An Outline History of Switzerland: From the Origins to the Present Day |
Contents
Foreword | 8 |
Towns and Urban Leagues | 14 |
Foundation and Growth of the Swiss Confederation | 21 |
Copyright | |
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Aargau agricultural Alfred Escher alliance Allied Cantons Alpine Alps Appenzell Association Basle battle battle of Morgarten became Berne Burgundian Wars canton of Zurich Catholic cantons central Switzerland century cities commercial conflict count of Toggenburg country's crisis defence democrats economic elected eral expansion export-related industries farmers Federal Constitution Federal Council foreign forest cantons France French Fribourg Gallen Geneva German German-speaking Gotthard Government Graubünden guilds Habsburg Helvetic Helvetic Republic joint dependencies Jura land large number leaders league liberal Lucerne ment mercenaries middle-class military neutrality Nidwalden nobles old Confederation onward organizations overlords Parliament patrician peasants political population privileges Protestant radical railway referendum Reformation revolution Roman ruling families rural areas Savoy Schaffhausen Schwyz social social-democratic party Solothurn Sonderbund sovereignty strike struggle subject territories Swiss Confederation Swiss Federal Swiss workers tariff textile tion took towns trade unions treaty Unterwalden urban Valais valley Vaud vote World Δ Δ