated general was mortally wounded
in this battle 7 By what untoward occurrences were the advan-
tages gained by Napoleon almost neutralized 7 Where and by
whom were Oudinot, Macdonald, Vandamme, and Ney defeated 1
What name did Bliicher obtain in consequence of his victory at
Wahlstatt 7 What honor was conferred on him 7 Why did Na-
poleon quit Dresden 7 Where was the " great battle of the na-
tions" fought 7 How long did it continue 7 What troops went
over to the allies towards the end of the battle 7 Who were
engaged on the first day 7 Why was there no general engagement
on the second day 7 What reinforcement joined the allied army 1
Under what circumstances was the battle renewed on the 18th of
October 7 What important personage was slain in the battle 1
In what direction did the defeated army retreat 7 How many men
crossed the Rhine 7 By whom were the French attacked during
this retreat 7 What were the immediate consequences of this
victory 7 With whom, and for what purpose, did Murat form an
alliance 7 What country concluded a treaty of neutrality with
Napoleon 7
(348.) What measures were now adopted by Napoleon for the
defence of his empire 7 By whom was it threatened 7 Why did
he prorogue the legislative assembly 7 In what year did the
allies enter France 7 Under what generals 7 Whom did Napo-
leon attack, and with what result 7 Was he able to prevent a
324 QUESTIONS TO HANDBOOK [349 — 354.
junction of the allied armies 7 In what direction did each of the
two divisions of the allied army march? Where did Napoleon
engage the grand army, and with what success 1 Where and with
what result was a congress held 1 Where were the French de-
feated by Blucher7 What desperate design did Napoleon con-
ceive after the battle of Arcis-sur-Aube 1 What French marshals
were defeated by the allies 1 What heights did they storm 2 On
what day did the allies enter Paris 1 By whom were they headed 7
What declaration was now made by the senate 7 By whose
advice 7
(349.) On what day and where did Napoleon sign his abdica-
tion 1 What sovereignty was conferred on him by the allies 1
What territories were granted to his wife and her descendants 7
(350.) What sort of constitution did Louis XVIII. establish on
his return to Paris 7
(351.) Where and for what purpose was a congress held 1 How
long did it sit 1 By what sovereigns was it attended 1 By what
intelligence were the negotiations brought to a conclusion 1 What
resolutions were adopted with regard to the territory to be as-
signed to Austria, Russia, Prussia, and England 7 Of what new
kingdom was the stattholder of Holland created king 7 What con-
federacy was substituted for the German empire 7 Of how many
states did it consist 7 Where did the federal diet hold its session 7
For the settlement of what questions 7 What new grand duchies
were created 7 What cities remained independent 7 What foreign
sovereigns belonged to the German confederacy 7 What indemni-
fication did Denmark receive for the cession of Norway 7 What
attempt was made by the Norwegians 7 What advantage did they
gain by this movement 7 How many new cantons did Switzerland
obtain 7 What sovereigns were reinstated in the positions which
they had respectively occupied before the war 7 What addition
was made to the territories of the King of Sardinia 7 To whom was
Lucca given 7 What duchies were settled on Maria Louisa 7 To
whom was the reversion of those duchies secured 7 To what state
were they to be eventually annexed 7
§59. Escape of Napoleon from Elba.— The hundred days.
(352.) By what abuses had a spirit of disaffection been excited
in France 7 By what intelligence was Napoleon encouraged to
make a fresh attempt 7 Where did he land, and with how many
men 7 By whom was he joined 7 On what day did he enter Paris 7
Whither 'had Louis XVIII. fled in the mean time 7
(353.) From what city had Napoleon issued a proclamation 7
What was its purport 7 Why was not this arrangement in all re-
spects satisfactory to the people 7 What steps were taken by the
congress of Vienna in consequence of the return of Napoleon 7
What was the amount of force raised by the allies 7 How many
men had Napoleon intended to bring into the field 7 Was he able
to complete the number 7
(354.) What proclamation was issued by Murat 7 How far did
355 359.] OP MODERN HISTORY. 325
he advance 1 By whom and where was he defeated 1 Whither did
he fly 1 To whom did he leave his throne.? What attempt did he
make in the following; year, and what was his fate ?
(355.) Of what nations were the allied army composed 1 By
whom were the two divisions commanded ? When and with what
result did Napoleon engage the Prussians 1 Who lost his life in
the battle of Quatrebras 1 What attempt was now made by the
Prussians 1 For what purpose was Grouchy's division detached
from the main army? When and where did Napoleon attack
Wellington 1 What was the event of this battle 1 By whom was
the French army pursued? To what place did Napoleon then
fly ? With what intention ? To whom did he surrender himself,
and to what place was he conveyed ? When and where did he
die?
(356.) What contribution was levied by the allies immediately
after their second entry into Paris ? Of what treasures did they
obtain the restoration? What demand was made by Prussia?
By whom was this claim set aside ? Who succeeded Talleyrand in
the administration ? On what terms was the peace of Paris con-
cluded ? What important fortresses were ceded by France to the
Netherlands, Prussia, and Bavaria ? To what power was the west-
ern part of Savoy given up ? What indemnification was France
required to pay for the expenses of the war ? For how many
years was she required to maintain an army on her frontiers ? By
whom was this army commanded ? What became of the Bona-
parte family ? What league was then concluded between the two
emperors and the King of Prussia ? To what did they pledge
themselves ?
$60. France.
• A. The Restoration under the Bourbons.
(357.) What proclamation had Louis XVIII. issued previously
to his return to Paris ? Under whom was a liberal administration
formed? By what party was it overthrown? Who headed that
party ? What persons were excluded from the amnesty ?
(358.) What punishment was inflicted on Ney ? What projects
of law were carried through the new chamber ? By what minister ?
What indulgence did he obtain from the congress of Aix-la-Cba-
pelle ? What return did Louis XVIII. make for these concessions ?
What disastrous occurrence furnished the ultra-royalists with an
excuse for demanding the dismissal of the premier ? What altera-
tion did they effect in the law of election ? Who was at the head
of the new administration? What resolution was carried by
them ? By whom was this measure opposed ? What attempt was
now made by the ultra-royalists ?
(359.) By what conduct on the part of the government was the
indignation of the French people excited ? What effect did this
feeling produce on the elections ? What course was Charles X.
compelled to adopt ? What was the fate of the next administra-
326 QUESTIONS TO HANDBOOK [360 — 367.
tion 7 Under whom was the next administration formed, and what
was its policy 1 On what subject was an address presented to the
king 1 In what manner did the king attempt to withdraw the at-
tention of the people from domestic politics ? Was this expedition
successful 7 How did the people receive the news of the capture
of Algiers 1 What fatal course was now adopted by the ministers 1
What was the result ?
