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unusual facts about History of Europe


Princess

As women slowly gained more autonomy and respect in European history, the title of princess became simply the female counterpart of prince; it does not necessarily imply being merely married to a prince, she may be the unmarried daughter of a monarch or other royal or noble of sufficient rank (king, queen, prince, grand duke, duke, or other).



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Bosnian crisis

Anderson, Frank Maloy and Amos Shartle Hershey; Handbook for the Diplomatic History of Europe, Asia, and Africa 1870–1914.

Florentine Histories

The first of the eight books is a general picture of the history of Europe from the fall of the Western Roman Empire to 1215; the second book actually begins to discuss the history of Florence, with the narration of the feud between Buondelmenti/Donati and Uberti/Amidei, that according to tradition corroborated by Dante would unchain the conflict between Guelphs and Ghibellines in the city.

Hans Prutz

Then turning to a wider theme Prutz contributed to Onckens university history the two volumes on the political history of Europe during the Middle Ages (Staatengeschichte des Abendlandes Im Mittelalter, Berlin, 1885-1887).