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Since 1614 no Estates General had been called together.
The Story of Mankind 1921
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In 1439 the Estates General approved a plan devised by the king, for putting an end to this evil.
An Introduction to the History of Western Europe James Harvey Robinson 1899
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The King summoned the Estates General, and agreed to the establishment of an administration for Belgium separate from that of Holland: but the storm was not allayed; and the appearance of
A History of Modern Europe, 1792-1878 Charles Alan Fyffe 1868
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