(360.) In favor of whom did Charles X. abdicate 1 Who was
nominated regent of the kingdom 1 What dignity was afterwards
conferred on him 1 Under whose command was the national guard
placed 7 What alterations were made in the charter of Louis
XVIII. 1
B. Under the House of Orleans.
(361.) What was the first care of Louis Philippe 1 How did he
effect this object 1 Were his people also satisfied 1 With what
parties were his ministers engaged in a perpetual contest 1 By
whom was the "juste milieu" system of Guizot introduced 1 By
whom was it resisted, and what was the consequence of this oppo-
sition 1
(362.) In what part of France had the Carlists the greatest
number of adherents 1 By whom were they encouraged 7 By
what means did the republicans endeavor to overthrow the min-
istry "? What attempts were made on the king's life? What
prince of the Bonaparte family attempted to overthrow the gov-
ernment 1 What was the result of these attempts 1 What sys-
tem did Louis Philippe adopt in order to preserve peace with for-
eign powers 1 On what occasions was he compelled to violate it 1
(363.) What circumstance afforded Thiers an opportunity of
attacking the foreign policy of the government 7 What was the
result of this opposition 7 What great error was committed ty
the liberal administration 7 What was the policy of the Soult-
Guizot ministry 1
(364.) By whom were the colonists in the new colony of Algiers
perpetually harassed 1 How long did the war last 1 On what
terms was peace concluded 1 What circumstance compelled the
French to accept these conditions 1 When and by whom was the
war renewed 1 Where was the emir compelled to take refuge 1
In what year did he surrender himself a prisoner, and whither was
he conveyed 1
(365.) By what circumstance was the Sultan of Morocco in-
volved in a war with France 7 What cities were bombarded by a
French fleet 1 By whom was the fleet commanded 1 Who com-
manded the land army 1 On what conditions was peace concluded 1
Were they observed ?
(366.) To what circumstances do you attribute the unpopu-
larity of Louis Philippe 1 What proposal did he obstinately re-
ject 1 What was the effect of this refusal 1
(367.) By what occurrence were the eyes of the people com-
pletely opened 1 What proceeding on the part of the government
368 373.] OF MODERN HISTORY. 327
was the immediate cause of the revolution 7 By whom was the
opposition headed 1 What was the result of his motion 1 Why
did Louis Philippe dismiss the Guizot ministry 1 What happened
on the evening of the 23d 1 How were the inhabitants of Paris
employed during the whole of that night 1 What course was now
adopted by the king 1 In whose favor did he abdicate 1
(368.) What bold step was taken by the Duchess of Orleans 1
Was it successful? By whom were the deputies compelled to
appoint a provisional government 1 What form of government did
it proclaim 1 Subject to whose approbation 1
C. Second French Republic.
(369.) In what manner did the provisional government com-
mence its proceedings 1 To whom was the elective franchise ex-
tended 1 When did the provisional government dissolve itself,
and by what was it succeeded 1 Who were the five members who
composed the executive commission 1 Who were the most formi-
dable opponents of this commission 1 What had the revolutionists
of February declared to be the duty of the state, with regard to
the employment of the people, and what scheme was formed 1
What were the consequences of the failure of this scheme 1 Who
was shot during the struggle which ensued 1 By whom were the
malcontents defeated 1 To whom were the powers of the execu-
tive commission transferred, and what were his first acts 1
(370.) What did the new constitution declare France to be 7 To
whom was the legislative authority committed 1 Who were eligible
as representatives 1 What exception was there to this rule 1 In
whom was the executive authority vested 1 By whom, and for how
long, was the president elected 1
I
$61. Holland and Belgium.
(371.) Of what provinces had the congress of Vienna settled,
that the kingdom of the Netherlands should be formed 1 To whom
was this kingdom given 1 How long did the union last 1 When
did the Belgians break out into open insurrection 7 What demand
did they make 1 What was the result of the granting of this de-
mand 1 How far did this insurrection extend 7 What were the
results of it 7 Of whom wa's the conference assembled in London
composed 1 What did they decide with regard to the kingdom of
the Netherlands 7
(372.) What had the national congress assembled at Brussels
proclaimed in the meanwhile 7 When did the King of Holland
renew the war 7 What prevented him from carrying his plans into
effect 7 What did the conference then propose 7 What were the
consequences of the refusal of the King of Holland to comply with
these conditions 7 When was the treaty of peace signed between
the two nations 7
(373.) What were the causes of the abdication of the king in
328 QUESTIONS TO HANDBOOK [374 385.
the Netherlands ? In favor of whom did he abdicate, and to what
place did he retire 7 What proclamation did the new king issue on
his accession 1
(374.) What plan of a constitution was presented by the gov-
ernment to the chambers in 1848 1
(375.) What has been the condition of Belgium since the revo-
lution of 1831 ] Did the French revolution of 1848 produce any
effect on Belgium 1
(376.) What is the character of the Belgian constitution ? What
are its chief articles'?
§ 62. Great Britain.
(377.) In what year did George IV. begin his reign 1 Who was
his prime minister 1 What were his most remarkable measures 1
In defiance of whaj; acts did O'Connell threaten to take his seat in
the house of commons 1
(378.) In what year and by what administration was the Roman
Catholic Emancipation carried 1
(379.) By whom was George IV. succeeded 1 Who was at the
head of the whig administration 1 What important act received
the royal assent in this reign 1 By whose administration was the
monopoly of the East India Company abolished 1
(380.) Who succeeded William IV. 1 Whom did she marry 7
Why was Hanover separated from England ? Who became King
of Hanover 1
(381.) What wars have been carried on by Great Britain in this
reign 1 With what results 1
$ 63. Germany.
A. Germany, a confederacy of states. (1815—1848.)
(382.) What differences of opinion arose during the session of
the congress of Vienna, with regard to the future constitution of
Germany 7 What reforms were effected in Prussia by Baron Von
Stein and the Chancellor Hardenburg 1 What was the aim of the
system pursued in Austria by Prince Metternich 1 Was this sys-
tem adopted any where else 1 When and by whom was Kotzebue
assassinated 1 What measures did Prince Metternich then adopt 1
For how long did the German nation enjoy tranquillity 1 What
were the effects of the Paris revolution of July 1 What events
occurred in Brunswick at this time ? In what states were the
sovereigns compelled to grant constitutions 1 What demands did
the people of the constitutional states of the south of Germany
make 1
(383.) What was the conduct of the confederation after the fall
of Warsaw 1
(384.) On what ground did King Ernest Augustus repudiate the
law of 1833, in Hanover'?
