The Holy Roman Empire: A Short History

By Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691217319
• ISBN13: 9780691217314
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.5"