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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 believe The 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 for...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Stollberg-Rilinger, Barbara (Autor)
Otros Autores: Mintzker, Yair (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • What was the Holy Roman Empire of the German nation?
  • A body made of head and limbs
  • Institutional consolidation, 1495-1521
  • The challenge of the reformation, 1521-1555
  • From the consolidation to the crisis of the imperial institutions, 1555-1618
  • The Thirty Years' War and the peace of Westphalia
  • The Westphalian order and the renewed rise of the Emperor
  • Political polarization, 1740-1790
  • The dissolution of the Empire, 1790-1806
  • Once again: what was the Holy Roman Empire?