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A small rectangular decorative ornament with floral patterns.
1620.
of the hidden, un-GermanIn this context, "un-German" (unteutsch) was a polemical term used to accuse the Protestant princes of betraying the Holy Roman Empire by seeking foreign alliances., and harmful councils, schemes, and machinations which the leaders and directors of the corresponding UnionThe Protestant Union, a coalition of Protestant German states formed in 1608 under the leadership of Frederick V of the Palatinate and Christian of Anhalt. conducted during the Bohemian UnrestThe Bohemian Revolt (1618–1620), the opening phase of the Thirty Years' War., to the greatest danger of that Crown and the Holy Roman Empire; and which, by the special providence of God—through the serious and notable Bohemian defeat before PragueThe Battle of White Mountain, fought on November 8, 1620, where the Catholic Imperial forces decisively defeated the "Winter King" Frederick V. that took place this past November 8—were found original: "in originali" in the original within the Secret Chancery of Anhalt and are now made known to the world.
A small decorative floral fleuron.