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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Stollberg-Rilinger, Barbara (Author)
Other Authors: Mintzker, Yair (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Alemán
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
HISTORY > Europe > Germany.
Holy Roman Empire > History.
Saint Empire romain germanique > Histoire.
Europe > Holy Roman Empire
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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?

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