The Holy Roman Empire: A Short History

The Holy Roman Empire: A Short History
ISBN-10
0691217319
ISBN-13
9780691217314
Series
The Holy Roman Empire
Category
History
Pages
184
Language
English
Published
2021-05-11
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Author
Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger

Description

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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