THE EMPERORS FREDERIC II.

AND MAXIMILIAN I.
From 1477 to 1500.
Wanderings of the Emperor Frederic .-- Proposed Alliance with the Duke of Burgundy .-- Mutual Distrust .-- Marriage of Mary .-- The Age of Chivalry .-- The Motive inducing the Lord of Praunstein to Declare War .-- Death of Frederic II .-- The Emperor's Secret .-- Designs of the Turks .-- Death of Mahomet II .-- First Establishment of Standing Armies .-- Use of Gunpowder .-- Energy of Maximilian .-- French Aggressions .-- The League to Expel the French .-- Disappointments of Maximilian .-- Bribing the Pope .-- Invasion of Italy .-- Capture and Recapture .-- The Chevalier de Bayard.

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