(385.) Who succeeded the Emperor Francis I. in Austria 7 In
what year did Frederick William IV. ascend the throne 1 What
concessions did he make to the people 1
386 — 395.] OF MODERN HISTORY. 329
(386.) What was the cause of the disturbances in Munich in
1848 1 What was the issue of the struggle 7
B. Germany, a federal state (1848).
(387.) What were the effects of the intelligence of the third
French revolution 1 What report occasioned fresh disturbances in
Munich 1 What course was the king compelled to take 7 What
was the first act of the new king 7 What demands did the Hun-
garian diet make 1 Through whose influence were they granted 7
What measures did the students of Vienna take to have their de-
mands granted 7
(388.) What results followed the progress of the emperor
through the city 1 What was the conduct of the nobles of Hun-
gary 7 What were the consequences of the government scheme for
the formation of a single chamber 1 When did the emperor return
to the capital 7 Who aided the Milanese in their attempts to throw
off the Austrian yoke 1 What was the result of this insurrection 1
(390.) What two nations formed the kingdom of Hungary 7
What was the cause of the rupture between the Magyars and
Sclavonians 1 Why did Jellachich propose a union with Austria 1
Whom did the emperor nominate commander-in-chief in Hungary 7
What occasioned the second flight of the emperor from his capital 1
Who was Prince Windischgratz 7 What was the fate of the insur-
gents 1 When did the emperor abdicate 1 In favor of whom did
he abdicate 1 To what town was the place of meeting of the Hun-
garian diet changed 1
(391.) What was the occupation of the Prussian government
when the intelligence of the French revolution arrived 1 What
were the effects of this intelligence 1 What course were the gov-
ernment compelled to pursue 1 What were the results of the re-
fusal to withdraw the military from Berlin 7 Did the government
at last comply with this demand 7
(392.) When did the representative assembly open its session 1
What was the first act of this assembly 1 Why was the session re-
moved to Brandenburg 1 What dispute arose between the repre-
sentative body and the government 7 What was the result of this
dispute 1
(393.) Where was the general constituent assembly to be held 1
How was the number of the deputies to be arranged 1 From what
states were the deputies to be sent 7
(394.) When did the constituent assembly commence its ses-
sions 7 What was the first resolution passed by the assembly 7
Who was elected imperial stattholder of Germany 7 Who directed
the assembly 7 What was the occasion of the 6mcute of the 18th
of September, in Frankfort 7 Who were murdered during this
e*meute 7
$ 64. Russia.
(395.) What additions were made to the Russian empire during
the reign of Alexander I. 7 What domestic improvements did this
emperor effect 7 Where did death surprise the emperor 7 By
330 QUESTIONS TO HANDBOOK [396 407.
whom was he succeeded 7 Why did not his brother Constantino
succeed him 1
(396.) What conspiracy was formed early in this reign 1 What
measures did Nicholas take to excite a feeling of nationality 1
(397.) What was the occasion of the Russian-Persian war 1
What were the terms of the peace concluded between the two
nations ?
(398.) What was the occasion of the Russian-Turkish war?
What success had Wittgenstein against the Turks 1 What advan-
tages did Generals Diebitsch and Paskewitsch gain 1
(399.) What were the conditions of the peace of Adrianople 1
What was the occasion of the Russian-Polish war 1
(400.) By whom was the insurrection in Poland commenced?
What were the results of this insurrection'?
(401.) What victory did Diebitsch gain over Skrzynecki ? What
occasioned the death of Diebitsch 1 Who succeeded him in the
command of the army ? What was the fate of the Polish insur-
gents 1 What became of Poland after this insurrection 1 What
was the result of the conspiracy of 1846 ?
(402.) What were the results of the war carried on with the
mountaineers of Caucasus 1
$ 65. The Osmanic empire and Greece.
(403.) What were the causes of the decline of the Osmanic em-
pire during the reign of Mahomet II. ?
(404.) Who was Alexander Ypsilanti 1 What proclamation did
he issue 1 What was the cause of the failure of the Greek cause 1
What was the fate of Ypsilanti 1
(405.) What other insurrections were suppressed at the same
time 1 What measures induced the Greeks to rise again 1 Where
did they raise the standard of revolt 1 Who joined the Greek
patriots 1 By whom was the Porte assisted ? Who commanded
the garrison of Missolonghi 1 What was the fate of this garrison 1
By whose intervention was tranquillity re-established'? Who was
elected to the office of president of Greece 1 What was the cause
of the battle of Navarino ? Which party was victorious in this
battle 1 What success had Maison over Ibrahim Pacha 1 By whom
was Greece declared to be an independent kingdom ? What was the
northern boundary of this kingdom 1 To whom was the crown
first offered 1 What was the fate of Capo d'Istrias 1 Who was
nominated hereditary king of Greece ? When was he nominated 1
When did the Porte recognize him 1 Where did he fix his resi-
dence 1 When did the king himself assume the reins of govern-
ment 1 What were the new causes of discontent in Greece 1 What
occasioned the dissolution of the Janissaries 1
(406.) Who was Mohammed Ali 1 Who aided the sultan
against him ? On what terms was peace concluded between the
sultan and Mohammed Ali 1 What were the results of the second
attempt of the sultan to subjugate Mohammed Ali 1
(407.) What grant did Mohammed Ali obtain from Abdul
408 — 414.] OF MODERN HISTORY. 331
Meschid 7 What reforms were effected by the liberal party in the
reign of Abdul Meschid 1 Who headed the liberal party 7
§ 66. Italy.
(408.) For what benefits was Italy indebted to France 1 When
was a constitution granted to Sicily 1 At whose instance was it
granted 1 Who were the Carbonari 7 What did they attempt
to re-establish 7 Did the king grant their demands 1 What res-
olution did the congress of sovereigns pass 1 At whose motion
was it passed 1 What event followed the return of the king from
Laibach 1
(409.) When was the absolute system broken up in Italy1?
When was Pope Pius IX. elected 7 What course did he pursue 1
(410.) When was a constitutional government established at
Naples 7 Where was this example followed 1 What success had
the Sicilians in their attempts to emancipate the island 7 What
events passed at this time in Parma and Modena 7 What was the
result of the revolt of Lombardy7 Where, and by whom was
Charles Albert defeated 7 What was the cause of the departure
of the Pope from the papal states 7
$ 67. Switzerland.
(411.) In whose hands had the government been since 18147
What were the consequences of the French revolution of July 7 In
what cantons had democratic constitutions always existed 7 What
were the consequences of the civil war in the canton of Basle 7
What were the the causes of the disturbances in Aargau and Lu-
cerne 7 What success attended the arms of the insurgents in their
attacks on Lucerne 7 What was the Sonderbund 7 What was its
fate 7
(412.) When was the federal constitution revised 7 How many
chambers were established by the diet 7 Of how many members
does the assembly consist 7 In whom is the supreme executive
authority vested 7 Was this constitution accepted by all the can-
tons 7 Where are the sessions of the federal assembly held 7
§ 68. Spain.
(414.) What were the first acts of Ferdinand VII. after his re-
turn from France 7 Where did the revolution of 1820 commence 7
Between what parties was Spain distracted at this time 7 What
resolution did the Congress of Sovereigns pass at Verona 7 To
whom did they intrust the execution of their design 7 Who com-
manded the French army 7 What were the results of this expedi-
tion 7 What was the fate of the liberal leaders 7 When was the
Salic law introduced 7 Who persuaded Ferdinand to abrogate this
law 7 What feelings did this measure excite 7 When did Ferdi-
nand die 7 By whom was he succeeded 7 What course had Don
Carlos in the meanwhile pursued 7 What were the consequences
of these divisions 7 By whom were the Christines commanded,
and who assisted them 7 By whom were the Carlists commanded 7
Which party was victorious 7 On what conditions did the Basque-
332 QUESTIONS TO HANDBOOK [415 419.
Navarrese recognize Isabella as their queen 7 When and in favor
of whom did Don Carlos abdicate 1 What concessions was the
queen-regent compelled to make 1 When was she compelled to
resign the regency 1 Who succeeded her in the regency 1 When
was the queen declared to be of age 1 When and whom did she
marry 7 To whom did the queen give her sister 1
§69. Portugal.
