Germany and the Holy Roman Empire: Volume I: Maximilian I to the Peace of Westphalia, 1493-1648

by Joachim Whaley

Book Overview

Germany and the Holy Roman Empire offers a striking new interpretation of a crucial era in German and European history, from the great reforms of 1495-1500 to the dissolution of the Reich in 1806. Over two volumes, Joachim Whaley rejects the notion that this was a long period of decline, and shows instead how imperial institutions developed in response to the crises of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, notably the Reformation and Thirty Years...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199688826
• ISBN13: 9780199688821
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 752 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.3" x 9.3"