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The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power

Route.--Rhodolph's Election as Emperor of Germany.--The Bishop's Warning.--Dissatisfaction at the Result of the Election.--Advantages Accruing from the Possession of an Interesting Family.--Conquest.--Ottocar Acknowledges the Emperor; yet breaks his Oath of Allegiance.--Gathering Clouds.--Wonderful Escape.--Victory of Rhodolph.--His Reforms. In the small canton of Aargau, in Switzerland, on a rocky bluff of the Wulpelsberg, there still remains an old baronial castle, called Hapsburg, or Hawk's Castle. It was reared in the eleventh century, and was occupied by a succession of warlike barons, who have left nothing to distinguish themselves from the feudal lords whose castles, at that period, frowned upon almost every eminence of Europe. In the year 1232 this. | The Empire of Austria Its Rise and Present Power 1 The Empire of Austria Its Rise and Present Power The Project Gutenberg eBook The Empire of Austria Its Rise and Present Power by John S. C. Abbott This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title The Empire of Austria Its Rise and Present Power Author John S. C. Abbott Release Date June 15 2005 eBook 16070 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE EMPIRE OF AUSTRIA ITS RISE AND PRESENT POWER E-text prepared by Curtis Weyant David King and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team from page images generously made available by the Making of America Collection of the University of Michigan Library http www.hti.umich.edu m moagrp Note Images of the original pages are available through the Making of America Collection of the University of Michigan Library. See http www.hti.umich.edu m moagrp The Monarchies of Continental Europe THE EMPIRE OF AUSTRIA ITS RISE AND PRESENT POWER by JOHN S. C. ABBOTT New York Published by Mason Brothers Cincinnati Rickey Mallory Co. Stereotyped by Thomas B. Smith 82 84 Beekman St. Printed By C. A. Alvord. 15 Vandewater St. 1859 PREFACE The studies of the author of this work for the last ten years in writing the History of Napoleon Bonaparte and The French Revolution of 1789 have necessarily made him quite familiar with the monarchies of Europe. He has met with so much that was strange and romantic in their career that he has been interested to undertake as it were a biography of the Monarchies of Continental Europe--their birth education exploits progress and present condition. He has commenced with Austria. CHAPTER I. 2 There are abundant materials for this work. The Life of Austria embraces all that is wild and wonderful .