[The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power by John S. C. Abbott]@TWC D-Link book

[The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power by John S. C. Abbott]@TWC D-Link book

The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power

CHAPTER XVI
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CHAPTER XVI.
FERDINAND II.
From 1619 to 1621.
Possessions of the Emperor .-- Power of the Protestants of Bohemia .-- General Spirit of Insurrection .-- Anxiety of Ferdinand .-- Insurrection led by Count Thurn .-- Unpopularity of the Emperor .-- Affecting Declaration of the Emperor .-- Insurrection in Vienna .-- The Arrival of Succor .-- Ferdinand Seeks the Imperial Throne .-- Repudiated by Bohemia .-- The Palatinate .-- Frederic Offered the Crown of Bohemia .-- Frederic Crowned .-- Revolt in Hungary .-- Desperate Condition of the Emperor .-- Catholic League .-- The Calvinists and the Puritans .-- Duplicity of the Emperor .-- Foreign Combinations .-- Truce between the Catholics and the Protestants .-- The Attack upon Bohemia .-- Battle of the White Mountain.

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