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| Title | The story of Nuremberg |
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| Publisher | J. M. Dent & Co. |
| Date | 1899 |
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| Language | English |
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| Original Item Extent | 303 pages; 18 cm |
| Original Item Location | DD901.N93 H4 1899 |
| Original Item URL | http://library.uh.edu/record=b1684865~S11 |
| Digital Collection | Exotic Impressions: Views of Foreign Lands |
| Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/exotic |
| Repository | Kenneth Franzheim II Rare Books Room, William R. Jenkins Architecture and Art Library, University of Houston Libraries |
| Repository URL | http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/william-r-jenkins-architecture-art-library |
| Use and Reproduction | No Copyright - United States |
| Identifier | exotic_201304_001 |
| Title | Page 21 |
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| File Name | exotic_201304_001_034.jpg |
| Transcript | Origin and Growth with gloved hand or mailed fist, the bonds of imj>< unity, a brilliant gathering of prill 1 at Nuremberg for the Reichstag in 1274. ron- icles arc full of stories to illustrate the character of their modern Solomon on th follow ing example will suffice:— A merchant complained that he had givt-n his host a purse of 200 silver marks to keep, hut tl led having re ceived them. The Bmperor thereupon ramtMsed the Ian.:. and several citizen-. They all eai ly tUOtSgl their best clothes. The landlord, In part! cap. which, as he stood before the Bmperor, 1. nervously in his hand. Rudolph took it from him and, putting it on. exclaimed thai an Bmperor. Then be went into the next room —apparently forgetting all ahout the 1 landlord meanwhile wai detained. The Bmperor ;> to the landlord's v. with a request In her husband's name that *he should give bearer that Sack of money she knew ahout. The ruy ceeded, and whilst the landlord eras emphatically asserting hi* innocence to the Emperor, ced to confound him. The wi • Ml crime by the payment of a heavy fine, One other record of K . Nuremberg we have-. It is illustrative of the violence of those times. In i2Sc; ,i grand tournament was held in honour of the King. In the courv afft von Hohenlohc had the misfortune to run his spear through the neck of Duke Ludwig von Baicrn, and the latter died of the wound. In consequence of I mischance such strife arose between the followers of the Duke and those of th< S that the Council had to take measures for I cc of the town. "bey barred the streets with chains and gaj risoncd | Rathaus as well as the : ! ckilj the quarrel was smoothed over and no further disturb..- took place. A few years latei Graf A n Nassau suc- |