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... reason for the failure of King Charles's experiment in non - parliamentary govern- ment . Certainly the King lacked funds for the effective exercise of power ; but it was the lack of government officials , quite as much as the lack of ...
... reason for the failure of King Charles's experiment in non - parliamentary govern- ment . Certainly the King lacked funds for the effective exercise of power ; but it was the lack of government officials , quite as much as the lack of ...
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... Reason had been shocked into its grave by the French Revolution . The romantics , above all , influenced historians towards the adoption of a more sympathetic attitude towards individuals , and a more tentative , more eager and ...
... Reason had been shocked into its grave by the French Revolution . The romantics , above all , influenced historians towards the adoption of a more sympathetic attitude towards individuals , and a more tentative , more eager and ...
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... reason , possibly the principal reason , why a conflict which might have been confined to parliamentary argument became in the end an open war . About the year 1630 , when King Charles I was beginning his personal rule , religious wars ...
... reason , possibly the principal reason , why a conflict which might have been confined to parliamentary argument became in the end an open war . About the year 1630 , when King Charles I was beginning his personal rule , religious wars ...
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The Origins of Germany | 19 |
Martin Luther | 28 |
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