Identifier: briefhistoryofna01fish (find matches)
Title: A brief history of the nations and of their progress in civilization
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Fisher, George Park, 1827-1909
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York, Cincinnati (etc.) American book company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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e should come thereby to the empire or the Emperor. Theindependence of Holland and Switzerland was acknowledged.Sweden obtained the territory about the Baltic, in addition toother important places, and became a member of the GermanDiet. Among the acquisitions of France were the three bish-oprics, Metz, Toul, and Verdun, and the landgraviate of Upperand Lower Alsace. Thus France gained access to the Rhine.Sweden and France, by becoming guarantors of the peace,obtained the right to interfere in the internal affairs ofGermany. Consequences of the Treaty. — By this treaty, what was leftof central authority in Germany was destroyed: the empireexisted only in name; the mediaeval union of empire andpapacy was at an end. Valuable German territories weregiven up to ambitious neighbors. France had extended herbounds, and disciplined her troops. Sweden had gained whatGustavus had coveted, and, for the time, was a power of thefirst class. Spain and Austria were both disabled and reducedin rank.
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CHAPTER LYII SECOND STAGE OF THE REFORMATION IN ENGLAND, TOTHE DEATH OF ELIZABETH (1547-1603) Reign of Edward VI. (1547-1553).—Henry VIII., withParliament, had determined tlie order of succession, givingprecedence to Edward, his son by Jane Seymour, over the twoprincesses, Mary, the daughter of Catherine, and Elizabeth, thedaughter of Anne Boleyn. Edward VI., who was but ten yearsold at his accession, was weak in body, but was a most remark-able instance of intellectual precocity. The government noAVespoused the Protestant side. Somerset, the Kings uncle, wasat the head of the regency. The Six Articles, established byHenry VIII., were repealed. Protestant theologians from theContinent were taken into the counsels of the English prelates^Cranmer and Pidley. Under the leadership of Cranmer, theBook of Common Prayer was framed, and the Articles, or creed,composed. The clergy were allowed to marry. The AnglicanProtestant Church was fully organized, but the progress in theProtestant dire

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