Opponents of the emperor’s policy thought it was excessively indulgent toward the church and hostile toward the lay princes. Some of thiscriticismwas voiced among the ranks of the ecclesiastical reformers. Matters had come to such an impasse that Henry no longer pleased anyone. His demands on ...
Also ranks #15 on The Greatest Pianists of All Time Also ranks #25 on The Best Pianists in the World Bernhard Stavenhagen Dec. at 52 (1862-1914) Bernhard Stavenhagen (24 November 1862 – 25 December 1914) was a German pianist, composer and conductor. His musical style was influenced by...
many of whom had risen through the ranks or from the lowest strata of the population. However, as the French Army became almost exclusively an instrument for carrying out Napoleon’s aggressive plans and as it suffered tremendous losses, its combat qualities declined considerably. (For example, ...
In Eichstätt he was ordained to the priesthood by his uncle, after which he began spreading the gospel in that area. He then briefly sojourned in Thuringia, where he was reunited after a long separation with his brother, Winibald. Together the brothers returned to Eichstätt and founded...
was sorely felt later on. It was the highest treasure that the German nation possessed and during the War its loss could no longer be made good. Not only is it impossible to carry on the struggle itself if the storming battalions do not find the masses of the workers in their ranks; ...
Born to Silesian nobility, the son of a judge, Posadowsky-Wehner studied law in Berlin, Heidelberg and Breslau and earned a doctorate in law in 1867. He subsequently acquired an agricultural property, and entered politics in 1871, when he became a member of the province government in Posen....