The Holy Roman Empire - A Short History
Author(s): Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger; Yair Mintzker (Translator, Preface by)
From acclaimed historian Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger, an incomparable introduction to this momentous period in the history of Europe
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, and would endure until its dissolution in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars. Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger provides a concise history of the empire, presenting an interpretation of its unique political culture and remarkably durable institutions. In a narrative spanning three turbulent centuries, Stollberg-Rilinger shows how it was a political body unlike any other, bound together by personal loyalty and reciprocity, tradition and shared purpose, and constantly reenacted by solemn rituals.
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- : Princeton University Press
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- : 01 May 2021
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- : Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger; Yair Mintzker (Translator, Preface by)
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