The book History of Friedrich Ii of Prussia — volume 02 was written by author Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881 Here you can read free online of History of Friedrich Ii of Prussia — volume 02 book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is History of Friedrich Ii of Prussia — volume 02 a good or bad book?
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1338), the big Orlamunde people, having at length, as was too usual, fallen considerably insolvent, sold Plassenburg Castle itself, the Plassenburg with its Town of Culmbach and dependencies, to theHohenzollern Burggraves, [Rentsch, p. 157. ] who had always ready moneyabout them. Who in this way got most of the Voigtland, with a fineFortress, into hand; and had, independently of Nurnberg and its Imperialproperties, an important Princely Territory of their own. Margraviateor Principality of CULM...BACH (Plassenburg being only the Castle) was thegeneral title; but more frequently in later times, being oftenest splitin two between brothers unacquainted with primogeniture, there were twoMargraviates made of it: one of Baireuth, called also "Margraviate Onthe Hill;" and one of Anspach, "Margraviate Under the Hill:" of which, in their modern designations, we shall by and by hear more than enough. Thus are the Hohenzollern growing, and never declining: by these fewinstances judge of many. Of their hard labors, and the storms they hadto keep under control, we could also say something: How the two youngSons of the Burggraf once riding out with their Tutor, a big hound oftheirs in one of the streets of Nurnberg accidentally tore a child; andthere arose wild mother's-wail; and "all the Scythe-smiths turned out, "fire-breathing, deaf to a poor Tutor's pleadings and explainings; andhow the Tutor, who had ridden forth in calm humor with two Princes, camegalloping home with only one, --the Smiths having driven another intoboggy ground, and there caught and killed him; [Rentsch, p.
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