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The Nile on eBay Germany and the Holy Roman Empire by Joachim Whaley In the first single-author account of German history from the Reformation to the early nineteenth century since… Mehr…
The Nile on eBay Germany and the Holy Roman Empire by Joachim Whaley In the first single-author account of German history from the Reformation to the early nineteenth century since Hajo Holborn's study written in the 1950s, Dr Whaley provides a full account of the history of the Holy Roman Empire. Volume II extends from the Peace of Westphalia to the Dissolution of the Reich. FORMATHardcover LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description Germany and the Holy Roman Empire offers a new interpretation of the development of German-speaking central Europe and the Holy Roman Empire or German Reich, from the great reforms of 1495-1500 to its dissolution in 1806 after the turmoil of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Going against the notion that this was a long period of decline, Joachim Whaley shows how imperial institutions developed in response to the crises of the sixteenth andseventeenth centuries, notably the Reformation and Thirty Years War, and assesses the impact of international developments on the Reich. Central themes are the tension between Habsburg aspirations to create aGerman monarchy and the desire of the German princes and cities to maintain their traditional rights, and how the Reich developed the functions of a state during this period. The first single-author account of German history from the Reformation to the early nineteenth century since Hajo Holborn's study written in the 1950s, it also illuminates the development of the German territories subordinate to the Reich. Whaley explores the implications of the Reformation andsubsequent religious reform movements, both Protestant and Catholic, and the Enlightenment for the government of both secular and ecclesiastical principalities, the minor territories of counts and knightsand the cities. The Reich and the territories formed a coherent and workable system and, as a polity, the Reich developed its own distinctive political culture and traditions of German patriotism over the early modern period. Whaley explains the development of the Holy Roman Empire as an early modern polity and illuminates the evolution of the several hundred German territories within it. He gives a rich account of topics such as the Reformation, the Thirty Years War,Pietism and baroque Catholicism, the Aufklärung or German Enlightenment and the impact on the Empire and its territories of the French Revolution and Napoleon. It includes consideration of language,cultural aspects and religious and intellectual movements. Germany and the Holy Roman Empire engages with all the major debates among both German and English-speaking historians about early modern German history over the last sixty years and offers a striking new interpretation of this important period.Volume II starts with the end of the Thirty Years War and extends to the dissolution of the Reich Author Biography Joachim Whaley read History at Christ's College Cambridge. He held Fellowships in History at Christ's College and Robinson College before becoming a Lecturer in German in the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages at Cambridge, where he teaches German history, thought, and language. He is the author of Religious Toleration and Social Change in Hamburg 1529-1819 and of numerous articles on early modern and modern German history. He was elected a Fellow ofthe Royal Historical Society in 1984, and Fellow of the British Academy in 2015. Table of Contents Preface to Volume III. Reconstruction and Resurgence 1648-1705: the Reich under Ferdinand III and Leopold I1: Historians and the Reich after the Thirty Years War2: The Last Years of Ferdinand III: Western Leagues and Northern Wars3: From Ferdinand III to Leopold I4: Leopold I and his Foreign Enemies5: A New Turkish Threat6: Renewed Conflict with France7: The Emperor, the Perpetual Reichstag, the Kreise, and Imperial Justice8: Imperial Networks: the Reichskirche and the Imperial Cities9: The Imperial Court at Vienna and Dynastic Elevations in the Reich10: The Nature of the Reich: Projects and Culture11: Interpretations of the Leopoldine ReicII. Consolidation and Crisis 1705-1740: the Reich under Joseph I and Charles VI1: Two Wars and Three Emperors2: Leopold I, Joseph I, and the War of Spanish Succession3: Joseph I and the Government of the Reich4: Charles VI: Fruition or Decline?5: Conflicting Priorities: c.1714 - c.17306: Charles VI and the Government of the Reich7: The Return of Confessional Politics?8: The Problem of the Austrian Succession9: The Ebb of Imperial Power 1733-40?10: The Reich in PrintIII. The German Territories, c. 1648-c.17401: An Age of Absolutism?2: Contemporary Perceptions: From Reconstruction to Early Enlightenment3: Sonderwege: the Smaller Territories4: Sonderwege: Austria and Brandenburg-Prussia5: The Revival of the Court and the Development of Territorial