>They
>(the nobility) have become believers in the inevitiablilty of his return,
>which is why the final death of the Emperor is such a shock.
How can they tell? According to you, it's treachery to elect a new Emperor, yet as soon as the Emperor disappears come 1628, they appoint a new one. What stops them looking even harder given that they are believers in the inevitability of his return?
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