(415.) Where had John VI. remained since the expulsion of the
French from Portugal 1 To whom had he left the government of
his European dominions 7 When was he forced to return to Lis-
bon 1 What oath was he compelled to take 1 Did he keep this
oath 1 Which of his sons had he left in Brazil 1 What was the
conduct of this son 1 When did John VI. die 1 By whom was he
succeeded 1 What line of policy did he pursue 1 In favor of
whom did he resign the crown of Portugal 1
(416.) To whom was Donna Maria betrothed 1 What was the
conduct of Don Miguel 1 By whom and when was he proclaimed
absolute king 1 How did he lose the crown 1 In favor of whom
did Don Pedro resign the crown of Brazil 1 For how long did the
constitution of 1822 remain in force after its re-establishment in
1833 1 What reason compelled the government to restore the
charter of 1826 7 Through whose interference was the war of
1846-47 terminated 7 What was the cause of this war 1
§70. Sweden.
(417.) In whose reign was Finland given up to Russia 7 By
what means was Gustavus IV. compelled to abdicate the throne 1
In whose favor did he abdicate 1 What new constitution was pub-
lished in this reign 1 What act was passed after the death of the
crown prince 7 What connection was there between Napoleon and
Bernadotte 1
The House of Bernadotte since 1818.
(418.) What name did Bernadotte assume on his accession 1
Did he justify the choice of the nation 1 When did he die, and by
whom was he succeeded 1
§ 71. Denmark.
(419.) How had Denmark been indemnified for the loss of Nor-
way 1 For how long a period did this country enjoy tranquillity 1
Into how many provinces was it divided 1 What proposal was
made by the Danish party in the reign of Christian VIII. 7 What
proposal did the German provinces make on the other hand 7
Which of the two propositions did the king favor 7 What events
succeeded the accession of Frederick VII. 7 What engagement did
Prussia make 7 At whose suggestion was it made 7 Why did
Denmark blockade the ports of Northern Germany 7 For how long
was an armistice at length arranged 7 With whose consent was a
provisional government established 7
420 — 429.] OP MODERN HISTORY. 333
§ 72. The American States.
(420.) 1. What is the number of the United States of North
America 1 Name the extent of the United States. Through how
many degrees of latitude and longitude do they range 1 What is
the extent of sea-coast 1
(421.) Give the names of the states in their order.
(422.) Which are the territories 1
(423.) How have the United States increased 1 When was
Louisiana purchased 7 When was Florida ceded to the United
States 1 What is the rank of the United States as a maritime
power 7 What progress has been made in railways, steamboats,
&c. 1 In diffusion of knowledge 1 In general prosperity 1 Where
is slavery retained 7 What advantages resulted from the Oregon
treaty .1- What from the war with Mexico 1
£424.) What is said of American history 1
(425.) Who was the first president 1 What difficult questions
stood in his way from the first 7 [Financial ones particularly ; to
various sectional interests, &c.] Who was the Secretary of the
Treasury 7 What plan did he propose 1 What effect followed 1
What caused difficulties with the French? Who defeated the
Indians 1 What important treaty was concluded, and by whom 1
What have you to say of Washington's Farewell Address 1 What
was the state of the country on Washington's retirement 1
(426.) Who was the second president 1 When was he inaugu-
rated 1 What was the state of the question with France 1 What
measures did Congress adopt 1 What caused a change in the
French policy 1 When did Washington die 7 What was the effect
on the people 1 State in few words his character. What have you
to say of party during this administration 1 What measures ex-
cited opposition 1
(427.) Who was the next president 1 When did he enter upon
office 7 Who was vice-president 1 What tract of country was
purchased 1 From whom 1 What did the navy do, and where 1
Give an account of the conspiracy. Why was Burr not convicted 7
What was the general conviction 7 What measures of European
policy led to serious injury and difficulty 7 What was the Berlin
decree? Orders in Council? Milan decree? Give the dates.
What happened in the case of the Chesapeake 7 What was done
in 1808 1 What the next year 1
(428.) Who was the fourth president 1 When inaugurated 7
State of the question with France and England 7 How many ves-
sels lost between 1803 and 1811 1 Which country resumed inter-
course first 1 At what date 7 What resulted in case of England 1
When was war declared 1 Was the war popular 1 What party
opposed it 1 How long did the war last 1 Operations on land 7
On sea 7 Date of treaty of peace 7 When was the Bank of the
United States chartered 7 For how long 7
(429.) Name the fifth president. When inaugurated 7 State
of the country 7 What war broke out in 1818 7 Name the gen-
eral. What country ceded to the United States 7 By whom 7
334 QUESTIONS TO HANDBOOK [430 438.
When 1 Missouri question, what 1 Who visited the United States
in 18247 How many candidates for president 1 Was either
elected ?
(430.) Who was the sixth president ? Date of his entrance
upon office? What was the controversy with Georgia? How
settled ? Who died on 4th July, 1826 ? What was the state of
party at this date ? Was Mr. Adams re-elected 1
(431.) Name the seventh president ? Date 1 What policy did
the new president introduce ? What did he do with respect to the
United States Bank 1 How did he regard internal improvements 1
What happened in South Carolina 1 How did the executive act ?
What did he do in respect to the " deposits ?" What was the
Senate's action 1 State why trouble occurred with France. How
was the matter settled 1
(432.) Who was the eighth president 1 Date of his inaugura-
tion ? What was his policy 1 State of the country 1 In the city of
New- York how many failures occurred 1 To what amount 1 What
did the banks do 1 What did the extra session do 1 What bill
passed, and when ? What great excitement arose ? Was the pre-
sident re-elected ?
(433.) Name the ninth president. Date ? How long did he
live 1 Who succeeded him 1
(434.) What was remarkable in this administration ? What
bill was repealed ? What treaty formed ? When and where ?
What occurred in Rhode Island ? What was done in regard to
Texas 1
(435 ) Name the eleventh president. Treaty made with whom 1
War with whom 1 Treaty signed, where and when 1 California,
when taken possession of 1 By whom ? When was peace con-
cluded ? Amount of emigration 1
(436.) Who was the twelfth president ? Date 1 Died when 1
Who succeeded him 1 Who is president now (1851) ?
(437.) 2. What other name has Hayti 1 When did this island
become an empire ? When did it become a republic ? When was
the Spanish portion of the island incorporated into the republic ?
(438.) Of what provinces did Spanish America consist ? What
did the people of Spanish America expect after their refusal to ac-
knowledge Joseph Bonaparte as king of Spain ? What measures
did they adopt when their expectations were disappointed ? What
was the war of Liberation ? Which was the successful party ?
