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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Catholic League

(The), 1614. A confederacy of Catholics to counter-balance the Evangelic League (q.v.) of Bohemia. The two Leagues kept Germany in perpetual disturbance, and ultimately led to the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648).

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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