The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-10-09
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The Rarons' War.

The Barons' War.
The Barons' war. 1259-1265. was
waged by the Barons Of England to
compel Henry Ill. to observe and
maintain the provisions of Magma
Carta, which had been extorted from
his father, King John, on the field
of Runnymede, June is, 1915, the
Barons were viotUrious. The House
of Commons came into existence in
1264-5, as a consequence of their
triumph.
The Hundred Years War.
The Hundred Years war grew out
of the claim of Edward III thru his
mother, Isabella of France. to the
throne of France, and lasted with
varying success from 1912 to 1850.
| during which time were fought, in
1886, the battles of Crecy and Poe
tiers. and in 1415, the battle of Agin-
court. Henry V. of England, became
virtual King of France. His son
/ Henry VI. was in his cradle, crowned
King of France and England in 1922.
The Revolt, which was encouraged
by the minority of Henry, in which
the Maid of Orleans was a prominent
| figure, resulted about 1850 in the ut
ter collapse of the English ascend
ancy in France, and the re-establish-
ment of the old monarchy.
| The Revolt of the Netherlands.
On the abdication of Charles ",
Emperor of Germany and King of
Spain, the Netherlands. which he in
herited from his grandmother, Mary
Of Burgundy. became an appanage of
the Spanish crown.
Philip H., of Spain. the son and
successor of Charles ", introduced
the Inquisition into the Netherlands.
The prosecutions of the Protestants
led to an organization formed to re-
sist the inroads upon their liberties.
Egmont and Horne, their leaders,
were executed. The provinces resist
ed the whole might of the Spanish
monarchy and made a gallant de-
Tense. Belgium, however, was over
powered in the contest for freedom.
while the independence of Holland
was recognized at last by the Treaty
of Westphalia in l64S
The Great Rebellion.
The Great Rebellion in England
may be said to have begun in 1887,
by the refusal of John Hampden to
pay the illegal impost known as'ship
money" levied by Charles I without
authority of Parliament, and to have
ended in 1850 by the restoration of
Charles II. to the throne. Many san
culinary battles were fought. the
House of Lords was abolished, the
King was brought to the block. and
a Republic proclaimed with Oliver
Cromwell at it's head as Lord Pro-
tector.
Hitherto the Royal authority and
the authority and privileges of Par
lament were not well defined nor
their respective prerogatives recipro-
cally recognized. The Puritan rebel
lion went far to settle the relations
of Parliament to the Crown. Until the
death of the Protector in 1858, Pur-
itanism was in the ascendant. This
war bears the name also of the Pur-
itan Rebellion.
The Thirty Years War.
The Thirty Years War was con-
with the Puritan Re- |
bellion. 1t began in 1918 and ended |
by the Peace of Westphalia in 164S. |
Its proximate cause was the heredi- |
tory hostility of the Catholics and
Protestants of the German Empire.
Generally speaking, northern Ger
many was then and is still Protest
ant, while southern Germany is Cath
)lic. Tilly and Wanenstein were the
generals of the Empire. Gustavus
Adolphus of Sweden, a Protestant,
vent to the aid of his co-religionists,
md defeated the generals of the en-
,ire in several battles. One of the
EPISODES of the war was the storm
ng of Magdenburg by Tilly and the
.lmost utter destruction of the city
" his command.
War of the Spanish Succession.
The war OF the Spanish Succession
involved Great Britain. France, Spain
iolland and the German empire. On
he death of Charles ILL.,, fSpain,
n 100, without male issue, the
parish crown was claimed by three
of whom Philip of An
on, great grandson of Louis XIV
f France, was the most formidable.
William III. of England, formed a
to defeat the aggrandize-
ent of the Bourbons. The war lasted