The Rise And Fall Of The Holy Roman Empire

Author : David Criswell
Publisher : Publishamerica Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781413754735
Total Pages : 653 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rise and Fall of the Holy Roman Empire written by David Criswell and published by Publishamerica Incorporated. This book was released on 2005 with total page 653 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rise and Fall of the Holy Roman Empire is the only complete history of the Holy Roman Empure currently in print. The vain attempt of the Holy Roman Empire to restore the legacy of ancient Rome is recounted in full. Unlike other histories, Dr. Criswell covers both emperors and popes, who were by charter co-rulers of the empire, and discusses the whole empire as it extended at various times far beoynd Germany and Italy to Spain, England, France, and even to Constantiniople, Jerusalem, and the Americas. Preferring facts to interpretation, Dr. Criswell has presented this history as a chronoligcal narrative, discussing each and every emperor and pope, as well as the dominant kings of Europe, from the time of Charlemagne to the empire's fall under Napoleon. The result is a history that combines Church history with secular history and is the first comprehensive, yet conscise, history of the Holy Roman Empire.

Author : David Criswell
Publisher : Fortress Adonai
ISBN 13 : 9780692476550
Total Pages : 628 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rise and Fall of the Holy Roman Empire written by David Criswell and published by Fortress Adonai. This book was released on 2005-11 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The controversial history of the Holy Roman Empire is back in print. Attacked by revisionist historians for its integration of church history and the secular history of the Holy Roman Empire, "The Rise and Fall of the Holy Roman Empire" is the only complete history of the Holy Roman Empire from Charlemagne to Napoleon currently in print. Moreover, it deals not just with the emperors but with the larger empire as it was viewed by the medieval Europeans themselves. Every emperor and pope is discussed as well as the significant kings of Europe who helped shape the empire and the Middle Ages. Further, it traces the history of the various Christian sects and the evolution of the church. The Reformation did not arise out of nowhere; it was in the making for three hundred years or more. Consequently, this history is neither for those who believe religion to be the source of evil, nor for those who believe the papacy to be the pure uncorrupted line of Saint Peter. In the words of the author, "the Holy Roman Empire was a mixture of good and evil, and was the seed of everything good and evil that has since encompassed the globe ... Without the Holy Roman Empire, there are no middle ages; without the middle ages, there is no Reformation and no Renaissance; without the Reformation, there are no Puritans; without the Puritans, there is no modern democracy; without modern democracy, there is no modern world. Science, art, literature, and even modern democracy are all products of the Reformation and Renaissance yet without the middles ages, these would never have existed ... the Holy Roman Empire is the seed for everything good and bad that has happened since that time."

Author : Peter H. Wilson
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674058097
Total Pages : 1025 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heart of Europe written by Peter H. Wilson and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-04 with total page 1025 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Economist and Sunday Times Best Book of the Year “Deserves to be hailed as a magnum opus.” —Tom Holland, The Telegraph “Ambitious...seeks to rehabilitate the Holy Roman Empire’s reputation by re-examining its place within the larger sweep of European history...Succeeds splendidly in rescuing the empire from its critics.” —Wall Street Journal Massive, ancient, and powerful, the Holy Roman Empire formed the heart of Europe from its founding by Charlemagne to its destruction by Napoleon a millennium later. An engine for inventions and ideas, with no fixed capital and no common language or culture, it derived its legitimacy from the ideal of a unified Christian civilization—though this did not prevent emperors from clashing with the pope for supremacy. In this strikingly ambitious book, Peter H. Wilson explains how the Holy Roman Empire worked, why it was so important, and how it changed over the course of its existence. The result is a tour de force that raises countless questions about the nature of political and military power and the legacy of its offspring, from Nazi Germany to the European Union. “Engrossing...Wilson is to be congratulated on writing the only English-language work that deals with the empire from start to finish...A book that is relevant to our own times.” —Brendan Simms, The Times “The culmination of a lifetime of research and thought...an astonishing scholarly achievement.” —The Spectator “Remarkable...Wilson has set himself a staggering task, but it is one at which he succeeds heroically.” —Times Literary Supplement

