Illustrated universal history- being a clear and concise history of all nations (1880) (14579607837)

Identifier: illustratedunive00clar (find matches)
Title: Illustrated universal history: being a clear and concise history of all nations
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Clare, Israel Smith, 1847- (from old catalog)
Subjects: World history
Publisher: Philadelphia, P. W. Ziegler & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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and political rights with the Catholics. Abdication and Retirement of Charles V.—Ferdinand I., Emperor.—The failure of the attempts of Charles V. to restore the unity of the Church madethe Em()eror lose all interest in the affairs of the world; and in 1556,10 the astonish-ment of the whole world, he abdicated all his thrones and retired to the monasteryof St. Just, in the West of Spain. He bestowed Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, andSpanish America on his son, Philip II.; and the Austrian territories on his brotherFeidinand, who was chosen by the German Electoral Princes to succeed him orthe imperial throne of Germany, with the title of Ferdinand I. Charles spent thelomaining two years cf his life in religious devotion and mechanical inventionsHaving failed in repeated attempts to make two watches run exactly alike, he issaid to have exclaimed, I cannot make two watches run alike, and yet, foci thatI was, I thought of governing so many nations of different language?: and religions,
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■I 15^ -.--^ V/ >V. HENRY VIII.