The new Larned History for ready reference, reading and research; the actual words of the world's best historians biographers and specialists; a complete system of history for all uses, extending to all countries and subjects and representing the better and newer literature of history . h. The cities were thrown into afrenzy and peace was strained to the and recriminations passed from side to tion and importance, was a most desirable acqui-sition, and in the same year the addition ofSchaffhausen, like Basel, a free imperial city withoutlying territories, still further strengthen
The new Larned History for ready reference, reading and research; the actual words of the world's best historians biographers and specialists; a complete system of history for all uses, extending to all countries and subjects and representing the better and newer literature of history . h. The cities were thrown into afrenzy and peace was strained to the and recriminations passed from side to tion and importance, was a most desirable acqui-sition, and in the same year the addition ofSchaffhausen, like Basel, a free imperial city withoutlying territories, still further strengthened theUnion. The next, and for 285 years the last, ad-dition to the inner membership of the alliancewas Appenzell. . Connected with the confed-eracy there were, for varying periods and in dif-ferent relationships, other territories and cities moreor less under its control. One class consisted ofthe so-called Allied Disticts (Zugewandte andVerbiindete Orte), who were attached to the cen-tral body not as equal members, but as friendsfor mutual assistance. This form of alliance be-gan almost with the formation of the league, andgradually extended till it included St. Gallen, Biel,Neuchatel, the Bishopric of Basel (which territorylay outside the city), the separate confederacies. COUNCIL HOUSE AT CONST. side, but finally, as an almost hopeless efforttoward reconciliation, a Diet was called to meetat Stanz on the 8th of December, 1481. The de-tails of this conference read like romance, so greatwas the transformation which took place in thefeeUngs of the confederates. . Just as the Dietwas about to break up in confusion a compromisewas effected, and an agreement was drawn upwhich is known as the Convention of Stanz(Stanzerverkomniss). ... As to the matter latestin contention, it was agreed that movable bootyshould be divided according to the number of mensent into war, but new acquisitions of territoryshould be shared equally among the states par-ticipating. Thus the principle of sta
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