CHAPTER X.
FERDINAND I .-- HIS WARS AND INTRIGUES.
From 1555 to 1562.
John of Tapoli .-- The Instability of Compacts .-- The Sultan's Demands .-- A Reign of War .-- Powers and Duties of the Monarchs of Bohemia .-- The Diet .-- The King's Desire to crush Protestantism .-- The Entrance to Prague .-- Terror of the Inhabitants .-- The King's Conditions .-- The Bloody Diet .-- Disciplinary Measures .-- The establishment of the Order of Jesuits .-- Abdication of Charles V.in Favor of Ferdinand .-- Power of the Pope .-- Paul IV .-- A quiet but powerful Blow .-- The Progress of the Reformers .-- Attempts to reconcile the Protestants .-- The unsuccessful Assembly.

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