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Letter XVIII on a Chinese envoy and European war plans
In this fragment, Lien Chi Ahangi recounts a Westminster Abbey walk interrupted by a Charivari scene between Dr Carbuncle and his wife, discusses jealousies, marital justice in England, and compares Russian customs. The letter then shifts to foreign affairs with a political essay on Spain, the Ottoman Empire, and the House of Austria detailing dynastic marriages, acquisitions, and the rise and decline of European powers through Rudolph I to Charles V and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster Abbey
Fill
India
Persia
Turkey
China
England
Pihaman
Fum Hoam
S Am
Spain
Morocco
Algerines
Pyrates
Algiers
Naples
Tuscany
Adriatic
Sardinia
Venice
Lombardy
Italy
House of Austria
Prussia
France
House of Bourbon
Europe
Austria
Rudolph I
Auspurgh
Hapsburg
Germany
Mariana
Ottocarus
Bohemia
Duchy of
Albert
Albert I
Swabia
Albert J
Hungary
Elector of
Bavaria
Albert II
Frederick III
Maximilian
Charles
Burgundy
Low Countries
Philip
Ferdinand
Iabella
Charles V
Spain and
The
Indies
Sicily
Philip II
West
East Indies
Francis I
Portugal
west-Indies
Munster
Ferdinand I
Richlieu
Mazarin
Charles VI