Government6: The Court: its Culture, its Functions, and its Critics7: The Development of Military Power8: Princes and Estates9: An Oppressed Peasantry?10: Government and Society11: Government and Economic Development12: Public and Private Enterprise13: Christian Polities: Baroque Catholicism14: Christian Polities: the Territories of the Reichskirche15: Christian Polities: Protestant Orthodoxy and Renewal16: From Coexistence to Toleration?17: Enlightenment and PatriotismIV. Decline or Maturity? The Reich from Charles VII to Leopold II, c. 1740-17921: Three Emperors and a King2: Silesian Wars, 1740-17633: Managing the Reich without the Habsburgs: Charles VII (1742-45)4: The Return of the Habsburgs: Francis I (1745-1765)5: The Reich without Enemies? Germany and Europe 1763-17926: Renewal: Joseph II 1765-c.17767: The Great Reform Debate: Joseph II c. 1778-17908: Restoration: Leopold II 1790-929: Central and Intermediate Institutions of the Reich10: The Reich, the Public Sphere, and the NationV. The German Territories in the Later Eighteenth Century1: Enlightenment and the Problem of Reform2: Crisis and Opportunity3: The Challenge of the Enlightenment and the Public Sphere4: Protestant, Catholic and Jewish Aufklärung5: Aufklärung and Government6: Cameralism, Physiocracy, and the Provisioning of Society7: Economic Policy: Manufactures, Guilds, Welfare, and Taxation8: Administration, Law, and Justice9: Education and Toleration10: Courts and Culture11: The Impact of Reform: Immunity against Revolution?VI. War and Dissolution: the Reich 1792-18061: Ruptures and Continuities2: The Reich in the Revolutionary Wars3: Reverberations of the French Revolution: Unrest and Uprisings4: Reverberations of the French Revolution: Intellectuals5: Schemes for the Reform of the Reich in the 1790s6: The Peace of Lunéville (1801) and the Reichsdeputationshauptschluß (1803)7: The Transformation of the Reich 1803-058: Final Attempts at Reform and the Dissolution of the Reich 1806VII. ConclusionGlossaryA Note on Terminology and UsageA Note on maps and other online resourcesAbbreviationsBibliography Review Whaley sees the Reich as a continually reforming, diverse but legally ordered polity, rather than some kind of bizarre monstrosity or collective fiction. His two volumes are exceptionally well written and highly nuanced and reflect the latest scholarship. Indeed, they represent a huge personal achievementthey will provide a standard of scholarship against which all future works will be measured. * Alan Sked Reviews in History *... its complexity and sophistication ...[the] stupendous breadth and depth of Whaley's knowledge. The two volumes are full of incisive chapters on topics as diverse as economic policies, religious reform movements, court culture ... skilfully crafted and engrossing narrative... * Michael Schaich, Times Literary Supplement *superb and authoritative study. * Peter Oborne, Daily Telegraph *Whaley's account is one of the best works on early modern German history. From the first page to the last, it shows how German history can be presented as both a history of Emperor and Empire, and a history of common culture. It will immediately establish itself as a standard guide to its subject. * Georg Schmidt, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena *[Whaley's] skilfully crafted and engrossing narrative shows with great lucidity how enduring and successful were the constitutional structures put in place around 1500. * Times Literary Supplement *the most comprehensive survey of Germany's early modern history ever undertaken, the first book of its kind since the 1950s, and one of the most substantial works of historical scholarship published in the UK in 2011. * Research Horizons, University of Cambridge *An enterprise of this magnitude requires a steady hand on the tiller, as the author steers between the rocks of historiographical controversy and the shoals of submerged detail Whaley accomplishes his argosy with poise and style. These two volumes, which will undoubtedly become a first point of reference, are a remarkable achievement of which the author should feel justly proud. * Tom Scott, English Historical Review *essential reading * Edward Bradbury, Contemporary Review *surpasses [all previous works in English] in its scope, precision and carefully thought-out conceptual framework. There is also currently no work in German that can compete with this magnum opus in terms of wealth of information and its profound understanding of the structures and dynamics of the Old Reich. * Heinz Duchhardt, Mitteilungen des Instituts für Österreichischen Geschichtsforschung *an overall account whose methodological reflection, thematic range, and wealth of detail are unparalleled....these two volumes will quickly become standard works. * Stefan Ehrenpreis, German Historical Institute London Bulletin *His work, though different in emphasis and organisation, stands equal with the major German speaking syntheses today existing such as by Horst Rabe, Karl Otmar von Aretin, Heinz Schilling, or Georg Schmidt. His detaile, Oxford University Press<