(a) How did this war terminate 1 What state was Paraguay ? By
whom and when was it founded 1 When did it declare itself inde-
pendent 1 Whom did it choose as dictator 1 (b) When was the
republic of La Plata established ? (c) When was the republic of
Chili established ? (d) When was the republic of Colombia estab-
lished 1 By the union of what provinces was it formed 1 When
was Quito annexed to it 1 Into what states was it divided in 1831 1
(e) When was the republic of Peru established 1 By whose aid
was it liberated from the Spaniards 1 What division took place in
1825 ? (f ) To whom had Uruguay formerly belonged 1 By whom
was it taken possession of in 1817 1 Through whose intervention
439 — 448.] OF MODERN HISTORY. 335
and when was it declared independent ? What was the occasion
of the war between La Plata and Uruguay ] (g) What induced
the Mexicans to make fresh attempts after their first insurrectionary
movements had heen suppressed by the Spaniards 1 To whom
was the throne of Mexico first offered 1 Who was proclaimed em-
peror on the refusal of this prince 1 How long did he reign ? Why
was he compelled to abdicate the throne 1 What was the result
of a succession of party struggles 1 When did Texas separate
itself from Mexico 1 To what state, and when was it subsequently
annexed 1
(439.) Why had friendly relations been for some time suspended
between Mexico and the United States of North America 1 What
was the cause of open hostilities 1 When was peace concluded 1
On what terms was this peace concluded 1 (h) What are the five
provinces of central America 1 When did they declare themselves
independent? What republic did they establish? When did
Guatimala separate itself from the union 1
(440.) Which is the only monarchy of the New World 1 Why
and when did Don Pedro I. abdicate 1 In whose favor did he
abdicate 1
§ 73. I. Religion, arts, sciences, fyc., during the Third Period.
I. RELIGION.
(441.) Into how many dioceses has England divided her colonial
possessions 1
(442.) By what Society is the Church in those dioceses mainly
supported 1
(443.) Over what countries are the Roman Catholic missions
spread 1 Under whose direction are they 1 Where are the Protest-
ant missions established 1
(444.) By what means was the Roman Catholic ecclesiastical
constitution re-established 1 By whom had the order of Jesuits
been re-established 1 When was this order expelled from Russia ?
What union was effected in Prussia in 1817 1 What worship was
suppressed by force in Russia 1
II. Constitutional history of the Period.
T445.) What different constitutions have been established
in the different countries of Europe during this period 1 What
were the most remarkable effects of the French Revolution 1
III. Science, literature and art.
(446.) What was the effect of Kant's Critique on the Intel-
lect?
(447.) b. Who distinguished themselves in Philology during
this period ? By whom was the study of general grammar pur-
sued? By whom were the studies of Oriental, Sanscrit, and
Ancient German literature pursued ?
(448.) By whom were excellent German translations of the best
foreign writers made ?
336 QUESTIONS TO HANDBOOK, ETC. [449 460.
(449.) By whom were" historical investigations pursued in
Germany, France, England, Sweden, Poland, and Russia 1
(450.) d. What progress was made in Geography during this
period 7
(451.) Name the most important travels of this period 1 By
whom were expeditions made to the North Pole 1
(452.) e. In what manner was natural science promoted hy
these travels! Who were the most distinguished naturalists
of modern times 7 What were the most remarkable discoveries in
medicine 7 By whom was galvano-plastic invented 7
(453.) f. Who were the greatest poets of this period in Ger-
many 1 Mention some of their different styles 7 Who were the
most celebrated writers of romances and novels 7
(454.) Who were the most celebrated French poets of this
period 1 Who are the most celebrated writers of romance 7
(455.) Where did Lord Byron write"? Who were the most
celebrated English writers of this period 1 Who are the most re-
nowned of the modern Italian poets 7 What writers distinguished
themselves in Russia and Sweden 7 Who are the most celebrated
North American romance writers 7
(456.) g. What country can boast the most distinguished
modern orators'? Who are the most celebrated French ora-
tors'?
(457.) h. How has the study of the antique been promoted 7
Who have been the most successful imitators of classical models
of sculpture 7
(458.) What schools of painting have we in Germany 7 Who
were at the head of these schools 7 What has been the great aim
of the French painters, Horace Vernet, P. Delaroche. &c. 7 Who
are the most celebrated painters in Belgium 7 How has the study
of the fine arts been improved 7 By whom was lithography invent-
ed 7 Who was the inventor of steel engraving 7 Where was the
daguerreotype invented 7
(459.) i. Which country has produced the most illustrious
masters in music 7 Who were the most celebrated German com-
posers 7 Who are the most celebrated French composers 7 How
and where have Rossini and Bellini distinguished themselves 7
By what means has the musical science been advanced in
Europe 7
(460.) To whom was the colonial trade of the French, Dutch,
and Spaniards transferred during the war 7 How did England
indemnify herself for the loss of her trade with the European
continent 7 How was manufacturing industry encouraged in
France, the Netherlands, Germany, and Russia 7 How were
the interests of commerce promoted 7 What commercial prin-
ciple has been adopted by England 7 Mention an instance of
this.
THE END.
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Li the first two Readers, the main object is to make the pupil acquainted with the meaninj
and functions of words, and to impart facility in pronouncing them in sentential connection : thf
leading design of these, is to form a natural, flexible, and varied delivery. Accordingly, th«
Third Reader opens with a series of exercises on articulation and modulation, containing numer-
ous examples for practice on the elementary sounds (including errors to be corrected) and on tha
different movements of the voice, produced by sentential structure, by emphasis, and by the pas-
sions. The habits formed by these exercises, which should be thoroughly, as they can be easily
mastered, under intelligent instruction, find scope for improvement and confirmation in the
reading lessons which follow, in the same book and that which succeeds.
These lessons have been selected with special reference to the following peculiarities : 1st,
Colloquial character ; 2d, Variety of sentential structure ; 3d, Variety of subject matter ; 4th
Adaptation to the progressive development of the pupil's mind ; and, as far as possible, 5th,
Tendency to excite moral and religious emotions. Great pains have been taken to make the
books in these respects, which are, in fact, characteristic of the whole series, superior to any
Oihers in use ; with what success, a brief comparison will readily show.
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VI THE ELEMENTS OF READING AND ORATORY. Price $1.
These books are designed to cultivate the literary taste, as well as the understanding and voca.
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THE COURSE OF READING comprises three parts ; the first part containing a more elaborate
description of elementary sounds and the parts of speech grammatically considered than was
deemed necessary in the preceding works; nere indispensable : part second, a complete classifi-
cation and description of every sentence to be found in the English, or any other language; ex-
amples; of which in every degree of expansion, from a few words to the half of an octavo page
in length, are adduced, and arranged to be read ; and as each species has its peculiar delivery ai
well «u? structure, both are learned at the same time ; part third, paragraphs ; or sentences in
their conne-tion unfolding general thoughts, as in the common reading books. It may be ob-
served that vie selections of sentences in part second, and of paragraphs in part third, comprise
aome of the finest gems in the language : distinguished alike for beauty of thought and facility
of diction. If not found in a school book, they might be approprately called " elegant extracts "
The ELEMENTS OF READING AND ORATORY closes the series with an exhibition of the whole
theory and art of Elocution exclusive of gesture. It contains, besides the classification of sen-
tences already referred io, but here presented with fuller statement, and illustration, the laws of
punctuation and delivery deduced from it : the whole followed by carefully selected oieces for
sentential analysis and vocal practice.
