. Medieval and modern history; an outline of its development . ival ofAustria. The Thirty Years War left Sweden with a military reputa-tion and a geographical position which made her one of thefirst states of Europe. This had been gained by the wisepohcy and the genius of her kings, by rehgious enthusiasmwhich had inspired her armies, and by unusually favorableconditions among her neighbors. The place which shehad taken she could hardly hope from her own resources tomaintain. The successes of the elector of Brandenburg inthe second of Louis wars made this evident, thoughhe gained nothing
. Medieval and modern history; an outline of its development . ival ofAustria. The Thirty Years War left Sweden with a military reputa-tion and a geographical position which made her one of thefirst states of Europe. This had been gained by the wisepohcy and the genius of her kings, by rehgious enthusiasmwhich had inspired her armies, and by unusually favorableconditions among her neighbors. The place which shehad taken she could hardly hope from her own resources tomaintain. The successes of the elector of Brandenburg inthe second of Louis wars made this evident, thoughhe gained nothing from them at the time. Sweden, how-ever, kept her territories and her position until the sud-den rise of a new power overthrew the balance in thenortheast. 286 §285] Early History of Russia 287 285. The Early History of Russia. — Russia was occupied From the by the Scandinavians, at the time of the great Northmen Northmen invasions in the ninth century, as we have seen. The dy- Romanoffs, nasty of Ruric which was estabUshed at that time remained Rambaud,. BoTmay& in power for more than seven hundred years, though there j^usl].l was for much of that time no united government. The (London); Northmen, here as everywhere else, adopted the language ^°/J and civilization — or lack of civilization — of the country (Nations). 288 Rise of Russia and Prussia [§§ 286, 287 Not really a European state. Obstacles ,Peter theGreat,2 vols.(Scribner),1689-1725. and became Slavs. They were in closer connection withthe Greek Empire than with any other civilized state, andin the tenth century received Christianity from there, andwere organized as a part of the Greek Church under thePatriarch of Constantinople, a relation which continued untilthe conquest of the Empire in the east by the Turks. Atthe time of the great Mongol invasion in the thirteenth cen-tury, Russia came under their rule which lasted two cen-turies and a half. In the second half of the fifteen
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