Synopses & Reviews
Review
"It is hardly possible to imagine a more suitable author for this project, which seeks to present German history as a part of European history and not just as severely restricted national history...It is seldom one finds such a well-founded, comprehensive and yet concise account of this important period of German history." Philosophy and History
Synopsis
Reconstructs the structures that marked the history of Germany from the Thirty Years' War to the end of the Seven Years' War.
Synopsis
German history is examined within the diverse pattern of its regional life, as well as the larger European context, in this study of economic developments, the social system, cultural life amd political organization.
Table of Contents
Preface; Introduction; 1. Economic development; 2. Society; 3. Cultural life; 4. Political organization; 5. Wars, Crises, and Conflicts; Conclusion; Chronology; Bibliography; Index.