THE RESULT. — The student who acquaints himself thoroughly with the contends of thia
book, will, as numerous experiments have proved ; 1st, Acquire complete knowledge of the
structure of the language j 2d, B ? able to designate any sentence of any book by name at a
glance ; 3d, Be able to declare with equal rapidity its proper punctuation ; 4th, Be able to delare,
and with sufficient practice to give its proper delivery. Sucn are a few of the general character-
istics of the series of school books which the publishers now offer to the friends and patrons
of a sound common school and academic education. For more particular information, reference
is respectfully made to the " Hints," which may be found at the beginning of each volume.
N. B. The punctuation in all these books conforms, in the main, to the sense and proper de-
livery of every sentence, and is a guide to both. \Vhen a departure from the proper punctuatiou
occurs, the proper delivery is indicated. As reading books are usually punctuated, it is a m«ttei
of surprise that children should learn to read at all.
* * The above series of Reading Books are already very extensively introduced and com-
mended by tne most experienced Teachers in the country. " Prof. Mandeville's system is emi-
nently original, scientific and practical, and destined wherever it is introduced to supersede at
once all others."
THE SHAKSPEARIAN READER;
& COLLECTION 3F THE MOST APPROVED PLAY'S OF
SHAKSPEARE.
Garerully Revised, with Introductory and Explanatory Notes, and a Meraob
o the Author. Prepared expressly for the use of Classes,
and the Family Reading Circle.
BY JOHN W. S. HOWS,
Professor of Elocution in Columbia College.
The MAN, whom Nature's self hath made
To mock herself, and TRUTH tr imitate. — Spenser.
One Volume, 12mo, $1 25.
At a period when the fame of Shakspeare is " striding the world like a co/ossus," and tdl
tionsof his works are multiplied with a profusion that testifies the desire awakened in all c!a*«es
of society to read and study his imperishable compositions, — there needs, perhaps", but little
apology for the following selection of his works, prepared expressly to render them unexcep-
tionable for the use of Schools, and acceptable for Family reading. Apart from the fact, that
Shakspeare is the "well-spring" from which may be traced the orisin of the purest poetry in
our language, — a long course of professional experience has satisfied me that a necessity exists
for the addition of a w^rfc like the present, to our stock of Educational Literature. His writings
are peculiarly adapted for the purposes of Elocutionary exercise, when the system of instruction
pursued by the Teacher is based upon the true principle of the art, viz. — a careful analysis of
the structure and meaning of language, rather than a servile adherence to the arbitrary and me-
chanical rules of Elocution.
To impress upon the mind of the pupil that words are the exposition of thought, and that in
reading, or speaking, every shade of thought and feeling has its appropriate shade of modulated
tone, ought to be the especial aim of every Teacher; and an author like Shakspeare, whose
every line embodies a volume of meaning, should surely form one of our Elocutionary Text
Books. * * Still, in preparing a selection of his works for the express purpose contem-
plated in my design, I have not hesitated to exercise a severe revision of his language, beyond
that adoptea in any similar undertaking — " Bowdler's Family Shakspeare " not even excepted; —
and simply, because I practically know the impossibility of introducing Shakspeare as a Clan
Book, or as a satisfactory Reading Book for Families without this precautionary
Extract from the Preface.
dtom'a Sfshrriad
(NEARLY READY.)
MANUAL OF THE GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY
OF THE
MIDDLE AGES.
translated from the French of M. DES MICHELS, Rector of the College of Rouen,
with Additions and Corrections.
BY G. W. GREENE,
Professor of Modern Languages in Brown University.
Accompanied with Numerous Engravings and Maps. One Volume, 12m<x
TO BE FOLLOWED BY
A Manual of Modern History, down to the French Revolution.
A Manual of Ancient History.
A History c/ Rome.
' Great pains will be taken to adapt these books to the practical pnrpOMi of the <
and for th* guidance of private students.
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A MANUAL OF ANCIENT AND MODERN HISTORY,
COMPRISING :
I. ANCIENT His TORT, containing the Political History, Geographical Position, and Socia
Btate of the Principal Nations of Antiquity, carefully digested 1'rom the Ancient Writers, and il-
lustrated by the discoveries of Modern Travellers and Scholars.
II. M90ERN His TORV, containing the Rise and Progress of the principal European Nation*,
their Political History, and the changes in their Social Condition : with a Histoiy of the Colonies
Founded by Europeans. By W. COOKE TAYLOR, LL.D., cf Trinity College, Dublin. Revised,
with Additions on A rnerican History, by C. S. Henry, D. D., Professor of History in the Univer
nty of N. Y., and Questions adapted for the Use of Schools and Colleges. One handsome voL,
frvo, of 800 pages, $:J,25 ; Ancient History in 1 vol. $1,25, irlodern History in 1 vol., $1,50.
The ANCIENT HISTORY division comprises Eighteen Chapters, which include the genera]
outlines of the History of Egypt — the Ethiopians — Babylonia and Assyria — Western Asia— Pal-
estine— t'.ie Empire of the Medes and Persians — Phoenician Colonies in Northern Africa — Found,
ation and History of the Grecian States — Greece — the Macedonian Kingdom and Empire — the
States that arose irom the dismemberment of the Macedonian Kingdom and Empire — Ancient
Italy — Sicily — the Roman Republic — Geographical and Political Condition of the Roman Emoire
--History of the Roman Empire — and India — with an Appendix of important illustrative articles,
This portion is one of the best Compends of Ancient History that ever yei has appeared. It
contains a complete text for the collegiate lecturer ; and is an essential hand-book for the studem
who is desirous to become acquainted with all that is memorable in general secular archaeology.
The MODERN HISTORY portion is divided into Fourteen Chapters, on the following general
subjects : — Consequences of the Fall of the Western Empire — Rise and Establishment of the
Saracenic Power — Restoration of the Western Empire — Growth of the Papal Power — RevivaJ
of Literature — Progress of Civilization and Invention — Reformation, and Commencement of the
States System in Europe— Augustan Ages of England and France — Mercantile and Colonial Sys-
tem— Age of Revolutions — French Empire — History of the Peace — Colonization — China — the
Jews— with Chronological and Historical Tables and other Indexes. Dr. Henry has appended a
new chapter on the History of the United States.
This Manual of Modern History, by Mr. Taylor, is the most valuable and instructive work
concerning the general subjects which rt comprehends, that can be found in the whole department
of historical literature. Mi. Taylor's book is fast superseding all other compends, and is already
adopted as a text-book in Harvard, Columbia, Yale, New- York, Pennsylvania and Brown Uni-
versities, and several leading Academies.
LECTURES
ON
MODERN HISTORY.
By THOMAS ARNOLD, D.D.,
Regius Professor of Modern History in the University of Oxford, and Head
Master of Rugby School.
EDITED, WITH A PRKFACE AND NOTES,
By HENRY REED, LL.D.,
Professor of English Literature in the University of Pa.
One volume, 12mo. $1,25.
