Prague, Treaty of.
A treaty signed by Prussia, Austria and Italy, after the defeat of Austria at Sadowa in 1866. Prussia annexed Hanover, Schleswig-Holstein, Hesse-Cassel and Nassau. Austria renounced all right of interference in the North German States, as President of the Diet, and further ceded the Venetian provinces to Italy.
Praguerie.
A revolt of the Dukes of Bourbon and Alençon and other great nobles against Charles VII in 1439, owing to the imposition, by the Ordonnance of Orléans, of a tax on their lands for military purposes. They were joined by the Dauphin Louis, but were defeated by Charles in 1440, when the war came to an end. It broke out again, but was finally suppressed in 1441.
Prairie State.
The State of Illinois, U.S.A., is so called from the vast expanse of level prairie it contains.
Precariae.
Grants of Church lands to laymen during the Middle Ages, often extorted by force. They were generally for the life of the grantee, but were sometimes renewed to his successor.
Predial Servitude.
The condition of villeinage under the feudal system. See Villeins.