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Otto von Bismarck, who rose to power in the middle of the 19th century, was one of the most…
It is hard to separate Martin Luther from the Reformation, or both of them from the crisis of Europe…
In the early 1800s, Italy was not a country, but a collection of kingdoms, duchies, and provinces ruled by…
