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| | Edward Bernstein: Ferdinand Lassalle (Chap.2) |
 | | Sickingen, a Franconian nobleman, was one of those nobles who, at the time of the Reformation, stood out not only against the princes of the various German states, but also against the rule of the Church of Rome in Germany. |
 | | Sickingen was defeated by the superior armies of the princes, and fell, mortally wounded, at Landsthul in 1523. |
 | | This truly remarkable man, Franz von Sickingen, and his friend and adviser, Ulrich von Hutten, are the heroes of the drama, and it is difficult to say which of the two, the military man and statesman, or the representative of the views of the small German nobility, is the more interesting. |
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