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    Joel Epstein: How Haiti, Scott Brown and the Underwear Bomber Can Move Us to Action Rather Than Gloom 2010

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  • At the unfortunate peace of Cateau-Cambrésis, a clerk of Philip

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

  • The Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis (April 3, 1559) involved the abandonment of French possessions, except Turin, Saluzzo, and Pignerol.

    1529, Aug. 3 2001

  • The last war between Charles and the French kings, ending in the Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis (April 3, 1559) (See 1556–59).

    1520-21 2001

  • Victories of the Spaniards under the duke of Alva, at St. Quentin (Aug. 10, 1557) and at Gravelines (July 13, 1558), led to the Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis (April 3, 1559), which reaffirmed the Spanish possession of Franche-Comté and the Italian states.

    1520-21 2001

  • But, if we have reason to think that the treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis was accompanied by no secret and formal stipulations having reference to a combined assault upon Protestantism, we at least know that the negotiations it occasioned gave rise to a singular disclosure of the policy of Philip the Second in the Netherlands -- a policy which he deemed applicable to Christendom entire.

    The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) Henry Martyn Baird

  • The treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis contained but one article on the subject of religion -- that which bound the monarchs of Spain and France to put forth their united exertions for securing a "holy universal council."

    The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) Henry Martyn Baird

  • The French were defeated in two great battles, and were forced to agree to the terms of a treaty (Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis, 1559) so advantageous to Spain as to give Philip great distinction in the eyes of all Europe.

    General History for Colleges and High Schools Philip Van Ness Myers

  • The latter had not forgotten the little account made in the treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis of his wife's claim upon Spanish Navarre, and was indisposed to form a close alliance with the chief negotiator.

    The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) Henry Martyn Baird

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