Extract from the American Editor's Preface.
In preparing this edition, I have had in view its use, not only for the general reader, but also
u ^ text-book in education, especially in our college course of study. * ' ' * The introduction of
th«* work as a text-book I regard as important, because, as far as my information entitles me to
speak, there is no book better calculated to inspire an interest in historical study. That it has
this power over the minds oisludeHts I can say from experience, which enables me also to add,
that I have found it excelleltly suited to a course of college instruction. By intelligent and en-
terprisijij members of a class especially, it is studied as a text-book with zeal and animation.
11
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HISTOEICAL
AND
MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS.
BY RICHMALL MANGNALL.
Pirst American, from the Eighty-fourth London Edition. With large Addition*
Embracing the Elements of Mythology, Astronomy, Architecture,
Heraldry, &c. Adapted for Schools in the United States
BY MRS. JULIA LAWRENCE.
Illustrated with numerous Engravings. One Vohune, 12mo. $1.
CONTENTS.
A Short View of Scripture History, from the Creation to the Return of the Jews— Questions
from the Early Ages to the time of Julius Caesar — Miscellaneous Questions in Grecian History
— Miscellaneous Questions in General History, chiefly Ancient — Questions containing a Sketch
of the most remarkable Events from the Christian Era to the close of the Eighteenth Century-
Miscellaneous Questions in Roman History — Questions in English History, from the Invasion of
Caesar to the Reformation — Continuation of Questions in English History, from the Reformation
to the Present Time — Abstract of Early British History — Abstract of English Reinns from the
Conquest — Abstract of the Scottish Reigns — Abstract of the French Reigns, from Pharamand to
Philip 1 — Continuation of the French Reigns, from Louis VI to Louis Phillippe — Questions Re-
lating to the History of America, from its Discovery to the Present Time — Abstract of Roman
Kings and most distinguished Heroes— Abstract of the most celebrated Grecians— Of Heathen
Mythology in general — Abstract of Heathen Mythology — The Elements of Astronomy— Expia-
tion of a few Astronomical TeTms — List of Constellations — Questions on Common Subjects —
Questions on Architecture— Questions on Heraldry — Explanations of such Latin Words and
Phrases as are seldom Englished — Questions on the History of the Middle Ages.
" This is an admirable work to aid both teachers and parents in instructing children and youth,
and there is no work of the kind that we have seen that is so well calculated " to awaken a spirit
Of laudable curiosity in young minds," and to satisfy that curiosity when awakened."
HISTORY OF ENGLAND,
From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Reign of Queen Victoria,
BY MRS. MARKHAM.
A new Edition, with Questions, adapted for Schools in the United States.
BY ELIZA ROBBINS,
Author of "American Popular Lessons," " Poetry for Schools," tfc.
One Volume, 12mo. Price 75 cents.
There is nothing more needed in our schools than good histories ; not the dry compends Ii
present use, but elementary works that shall suggest the moral uses of history, and the provj
dence of God, manifest in the affairs of men.
Mr. Markham's history was used by that model for all teachers, the late Dr. Arnold, masfei
ol the erreat English school at Rugby, and agrees in its character with his enlishfened and piou»
view? of teaching history. It is now several years since I adapted this history to the form and
price acceptable in the schools in the United States. I have recently revised it, and trust that i«
Dmy be extensively serviceable in education.
The principal alterations from the original are a new and more convenient division of para
graphs, and entire omission of the conversations annexed to the chapters. In the place of these
I have affixed questions to every page that may at once facilitate the work of the teacher and
the pupil. The rational and moral features of this book first commended it to me. and I haw
weed it successfully with my own scholars. — Extract from the American Editor'* Preface.
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FIRST HISTORY OF ROME,
WITH QUESTIONS.
BY E. M. SEWELL,
Author of Amy Herbert. &c., «fec. One vo! ume, IGrao. 50 eta.
Extract from Editor's Preface.
•' History is the narrative of real events in the order and circumstances in which they oc
curred ; and of all histories, that of Rome comprises a series of events more interesting and in
strur.tive to youthful readers than any other :hat has ever been written.
••Of the manner in which Mrs. Sewell has executed this work, we can scarcely speak in
tern's of approbation too strong. Drawing her materials from the best — that is to say, the most
reliable — sources, she has incorporated them in a narrative at once unostentatious, perspicuous,
and graphic ; manifestly aiming throughout to be clearly; understood by those for whom she
wrote, and to impress deeply and permanently on their minds what she wrote; and in both ol
these aims we think she has been eminently successful."
Norfolk Acculemy, Norfolk, Va.
I must thank you for a copy of "Miss Sewell's Roman History." Classical teachers have
long needed just such a work : for it is admitted by all how essential to a proper comprehension
of the classics is a knowledge of collateral history. Yet most pupils are construing authors be-
fore reaching an age to put into their hands the elaborate works we have heretofore had upon
Ancient History. Miss Sewell, while she gives the most important facts, has clothed them in a
style at once pleasing and comprehensible to the most youthful mind.
R. B. TSCHUDI,
Prof, of Anc't Languages.
THE
MYTHOLOGY OF ANCIENT GREECE AND ITALY,
FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS.
BY; THOMAS KEIGHTLEY.
One vol. ICmo. 42 cts.
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young student."
GENERAL
HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION IN EUROPE,
FROM THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE TO THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.
BY M. G U I ZOT.
Eighth American, from the second English edition, with occasional Notes, by C. S. HENRY, D.D
One volume, 12mo. 75 cts.
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ting nothing essential ; written with grace, and conceived end arranged with consummate
ability."— Boston Traveller.
{DC^" This work is used in Harvard University, Union College, University of
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ENGLISH SYNONYMES,
CLASSIFIED AND EXPLAINED,
WITH
PRACTICAL EXERCISES.
DESIGNED FOR SCHOOLS AND PRIVATE TUITION.
BY G. F. GRAHAM,
Author of 'English, or the Art of Composition,' «fcc.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND ILLUSTRATIVE AUTHORITIES,
BY HENRY REED, L.L.D.,
Prof, of English Literature in the University of Penn.
One neat Vol. I2mo. $1.
CONTENTS. — SECTION I. Generic and Specific Synonymes. II. Active
and Passive Synonymes. III. Synonymes of Intensity. IV. Positive
and Negative Synonymes. V. Miscellaneous Synonymes. Index to
Synonymes. General Index.
Extract from American Introduction.
" This treatise is republished and edited with the hope that it will be found useful as a text
booic in the study of our own language. As a subject of instruction, the study of the English
tongue does not receive that amount of systematic attention which is due to it, whether ft be
combined or no with the study of the Greek and Latin. In the usual courses of education, it has
no larger scope than the study of some rhetorical principles and praciice, and of grammatical
rules, which, for the most part, are not adequate to the composite character and varied idiom of
English speech. This is far from being enough to give the needful knowledge of what is the
living language, both of our English literature and of the multiform intercourse — oral and writ-
ten— of our daily lives. The language deserves better care and more sedulous culture ; it needs
much more to preserve its purity, and to guide the progress of its life. The young, instead of
havin<r only such familiarity with their native speech as practice without method or theory gives,
should be so taught and trained as to acquire a habit of using words — whether with the voice or
the pen— fitly and truly, intelligently and conscientiously."
