The Empire of Austria - John S. C. Abbott (best books to read now TXT) 📗

/> forbids the conference for the relief of Prague, 440.
attempt of to evade her promise to Sardinia, 446.
arrogance of excites indignation of the other powers, 449.
rouses the Hungarians, 450.
recovers Bohemia, 450.
interview of the English ambassador with, 454.
signs the treaty of Dresden, 458.
indignation of at peace being signed by England, 460.
chagrin of, 461.
her energetic discipline, 462.
secures the friendship of the Marchioness of Pompadour, 465
reproaches towards England, 466.
her diplomatic fib, 468.
victories of, 475.
loses Russia and Sweden, 480.
recovers the coöperation of Russia, 481.
children of, 486.
letter of to Maria Antoinette, 488.
letter to Frederic desiring peace, 489.
charge to her son, 490.
death of, 491.
fate of her children, 491.

MARY ANNE (of Spain) affianced to the dauphin of France, 372.
insulting rejection of, 373.

MARGARET (of Bohemia), engagement of, 46.
marriage and flight of, 49.
divorce of, 49.

MARGARET, celebration of the nuptials of, 314.

MARK OF BRANDENBURG, taken possession of by Gustavus Adolphus, 281.

MARTINETS thrown from the palace by the mob, 328.

MASSACRE, the, of St. Bartholomew, 171.

MATHEW HENRY (Count of Thurn), leader of the Protestants, 234.
convention called by, 236.

MATTHIAS (of Hungary), invasion of Austria by, 75.
death of, 79.

MATTHIAS, character of, 201.
chosen leader of the revolters in the Netherlands, 202.
increasing popularity of, 203.
announces his determination to depose Rhodolph III., 204.
his demand that Rhodolph should abdicate, 205.
distrust of by the Protestants, 205.
arrest of the Lord of Inzendorf by, 206.
reluctance of to sign the conditions, 207.
elected king, 207.
haughtiness of towards the Austrians, 208.
political reconciliation between Rhodolph III. and, 219.
march of against Leopold, 221.
limitations affixed to the offer of the crown to, 222.
coronation of, 224.
marriage of, 225.
suspicions of the Catholics against, 229.
elected Emperor of Germany, 229.
thwarted in his attempts to levy an army, 230.
concludes a truce with Turkey, 231.
his revival of the ban against the Protestants, 231.
efforts of to secure the crown of Germany for Ferdinand, 232.
opposed by the Protestants, 233.
defiant reply of to the congress at Prague, 236.
disposition of to favor toleration, 239.
death of, 344.

MAURICE (of Saxony), Protestant principles of, 131.
treaty of with the King of France, 132
capture of the Tyrol by, 133.
demands of from Charles V., 135
death of, 137.

MAXIMILIAN I., ambition of, 84.
efforts of to rouse the Italians, 88.
efforts to secure the Swiss estates, 89.
defeat of at the diet of Worms, 87.
roused to new efforts, 92.
superstitious fraud of, 93.
drawn into a war with Bavaria, 94.
league formed by against the Venetians, 95.
abandoned by his allies, 97.
perseverance of rewarded, 98.
confident of success against Italy, 99.
letter of to his daughter, 99.
success beginning to attend, 100.
plans of to secure the crowns of Hungary and Bohemia, 101.
contempt of for the pope, 103.
peculiarities of exhibited, 103.
death of, 104.
accomplishments of, 105.

MAXIMILIAN II. allowed to assume the title of emperor elect, 161.
character of, 169.
his letter to the Elector Palatine, 170.
profession of the Catholic faith, 170.
address of to Henry of Valois, 172.
liberal toleration maintained by, 172.
answer of to the complaints of the diet, 173.
offer of to pay tribute to the Turks, 174.
elected King of Poland, 180.
death of, 181.
character and acquirements of, 182.
tribute of honor by the ambassadors to, 183.
wife of, 183.
fate of his children, 184.

MAXIMILIAN (brother of Matthias), the candidate of the Protestants, 229.

MAXIMILIAN JOSEPH, ascends the throne of Bavaria, 451.

MEINHARD, legitimate rights of, 50.
death of, 50.

MELANCTHON, character of, 119.

MENTZ, taunts of the Elector of, 38.

METTERNICH, his theory of social order, 506.

METZ, siege of, 137.

MILAN, captured by Louis XII., 90.
Louis XII. created Duke of, 90.

MINISTER (see the countries for which the minister acted).

MOHATZ, battle of, 146.

MOLNITZ, the court of Frederic established at, 421.

MONTECUCULI (Prince), commander of the troops of Leopold, 311.

MONTSERRAT, shrine of the holy Virgin at, 355.

MORAVIA, to be held five years by Rhodolph, 81.
the province of, 208.
triumphal march of Count Thurn into, 247.

MOSES TZEKELI crowned Prince of Transylvania, 196.

MULHEIM, the fortifications of demolished, 232.

MUNICH captured by Frederic, 449.

MURCHFIELD, meeting of the armies on the field of, 29.


NAPLES, subjugation of, 84.

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, similarity of the plans of Henry IV. and, 216.
remark of verified, 262.
remark of concerning Russia, 399.

NETHERLANDS, revolt in the, 201.
Marlborough in possession of the, 339.

NEUPERG (General), imprudence and insult of, 408.
arrested by Charles, 413.

NEUSTADT, the emperor's remains to be deposited at, 104.

