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Title: The new Larned History for ready reference, reading and research; the actual words of the world's best historians biographers and specialists; a complete system of history for all uses, extending to all countries and subjects and representing the better and newer literature of history
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Larned, Josephus Nelson, 1836-1913 Smith, Donald Eugene, 1878-
Subjects: History
Publisher: Springfield, Mass. C.A. Nichols publishing company
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fruitless remonstrance and appeal they tookup arms, supported by the Protestant cantons andattacked by the CathoHcs, with aid contributed bythe nuncio of the pope, himself. The contestwas practically ended on the 25th of July, 1712,by a decisive victory by the Protestants on thebattle-field of Villmergen, where they had beenbeaten by the Lucerne men 56 years before. Thebattle lasted four hours, and 2,000 Catholics wereslain. ... In the month of August, a general peacewas concluded at Aarau, to the great advantageof the conquerors. The five Catholic cantons wereobliged to yield their rights over Baden and Rap-perswyl, and to associate Berne with themselvesin the sovereignty over Thurgau and the Rhein-feld. By this provision the two religions becameequalized in those provinces. . . . The Toggenbur-gers came once more under the jurisdiction of anabbot of St. Gall, but with improved rights andprivileges, and under the powerful protection ofZurich and Berne. The Catholic Cantons were 8134
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SWITZERLAND, 1746-1827 French SubjugationHelvetian Republic SWITZERLAND, 1792-1798 long in recovering from the expenses of this war.. . . During 86 years from the peace of Aarau, theSwiss were engaged in neither foreign nor civil war,and the disturbances which agitated the differentcantons from time to time were confined to alimited stage. But real peace and union wereas far off as ever. Religious differences, plots,intrigues, and revolts, kept people of the samecanton and village apart, until the building whichtheir forefathers had raised in the early days ofthe republic was gradually weakened and readyto fall, like a house of cards, at the first blowfrom France.—H. D. S. Mackenzie, Switzerland,ch. IS-I6. Also in: H. Zschokke, History of Switzerland,ch. 42-56. 1746-1827.—Educational reforms. See Educa-tion: Modern: i8th-igth centuries; Pestalozzi. 1792-1798.—Ferment of the French Revolution.—Invasion and subjugation by the French.—Robbing of the treasure of Berne.—Formati

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