The place was taken by storm, amid horrors which belong to such scenes at all times, but which were doubled by the rapacity of troops who fought even
The First of the Dynasty Enters Berlin
Burggraf Friedrich, on his first coming to Brandenburg, found but a cool reception as Statthalter. He came as the representative of law and rule; and
Brandenburg Sold
Dog cheap, it must be owned, for size and capability; but in the most waste condition, full of mutiny, injustice, anarchy, and highway robbery; a
House of Luxemburg’s Triumph
He is now (1414) holding this Council of Constance, by way of healing the Church, which is sick of three simultaneous popes and of much else. He finds
Brandenburg Pawned
And so we have now reached that point in Brandenburg history when, if some help does not come, Brandenburg will not long be a country, but will either
Eyewitness to the Restoration
By the morning we were come close to the land, and everybody made ready to get on shore.Today's installment concludes Of Cromwell's Rule In England
King’s Return
The King, with the two dukes and Queen of Bohemia, Princess Royal, and Prince of Orange, come on board, where I in their coming in kissed the King's,
The Monarchy Restored
From the moment of Monk’s entry the restoration of the Stuarts became inevitable.Continuing Of Cromwell's Rule In England and the Restorationwith
The New Protector
Many in fact who had rejected the authority of his father submitted peaceably to the new Protector.Continuing Of Cromwell's Rule In England and the