NICHOLAS (Count of Zrini), heroic defense of Zigeth by, 175.

NISSA, capture of, 402.

NOBLES, the, of Bohemia banished, 271.

NOVARRA, defense of the citadel of, 90.

NUREMBURG, congress at, 227.
request of, that Rhodolph should abdicate, 228.
battle of, 290.
famine in the city of, 290.


OFFICERS, ignorance of the Austrian, 389.

ORLEANS (Duke of), matrimonial arrangements of the, 369.
death of the, 378.

ORSOVA captured by the Turks, 405.
surrendered to the Turks, 408.

OTHO marries Hedwige, of Hapsburg, 25.
harmonious rule of, 46.

OTTOCAR (of Bohemia), candidate for crown of Germany, 23.
opposition of Rhodolph, 24.
command of the diet to, 24.
message of, to Rhodolph, 24.
power of, 25.
his contempt for Rhodolph, 25.
his excommunication by the pope, 26.
his performance of feudal homage, 27.
violates his oath, 28.
the body of found after battle, 30.

OXENSTIERN (Chancellor), appointed commander of the Swedish army, 297.


PALATINATE, territory of the, 250.

PAPPENHEIM (General), death of, 293.

PASSAU, diet at, 187.

PATMOS, Luther's, 113.

PAUL III. (of Russia), alliance of with Prussia, 480.
assassination of, 480.

PAUL IV. (Pope), death of, 162.

Peace of Passarovitz, 364

PEOPLE, contempt for the, 95.

PEST taken by the Turks, 147.

PETER THE GREAT, ambition of, 399.
death of, 399.

PETERWARDEIN, strength of, 406.

PHILIP (of Burgundy), obtains the dukedom of Burgundy, 84.

PHILIP III. institutes the order of the Golden Fleece, 372.

PHILIP IV. (of Spain) obtains renunciation of succession in favor of
Margaret, 314.
resolve of, to maintain his throne, 341.
supported by his subjects, 342.
flight of, from Catalona, 343.

PHILIP V. despondency of, 369.
abdication of, 370.
resumes his crown, 371.

PILGRAM, diet at, 66.

PIUS IV. elected pope, 162.

PODIEBRAD (George), assumes regal authority, 66.
intrusted with the regency of Bohemia, 68.
elected King of Bohemia, 73.

POLAND, conditions affixed to the throne of, 180.
Stephen Barthori chosen king of, by the minority, 181.
attempts of France to place Stanislaus on the throne of, 383.
Count Poniatowski secures the crown of, 484.
to be carved out, 485.
annihilation of, 486.

POMERANIA, seizure of, by Ferdinand, 269.

POMPADOUR (Marchioness of), arrogance of the, 464.

PONIATOWSZI (Count), elected King of Poland, 484.

POPE, the, letter of Rhodolph to, 24.
character of Pope Gregory N., 24.
indignation of the, 38.
capitulation of the, 84.
(Alexander VI.) bribery of, 89.
(Julius II.) the, bought over, 92.
bull of the, deposing the King of Naples, 93.
demands of the, as booty, 95.
infamy of, 95.
infamous acquisitions of, 98.
proclamation against the, by Maximilian, 98.
death of, 100.
John of Medici elected as, 100.
(Leo X.), command of the, to Luther to repair to Rome, 102.
Maximilian's contempt for the, 103.
bull of the, against Luther, 108.
bull of the, burned by Luther, 109.
death of Leo X., the, 113.
(Adrian), accession of, as, 113.
(Clement VII.) succeeds Adrian, 116.
offer of pardon by the, for those who assist in enforcing the
Council of Trent, 125.
disgust of the, against Charles V., 129.
(Julius III.) elected as, 130.
indignation of the, at the toleration of the diet at Passau, 138.
the, allows Maximilian to assume the title of emperor elect, 161.
intolerant pride of, 161.
(Pius IV.) elected as, 162.
dependence on the, dispensed with, 163.
refusal of the, to reform abuses, 165.
attempts of the, to influence Maximilian II., 174.
aid extended to Leopold by the, 311.
embassage from Charles II. to the, 329.
alarm of the, at the innovations of Joseph II., 494.

PRAGMATIC SANCTION, the, 364.
the, supported by various powers, 461.

PRAGUE, Ferdinand crushes the revolt in. 156.
diet at, 158.
seizure of, by Leopold, 221.
archbishop of, expelled from the city, 239.
indignation of the inhabitants of, against Frederic, 262.
surrender of, to Ferdinand, 262.
surrender of, to the Austrians, 443.
suffering in, on account of the siege, 472.

PRAUNSTEIN (Lord of), reasons for the, declaring war, 80.

PRECOCITY, not a modern innovation, 108.

PRESBURG, diet at, 309.

PRESS, success of the, in diffusing intelligence, 102.

PRINTING, the influence of, beginning to be felt, 83.

PRIVILEGES confined to the nobles, 187.

PROTEST of the minority at the diet of Spires, 116.

PROTESTANTISM, spread of, in Europe, 163.
its working for liberty, 264.

PROTESTANTS, assembly of, at Smalkalde, 121.
refusal of the, to assist Charles V, 122.
contributions of the, to expel the Turks, 122.
increase of the, 123.
the, reject the council of Trent, 124.
ruin of the army of the, by Charles V., 126.
party of the, predominant in Germany, 183.
shameful quarreling among the, 190.
union of,