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| | A SURVEY OF RENAISSANCE EUROPE |
 | | The failure of the Ottonian and Hohenstaufen emperors to erect a powerful and centralized state doomed "Germany" to be nothing more than a geographical term well into modern times. |
 | | By the end of the era they were Emperor, King of Spain, King of Portugal, King of Bohemia, King of Naples and Sicily, Duke of Burgundy, Duke of Milan, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Tyrol, Duke of Carinthia, and overlord of vast lands in the New World. |
 | | The princes chased the Emperor from Germany, defeated a subordinate commander (left by Charles when he left the Empire for the last time) and restored peace through their own efforts with the signing of the Treaty of Passau. |
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