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RELATIONS OF BOHEMIA TO POLAND AND TO THE EMPIRE IN THE ELEVENTH, TWELFTH, AND THIRTEENTH CENTURIES 33-66

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Effect of the Hungarian invasions on the position of Bohemia--The struggles between Bohemia and Poland--Romantic stories of Oldr̆ich and Brac̆islav--Revival of the Slavonic ritual--Brac̆islav’s victories in Poland--The

## scene in the Church at Gnesen--Invasion of Bohemia by

Henry III.--The Pr̆emyslovci made hereditary Dukes--Spitihnĕv’s anti-German policy--Election and policy of Vratislav--The family opposition and its results--Relations with Henry IV.--The first Bohemian king--Relations with the Hohenstauffen--Vladislav’s policy and the opposition of the nobles--Frederick Barbarossa--The second King of Bohemia--Bohemians in Italy--Summary of Vladislav’s reign--New disorders--Election of Pr̆emysl--Divisions in the Empire and their effect on the Bohemian position--Contests of King and Priest--Breach between Bohemia and the Empire--Conquest of Austria by Bohemia--Accession of Ottakar II.