Germany Under the Old Regime 1600-1790

ISBN-13: 9780582491069 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 464 str.

John G. Gagliardo; J. Gagliardo

Opis

A study of Germany over a 200-year period under the Old Regime. The author includes the background and history of the Thirty Years War which led to the Peace of Westphalia of 1648.

Spis treści

List of maps.  Preface.  1. Germany in 1600: The Land and the People.  2. Drifts and Eddies Towards War.  3. The Nightmare Begins: The Bohemian War.  4. Habsburg Triumphs, Protestant Defeats.  5. From One Insecure Peace to Another: 1629-1635.  6. Eternal War as Lifestyle.  7. Peace at Last.  8. The Development of Territorial Autocracy I
9. Development of Territorial Autocracy II.  10. The German Economy 1650-1800: Industry, Commerce and Finance
11. The German Economy 1650-1800.  13. German Culture after 1648: Religion and Education.  14. German Culture after 1648: Literature, Architecture and Music.  15. The Early Enlightenment to 1750.  16. The Legacies of Westphalia and Beyond 1648-1685/99.  17. Germany in the Maelstrom of War 1685-1721.  18. Austria and the Larger German States to 1740.  19. The Northern Sparta: Brandenburg-Prussia 1640-1740.  20. The Austro-Prussian Dualism 1740-1763.  21. The Development of Prussia and Austria 1763-1790.  22. The German Powers, the Empire and the Territories at the end of an Era.  23. The Later German Enlightenment.  24. The Revival of German Letters after 1740
Bibliography.  Maps.  Index.

O autorze

John G. Gagliardo