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The Holy Roman Empire : A Short History /

A new interpretation of the Holy Roman Empire that reveals why it was not a failed state as many historians believeThe Holy Roman Empire emerged in the Middle Ages as a loosely integrated union of German states and city-states under the supreme rule of an emperor. Around 1500, it took on a more form...

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Autor principal: Stollberg-Rilinger, Barbara (Autor)
Otros Autores: Mintzker, Yair (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2018]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION
  • A NOTE ON THE TRANSLATION
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. What Was the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation?
  • 2. A Body Made of Head and Limbs
  • 3. Institutional Consolidation, 1495-1521
  • 4. The Challenge of the Reformation, 1521-1555
  • 5. From the Consolidation to the Crisis of the Imperial Institutions, 1555-1618
  • 6. The Thirty Years' War and the Peace of Westphalia
  • 7. The Westphalian Order and the Renewed Rise of the Emperor
  • 8. Political Polarization, 1740-1790
  • 9. The Dissolution of the Empire, 1790-1806
  • 10. Once Again: What Was the Holy Roman Empire?
  • THE ROMAN- GERMAN EMPERORS OF THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD
  • SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX