PRIVILEGES confined to the nobles, [187].
PROTEST of the minority at the diet of Spires, [116].
PROTESTANTISM, spread of, in Europe, [163].
its working for liberty, [264].
PROTESTANTS, assembly of, at Smalkalde, [121].
refusal of the, to assist Charles V, [122].
contributions of the, to expel the Turks, [122].
increase of the, [123].
the, reject the council of Trent, [124].
ruin of the army of the, by Charles V., [126].
party of the, predominant in Germany, [183].
shameful quarreling among the, [190].
union of, at Aschhausen, [194].
opposition of the, to Matthias, [206].
their demands on Matthias, [207].
reasonable demands of, [211].
forces of the, vanquished at Pritznitz, [259].
secret combinations of the, for the rising of the, [267].
concessions to, revoked by Ferdinand, [276].
the, prefer the Duke of Bavaria to any of the family of Ferdinand, [279].
loss of the, in the death of Gustavus, [296].
pleasure of the, at the entry of Frederic into Silesia, [419].
PRUSSIA, inhabited by a pagan race, [20].
alliance of, with Austria, [459].
alliance of, with England, [466].
a subsidy voted to, by England, [475].
formidable preparations against, [470].
PRUSSIANS, the, driven from Bohemia, [450].
RAAB taken by the Turks, [147].
RAGOTSKY (Francis), leader of the rebellion, [333].
assembles a diet, [349].
chosen dux, or leader, [350].
outlawed, and escape of, [351].
RATISBON, diet at, in 1629, [275].
refusal of, to accept Ferdinand's word, [276].
REFORMATION, commencement of the, [103].