The States-System of Europe.

THE

STATES-SYSTEM OF EUROPE;

BEING

A COURSE OF LECTURES,

EXPOSING

Modern Functionary-ism and Diplomacy.

BY DR. REINHOLD SOLGER.

EDITED BY REV. P. R. WILLANS.

"O rois soyez grands, car le peuple grandit."-VICTOR HUGO.

London:

ROBERT THEOBALD, 26, PATERNOSTER ROW;
HALIFAX: T. & W. BIRTWHISTLE, NORTHGATE.

MDCCCLIV.

223.9.27.

T. AND W. BIRTWHISTLE, PRINTERS, NORTHGATE, HALIFAX.

Origin and Character of the " Balance of Power."-The Treaties

of 1648 and of 1815.

The Blunder of Radicalism..

Differences between Pope and Emperor-their Tendency

House of Hapsburgh. Europe in A. D. 1300—A. D. 1500

Dismemberment of Germany and Italy-its Cause..

Change of the Theory of Continental Government ..

Families struggle for Ascendancy

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