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The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power By: John S. C. Abbott (1805-1877) |
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THE EMPIRE OF AUSTRIA; ITS RISE AND PRESENT POWER by JOHN S. C. ABBOTT New York;
Published by Mason Brothers,
Cincinnati: Rickey, Mallory & Co.
Stereotyped by
Thomas B. Smith,
82 & 84 Beekman St.
Printed By
C. A. Alvord.
15 Vandewater St. 1859 PREFACE
The studies of the author of this work, for the last ten years, in
writing the "History of Napoleon Bonaparte," and "The French Revolution
of 1789," have necessarily made him quite familiar with the monarchies
of Europe. He has met with so much that was strange and romantic in
their career, that he has been interested to undertake, as it were, a
biography of the Monarchies of Continental Europe their birth,
education, exploits, progress and present condition. He has commenced
with Austria. There are abundant materials for this work. The Life of Austria embraces
all that is wild and wonderful in history; her early struggles for
aggrandizement the fierce strife with the Turks, as wave after wave of
Moslem invasion rolled up the Danube the long conflicts and bloody
persecutions of the Reformation the thirty years' religious war the
meteoric career of Gustavus Adolphus and Charles XII. shooting athwart
the lurid storms of battle the intrigues of Popes the enormous pride,
power and encroachments of Louis XIV. the warfare of the Spanish
succession and the Polish dismemberment all these events combine in a
sublime tragedy which fiction may in vain attempt to parallel. It is affecting to observe in the history of Germany, through what woes
humanity has passed in attaining even its present position of
civilization. It is to be hoped that the human family may never again
suffer what it has already endured. We shall be indeed insane if we do
not gain some wisdom from the struggles and the calamities of those who
have gone before us. The narrative of the career of the Austrian Empire,
must, by contrast, excite emotions of gratitude in every American bosom.
Our lines have fallen to us in pleasant places; we have a goodly
heritage. It is the author's intention soon to issue, as the second of this
series, the History of the Empire of Russia. JOHN S. C. ABBOTT. Brunswick, Maine, 1859.
CONTENTS. CHAPTER I.
RHODOLPH OF HAPSBURG.
From 1232 to 1291. Hawk's Castle. Albert, Count of Hapsburg. Rhodolph of Hapsburg. His
Marriage and Estates. Excommunication and its Results. His Principles
of Honor. A Confederacy of Barons. Their Route. Rhodolph's Election
as Emperor of Germany. The Bishop's Warning. Dissatisfaction at the
Result of the Election. Advantages accruing from the Possession of an
interesting Family. Conquest. Ottocar acknowledges the Emperor; yet
breaks his Oath of Allegiance. Gathering Clouds. Wonderful
Escape. Victory of Rhodolph. His Reforms. Page 17
CHAPTER II.
REIGNS OF ALBERT I., FREDERIC, ALBERT AND OTHO.
From 1291 to 1347. Anecdotes of Rhodolph. His Desire for the Election of his Son. His
Death. Albert. His Unpopularity. Conspiracy of the Nobles. Their
Defeat. Adolphus of Nassau chosen Emperor. Albert's Conspiracy.
Deposition of Adolphus and Election of Albert. Death of Adolphus. The
Pope Defied. Annexation of Bohemia. Assassination of Albert. Avenging
Fury. The Hermit's Direction. Frederic the Handsome. Election of
Henry, Count of Luxemburg. His Death. Election of Louis of
Bavaria. Capture of Frederic. Remarkable Confidence toward a
Prisoner. Death of Frederic. An early Engagement. Death of
Louis. Accession of Albert. Page 34
CHAPTER III.
RHODOLPH II., ALBERT IV. AND ALBERT V.
From 1389 to 1437. Rhodolph II. Marriage of John to Margaret. Intriguing for the
Tyrol. Death of Rhodolph. Accession of Power to Austria. Dividing the
Empire. Delight of the Emperor Charles. Leopold. His Ambition and
successes. Hedwige, Queen of Poland. "The Course of true Love never
did run smooth." Unhappy Marriage of Hedwige. Heroism of Arnold of
Winkelreid. Death of Leopold... Continue reading book >>
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