A History of Modern Germany

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History
A HISTORY OT MODERN GERMANY Th^
This first volume of a major reassessment of the last five centuries of German history deals with that age of German history which had the widest effect on the rise of modern Western civilization. Against the background of medieval culture, the author shows the origins of Luther's religion and the growth of various Protestant churches, as well as the subsequent restoration of the Roman Catholic Church. The history of thé religious movements of the Reformation and the Counter Reformation is closely corofdinated with the great transformation simultaneously taking place in the sbcial, ecpnorhic, and intellectual institutions of Europe. Included are detailed discussions of the effects of the Black Death, the rise of the cities, Luther's social ethics, The Thirty Years' War, and the Peace of Westphalia in 1648.
"At a time when most historians are devoting their energies primarily to small segments of our past, it is heartening to have a person... Tovább

Fülszöveg

History
A HISTORY OT MODERN GERMANY Th^
This first volume of a major reassessment of the last five centuries of German history deals with that age of German history which had the widest effect on the rise of modern Western civilization. Against the background of medieval culture, the author shows the origins of Luther's religion and the growth of various Protestant churches, as well as the subsequent restoration of the Roman Catholic Church. The history of thé religious movements of the Reformation and the Counter Reformation is closely corofdinated with the great transformation simultaneously taking place in the sbcial, ecpnorhic, and intellectual institutions of Europe. Included are detailed discussions of the effects of the Black Death, the rise of the cities, Luther's social ethics, The Thirty Years' War, and the Peace of Westphalia in 1648.
"At a time when most historians are devoting their energies primarily to small segments of our past, it is heartening to have a person of Professor Holborn's stature present us with his interpretation of the sweep of history and of a country whose impact on many phases of Western civilization has been highly significant."—H. J. Grimm, American Historical Review
Hajo Holborn was Sterling Professor of History at Yale University and author of A History of Modern Germany: 1648-1840 and A History of Modern Germany: 1840-1945 (both available in Princeton Paperbacks).
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