 ... to fortify German dominion over the Czechs ; the Spanish Inquisition, as set up and worked to overcome the disunion of race and history, for the sake of the Spanish monarchy. In these and an untold host of other cases the State was Force, and Belief...  A Syllabus of Medieval History, 395-1500 - Page 132by Dana Carleton Munro, George Clarke Sellery - 1919 - 148 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Morley - 1914 - 130 pages
...untold host of other cases the State was Force, and Belief was not the only point. If we must quantify, it has been said of the long religious wars in France,...the cause, in four-fifths it was only the pretext. To search for the secular politician behind an army of spiritual crusaders is no cynicism. The enthusiasm,... | |
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