'• For such training, this book, it is believed, will prove serviceable. The ' Practical Exer-
cises,' attached to the explanations of the words, are conveniently prepared for the routine of
instruction. The value of a course of this kind, reeularly and carefully completed, will be more
than the amount of information gained respecting"the words that are explained. It will tend to
produce a thoughtful and accurate use of language, and thus may be acquired, almost uncon-
sciously, that which is not only a critical but a moral habit of mind — the habit of giving utter-
ance to truth in simple, clear and precise terms— of telling one's thoughts and feelings in words
that express nothing more and nothing less. It is thus that we may learn how to escape the
evils of vagueness, obscurity and perplexity — the manifold mischiefs of words used thought-
lessly and at random, or words used in ignorance and confusion.
"In preparing this edition, it seemed to me that the value and literary interest of the book
might be increased by the introduction of a series of illustrative authorities. It is in the addi-
tion of these authorities, containea within brackets under each title, and also of a general index
to facilitate reference, that this edition differs from the original edition, which in other respects
is exactly reprinted. I have confined my choice of authorities to poetical quotations, chiefly be-
cause it is in poetry that language is found in its highest purity and perfection. The selections
have been made from three of the English poets — each a great authority, and each belonging to
a different period, so that in this way some historical illustration of the language is given at
the same time. The quotations from Shakspeare (born A. D. 1564, died 1616) may be considered
as illustrating the use of the words at the close of the 16th and beginning of the 17th century;
tlu.se from Milton (born 1608, died 1674) the succeeding half century, or middle of the 17ttt
century ; and those from Wordsworth (born 1770) the contemporary use in the 19th century.
MB.
A DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE,
3fl3NTAININQ THE PRONUNCIATION, ETYMOLOGY, AND EXPLANATION OP ALL WORDS AW
THORIZED BY EMINENT WRITERS ;
To which are added, a Vocabulary of the Roots of English Words, and an Accented
List of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names
BY ALEXANDER REID, A. M.,
Rector of the Circus School, Edinburgh.
With a Critical Preface, by HENRY REED, Professor of English Literature in the University 0
K! ;
Pennsylvania, and an Appendix, showing the Pronunciation of nearly 3000 of
Meal Names. One volume "
>und in Leather. Price $1
the most important Geographical Names. One volume, 12mo.
of nearly 600 pages, bov
Among the wants of our time was a good dictionary of our own language, especially adapted
for academies and schools. The books which have long been in use were of little value to the,
junior students, being too concise in the definitions, and unmethodical in the arrangement
Reid's English Dictionary was compiled expressly to develop the precise analogies ana various
properties of the authorized words in general use, by the standard authors and orators who use
our vernacular tongue.
Exclusive of the large number of proper names which are appended, this Dictionary includes
four especial improvements— and when their essential value to the student is considered, the
sterling character of the work as a hand-book of our language will be instantly perceived.
The primitive word is distinguished by a larger type ; and when there are any derivatives
from it, they follow in alphabetical order, and the part of speech is appended, thus furnishing a
complete classification of all the connected analogous words of the same species.
With this facility to comprehend accurately the determinate meaning ivf the English word, is
conjoined a rich illustration for the linguist. The derivation of all the pi imitive words is dis-
tuictly given, and the phrases of the languages whence they are deduced, whether composite or
/simple ; so that the student of foreign languages, both ancient and modern, by a reference to
any word, can ascertain the source whence it has been adopted into our own form of speech.
This is a great acquisition to the person who is anxious to use words in their utmost clearness
of meaning.
To these advantages is subjoined a Vocabulary of the Roots of English Words, which is of
peculiar value to the collegian. The fifty pages which it includes, furnish the linguist with a
wide-spread field of research, equally amusing and instructive. There is also added an Ac-
cented List, to the number of fifteen thousand, of Greek, Latin, and Scripture. Proper Names.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
REID'S Dictionary of the English Language is an admirable book for the use of schools.
Its plans combine a greater number of desirable conditions for such a work, than any with
which I am acquainted : and it seems to me to be executed in general with great judgment,
fidelity, and accuracy.
C. S. HENRY,
Professor of Philosophy, History, and Belles Lettrea,
in the University of the City of New- York.
Reid's Dictionary of the English Language is compiled upon sound principles, and with
judgment and accuracy. It has the merit, too, of combining much more than is usually looked
for in Dictionaries of small size, and will, I believe, be found excellent as a convenient manual,
for general use and reference, and also for various purposes of education.
HENRY REED,
Professor of English Literature in the University of Pennsylvania.
After a careful examination, I am convinced that Reid's English Dictionary has strong
claims upon the attention of teachers generally. It is of convenient size, beautifully executed,
and seems well adapted to the use of scholars, from the common school to the university.
D. H. CHASE,
Principal of Preparatory School.
MlDDLETOWN, Ct.
Af*er a thorough examination of" Reid's English Dictionary," I may safely say that I con
eider it superior to any of the School Dictionaries with which I am acquainted. Its accurate
and concise definitions, and a vocabulary of the roots of English words, drawn from an authoi
of such authority as Bosworth, are not among the least of its excellencies.
M. M. PARKS,
Chaplain and Professor of Ethics, U. S. Military Academy, West Point
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"ARNOID'S GREEK AND LATIN SERIES.— The publication of this valuable collection of
classical school books may be regarded as the presage of better things in respect to the mode ol
teaching and acquiring languages. Heretofore boys have been condemned to the drudgery of
going over Latin and Greek Grammar without the remotest conception of the value of What
they were learning, and every day becoming more and more disgusted with ihe dry and un-
meaning task ; but now, by Mr. Arnold's admirable method — substantially the same with that of
Ollendorff— the moment they take up the studv of Latin or Greek, they begin to learn sentences.
to acquire ideas, to see how the Romans and" Greeks expressed themselves, how their mode of
expression differed from ours, and by degrees they lay up a stock of knowledge vvhich is utterly
astonishing to those who have dragged on month alter month in the old-fashioned, dry, and
tedious way of learning languages.
"Mr. Arnold, in fact, has had the good sense to adopt the system of nature. A child learns
his own language by imitating what he hears, and constantly repeating it till it is fastene J in
the memory ; in the same way Mr. A. puts the pupil immediately to work a'. Exercises in Latin
and Greek, involving the elementary principles of the language — words are supplied — the mode
of putting them together is told the pupil — lie is shown how the ancients expressed their ideas ;
and then, by repeating these things again and again — iu-rum iterumque — the docile pupil haa
them indelibly impressed upon his memory and rooted in his understanding.
"The American Editor is a thorough classical scholar, and has been a practical teacher fof
years in this city. He has devoted the utmost care to a complete revision of Mr. Arnold's works,
has corrected several errors of inadvertence or otherwise, haa rearranged and improved various
matters in the early volumes of the series, and has attended most diligently to the accurate print-
ing and mechanical execution of the whole. We anticipate most confidently the speedy adoption
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