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Spirit and Essence of the Religious Movement 325 Its Influence on the Doctrine of the Visible Church 327 How far it promoted Civil and Religious Liberty 329 Its Effect upon the Mediæval Theory of the Empire 332 Upon the Position of the Emperor in Europe 333 Dissensions in Germany 334 The Thirty Years' War 335 CHAPTER XIX. The Peace of Westphalia: Last Stage in the Decline of the Empire. Political Import of the Peace of Westphalia 337 Hippolytus a Lapide and his Book 339 Changes in the Germanic Constitution 340 Narrowed Bounds of the Empire 341 Condition of Germany after the Peace 342 The Balance of Power 345 The Hapsburg Emperors and their Policy 348 The Emperor Charles VII 351 The Empire in its last Phase 352 Feelings of the German People 354 CHAPTER XX. Fall of the Empire. The Emperor Francis II 356 Napoleon as the Representative of the Carolingians 357 The French Empire 360 Napoleon's German Policy 361 The Confederation of the Rhine 362 End of the Empire 363 The German Confederation 364 CHAPTER XXI. Conclusion: General Summary. Causes of the Perpetuation of the Name of Rome 366 Parallel instances: Claims now made to represent the Roman Empire 367 Parallel afforded by the History of the Papacy 369 In how far was the Empire really Roman public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@44101@[email protected]#Page_374" class="pginternal"