. The Bookshelf for boys and girls Historic Tales and Golden Deeds part 4. For a dark cloud began to grow over the Neth-erlands when by seizure, purchase, succession, ormarriage of heiresses, the most considerable ofits states passed under the sway of the Dukes ofBurgundy. We know how these dukes wished toannex Switzerland as well as the Netherlands andmake one long, independent kingdom betweenFrance and Germany. The crafty Louis XI. hadmuch to say about this, and was at constant war-fare with Duke Charles the Bold. From thedaughter and sole heiress of this bad as well asbold man were wrested
. The Bookshelf for boys and girls Historic Tales and Golden Deeds part 4. For a dark cloud began to grow over the Neth-erlands when by seizure, purchase, succession, ormarriage of heiresses, the most considerable ofits states passed under the sway of the Dukes ofBurgundy. We know how these dukes wished toannex Switzerland as well as the Netherlands andmake one long, independent kingdom betweenFrance and Germany. The crafty Louis XI. hadmuch to say about this, and was at constant war-fare with Duke Charles the Bold. From thedaughter and sole heiress of this bad as well asbold man were wrested charters of privileges,commonly called the Great Charter—afterwardforming the foundation of greater liberty by thefirst regular assembly of the States General, themembers of which were sent from the provincesand great cities of the Netherlands. This young duchess, Mary, married Maximilianof the Hapsburg family, Duke of Austria, andlater Holy Roman Emperor. Their son, Philip,succeeded to his mothers dominions, and he mar-ried Joanna, the daughter of Ferdinand and Isa-. By permission of Franz Hanfstaengel. GRETCHEN AND KATCHEN. ENGRAVED FROM A PICTURE BY THEODORE CRUST. II. 21; 381 322 HOLLAND AND BELGIUM bclla of Spain, elder sister of Catherine of Ara-gon. Their son was the famous Charles V., who gath-ered into his hand the rule of the Netherlandswith that of Spain and Austria. All these coun-tries hated each other, and the liberties of theNetherlands were in terrible danger from a princewho firmly believed that he had the sole right ofdisposing of the persons and lives of his subjects,as well as deciding their faith and religion. THE SPANISH TYRANT WHO PERSE-CUTED THE NETHERLANDERS Charles, in spite of his wide empire, was alwaysin want of money, and he required the rich citiesof the Netherlands, especially Ghent, to furnishit whenever he chose to ask for it: and when de-nied, he took away all the charters and rights ofthose who opposed him, and fined or executed
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