Germany under the old regime, 1600-1790
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Germany under the old regime, 1600-1790
(Longman history of Germany)
Longman, 1991
- : hard
- : pbk.
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Includes bibliographical references
Includes index
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: hard ISBN 9780582491052
Description
This is one of the titles to be published in a sequence of books covering the history of Germany from Charlemagne to the present day. Intended for students, scholars and the interested general readers, these are interpretative surveys, examining the society, economy, religion and culture of the German lands within a firm political fromework. This survey begins with the background to the Thirty Years War (1618-48). this disastrous conflict, fought chiefly on German soil, was the last act of a long crisis that determined the basic outline of German public life for the next 150 years. Germany was a territorially-fragmented, politically - and religiously - divided society, but beneath the divisions lay a complex of interrelated institutions, practices, customs, habits and perspectives which nevertheless define a single and cohesive German people.
Table of Contents
- Germany in 1600 - the land and the people
- drifts and eddies towards war
- the nightmare begins - the Bohemian war
- Habsburg triumphs, Protestant defeats
- from one insecure peace to another - 1629-1635
- eternal war as lifestyle
- peace at last
- the development of territorial autocracy 1
- the development of territorial autocracy 2
- the German economy, 1650-1800 - population and agriculture
- the German economy, 1650-1800 - industry, commerce, and finance
- the structure of German society, 1650-1800
- German culture after 1648 - religion and education
- German culture after 1648 - religion and education
- German culture after 1648 - literature, architecture, and music
- the early enlightenment to 1750
- the legacies of westphalia and beyond (1648-1685/99)
- Germany in the maelstrom of war, 1685-1721
- Austria and the larger German states to 1740
- the northern Sparta - Brandenburg-Prussia, 1640-1740
- the Austro-Prussian dualism, 1740-1763
- the development of Prussia and Austria, 1763-1790
- the German powers, the Empire, and the territories at the end of an era
- the later German enlightenment
- the revival of German letters after 1740.
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: pbk. ISBN 9780582491069
Description
German history in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries is notoriously inaccessible to non-specialists. When other European countries were well on the way to becoming nation states, Germany remained frozen as a territorially-fragmented, politically and religiously-divided society. The achievement of this major contribution to the new History of Germany is to do justice to the variety and multiplicity of the period without foundering under the wealth of information it conveys.
Table of Contents
List of maps
Preface
1. Germany in 1600: The Land and the People
2. Drifts and Eddies Towards War
3. The Nightmare Begins: The Bohemian War
4. Habsburg Triumphs, Protestant Defeats
5. From One Insecure Peace to Another: 1629-1635
6. Eternal War as Lifestyle
7. Peace at Last
8. The Development of Territorial Autocracy I
9. Development of Territorial Autocracy II
10. The German Economy 1650-1800: Industry, Commerce and Finance
11. The German Economy 1650-1800
13. German Culture after 1648: Religion and Education
14. German Culture after 1648: Literature, Architecture and Music
15. The Early Enlightenment to 1750
16. The Legacies of Westphalia and Beyond 1648-1685/99
17. Germany in the Maelstrom of War 1685-1721
18. Austria and the Larger German States to 1740
19. The Northern Sparta: Brandenburg-Prussia 1640-1740
20. The Austro-Prussian Dualism 1740-1763
21. The Development of Prussia and Austria 1763-1790
22. The German Powers, the Empire and the Territories at the end of an Era
23. The Later German Enlightenment
24. The Revival of German Letters after 1740
Bibliography
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Index
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