History
Prussia was much strengthened and, even more important, her new strength was in Ger man lands rather than foreign. The cession of the western provinces to Prussia made it clear once again that there was no intention of restoring the prelates and princes who had ruled hi that area before the revolution. The Holy Roman Empire was officially buried. Austria did not get an increase in German lands other than regaining the areas that Napoleon had given to Bavaria. Instead she added to her non-Germanic possessions by receiving Lombardy and Venetia in Italy as compensation for relinquishing Belgium and some of the small west German possessions of the Hapsburg family. prev     next
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