Author : Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691217319
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Holy Roman Empire written by Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 formal structure with the establishment of powerful institutions--such as the Reichstag and Imperial Chamber Court--that would endure more or less intact until the empire's dissolution by Napoleon in 1806. Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger provides a concise history of the Holy Roman Empire, presenting an entirely new interpretation of the empire's political culture and remarkably durable institutions. Rather than comparing the empire to modern states or associations like the European Union, Stollberg-Rilinger shows how it was a political body unlike any other--it had no standing army, no clear boundaries, no general taxation or bureaucracy. She describes a heterogeneous association based on tradition and shared purpose, bound together by personal loyalty and reciprocity, and constantly reenacted by solemn rituals. In a narrative spanning three turbulent centuries, she takes readers from the reform era at the dawn of the sixteenth century to the crisis of the Reformation, from the consolidation of the Peace of Augsburg to the destructive fury of the Thirty Years' War, from the conflict between Austria and Prussia to the empire's downfall in the age of the French Revolution. Authoritative and accessible, The Holy Roman Empire is an incomparable introduction to this momentous period in the history of Europe.

Author : Edward Gibbon
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781347421888
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume 8 written by Edward Gibbon and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2015-12-05 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : James Bryce Bryce (Viscount)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Holy Roman Empire written by James Bryce Bryce (Viscount) and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Christopher Clark
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 014190402X
Total Pages : 816 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Iron Kingdom written by Christopher Clark and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2007-09-06 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Of the "Great Powers" that dominated Europe from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, Prussia is the only one to have vanished ... Iron Kingdom is not just good: it is everything a history book ought to be ... The nemesis of Prussia has cast such a long shadow that German historians have tiptoed around the subject. Thus it was left to an Englishman to write what is surely the best history of Prussia in any language' Sunday Telegraph

Author : Herald P. McKinley
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1502606771
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Persia, the Rise of Islam, and the Holy Roman Empire written by Herald P. McKinley and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn about the spread of culture from Middle East throughout Europe. Find out about Persia, Mohammad and the spread of Islam, and the beginnings of the Holy Roman Empire in this fascinating book.

Author : Martyn Rady
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 1541644492
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Habsburgs written by Martyn Rady and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2020-08-25 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive history of a powerful family dynasty who dominated Europe for centuries -- from their rise to power to their eventual downfall. In The Habsburgs, Martyn Rady tells the epic story of a dynasty and the world it built -- and then lost -- over nearly a millennium. From modest origins, the Habsburgs gained control of the Holy Roman Empire in the fifteenth century. Then, in just a few decades, their possessions rapidly expanded to take in a large part of Europe, stretching from Hungary to Spain, and parts of the New World and the Far East. The Habsburgs continued to dominate Central Europe through the First World War. Historians often depict the Habsburgs as leaders of a ramshackle empire. But Rady reveals their enduring power, driven by the belief that they were destined to rule the world as defenders of the Roman Catholic Church, guarantors of peace, and patrons of learning. The Habsburgs is the definitive history of a remarkable dynasty that forever changed Europe and the world.

Author : David Criswell
Publisher : Imprint Books
ISBN 13 : 9781591097303
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rise Of The Holy Roman Empire written by David Criswell and published by Imprint Books. This book was released on 2003-04-07 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rise of the Holy Roman Empire provides the only complete history of the Holy Roman Empire from Charlemagne to Frederick II currently in print. Dr. Criswell discusses not only Germany and Italy but the influences of the empire in England, France, Spain, and even to Constantinople and the Middle East. The Rise of the Holy Roman Empire discusses every single emperor and pope, combining secular and Church history into a single cohesive and comprehensive volume.