Maurice
Maurice 1521-53, duke (1541-47) and elector (1547-53) of Saxony. A member of the Albertine branch of the ruling house of Saxony, he became duke of Albertine Saxony during the Protestant Reformation. Although a Protestant, he was more swayed by political than by religious motives. In 1546 he made an agreement with Holy Roman Emperor Charles V by which he was to receive, in return for deserting the Protestants of the Schmalkaldic League , the lands and title of his cousin, Elector John Frederick I of Saxony, ruler of the Ernestine portion of Saxony. He fought for Charles in the Schmalkaldic War and after the battle of Mühlberg (1547) received the electorate and a portion of his cousin's lands. However, Maurice's disgust with the emperor's ill-treatment of the Protestant leader Philip of Hesse , and his still unsatisfied ambition, led him to turn against Charles. After raising an army for the execution of the ban against Magdeburg, with which he had been entrusted, he formed an alliance with Henry II of France (1551). In the war that followed Maurice nearly captured Charles at Innsbruck. He forced Charles to free Philip and to conclude (1552) the Treaty of Passau . In 1553, Maurice was killed in a battle against Albert Alcibiades of Brandenburg-Kulmbach.
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Images of Language: Six Essays on German Attitudes to European Languages from 1500 to 1800.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 7/1/2001; ; 700+ words
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Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 12/26/1998; ; 700+ words
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Business Wire; 3/18/2002; 700+ words
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Business Wire; 2/26/2001; 700+ words
; ...which is designed for the German marketplace and adds German language support to the industry...adoption of technology, the German market is prime for Eprise...support for both English and German languages, is available now supporting...
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PR Newswire; 3/13/1996; 700+ words
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Magazine article from: German Quarterly; 4/1/2006; ; 700+ words
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Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/11/1987; ; 700+ words
; For centuries the German language has terrified even the most...is promoting the study of the language around the world. Already...growing attractiveness of other languages. "English is a language that you can get around with...
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Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 7/12/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Karsten Heye, a senior German spokesman, argued recently...English, French and the language of the country holding the EU presidency, the language of the most populous country is also a working language." This has stirred fears...three ever-present working languages of the EU, before ...
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Nuance Adds German Language Capabilities to Speech Recognition and Language Understanding Software
PR Newswire; 6/16/1998; 700+ words
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German language
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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German Literature and Language
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
GERMAN LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE GERMAN LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE. German literature of the early modern period is as heterogeneous as the patchwork of principalities constituting the Holy Roman Empire at this time. The variety of literary forms...
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GERMAN
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
GERMAN A GERMANIC LANGUAGE of Western Europe, the official language of Germany and Austria, and an official language of Switzerland (with FRENCH...is widely used as a second language in Turkey and in the former...speakers, it ranks tenth among languages in world terms and first in...
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Germans
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...group united by a common language and a common political heritage...former Soviet Union. The German terrain rises from the Northern...approximately 7 million ethnic Germans left Eastern Europe and resettled...additional 3 million East Germans fled to West Germany before...linguistic Affiliation. ...
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German literature
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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