See also:OTTO VON See also:PACK (c. 1480-1537)
, See also:German conspirator, studied at the university of See also:Leipzig, and obtained a responsible position under See also:George, See also:duke of See also:Saxony, which he lost owing to his dishonesty
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In 1528 he revealed to See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip, See also:landgrave of See also:Hesse, the details of a See also:- SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)
scheme agreed upon in See also:Breslau by the See also:archduke See also:Ferdinand, afterwards the See also:emperor Ferdinand I., and other influential princes, to conquer See also:Hungary for Ferdinand and then to attack the reformers in See also:Germany
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See also:Pack was sentto Hungary to See also:concert See also:joint See also:measures with See also:John Zapolya, the opponent of Ferdinand in that See also:country; but John, elector of Saxony, advised that the associates of Ferdinand should be asked to explain their conduct, and Pack's revelations were discovered to be false, the copy of the treaty which he had shown to Philip proving to be a See also:forgery
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For some See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time Pack lived the See also:life of a fugitive, finally reaching the See also:Netherlands, where he was seized at the See also:request of Duke George
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Examined under See also:torture he admitted the forgery, and the See also:government of the Netherlands passed See also:sentence of See also:death, which was carried out on the 8th of See also:February 1537
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This affair has given rise to an acute controversy as to whether Philip of Hesse was himself deceived by Pack, or was. his assistant in concocting the scheme
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See W
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See also:Schomburgk, See also:Die Packschen See also:Handel (Leipzig, 1882) ; H
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See also:Schwarz, Landgraf Philipp von Hessen and die Packschen Handel (Leipzig, 1881) ; St Ehses, Geschichte der Packschen Handel (See also:Freiburg, 1881) and Landgraf Philipp von Hessen and See also:Otto von Pack (Freiburg, 1886) ; and L. von See also:Ranke, Deutsche Geschichte See also:im Zeitalter der See also:Reformation (Leipzig, 1882)
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