Holy Roman Empire : A Short History, Hardcover by Stollberg-rilinger, Barbara...

by Barbara Stollberg-rilinger

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Holy Roman Empire : A Short History, Hardcover by Stollberg-rilinger, Barbara; Mintzker, Yair (ILT), ISBN 0691179115, ISBN-13 9780691179117, Brand New, Free shipping in the US p b A new interpretation of the Holy Roman Empire that reveals why it was not a failed state as many historians believe /b br br 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. br br 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 P

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Year: 2018
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780691179117
• Condition: Fine

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