Charles V(Charles I of Spain) 1516-1556 abdicates and divided his possessions between his son Philip II, 1556 - 1598, who got Spain, Spanish colonies, and the Netherlands while his brother Ferdinand I, 1556 - 1564, who got Austria and also the nominal title of Holy Roman Emperor. ... The Thirty Years War 1618 - 1648 The Thirty Years war was fought essentially within the Holy Roman Empire. The Catholic side, led by the Austrian Holy Roman Emperors, failed in destroying the Lutherans and unifying the Holy Roman Empire under Austrian, Habsburg, Catholic domination. ... Britain played the role...

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Along with being an exemplary member of the Anglican Church, a British citizen was expected to counter the ideals of the Roman Church and all of its allies, starting from France. ... Finally, the verdict of the trial stresses again the significance of religion and the sacred texts: the marriage vow to live under god's ordinance, as stated in the bible, lawfully overpowers all of the tricks played by Mrs. ...

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The island of Sri Lanka was colonised by Portugal from 1505-1658. During this period the Portuguese attempted to acclimatise the native population to Western customs in order to stem the flow of any potential resistance to their rule and gradually eradicate the local cultural and religious ways. One...

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The feeling of respite which England held towards the US did not last forever however, as the US would soon rise to a place of glory taking her seat in the annals of history alongside world powers such as England before her, the Roman Empire, the Grecian Empire of old whom the US borrowed her form government. ... The British were deeply indebted to the United States in the form of loans, so American initiative came into play. ...

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