The Holy Roman Empire
A Thousand Years of Europe's History
$26.30
- Paperback
1008 pages
- Release Date
18 April 2017
Summary
An astonishing, essential book on what was for ten centuries Europe’s largest state - the Holy Roman Empire
A great, sprawling, ancient and unique entity, the Holy Roman Empire, from its founding by Charlemagne to its destruction by Napoleon a millennium later, formed the heart of Europe. It was a great engine for inventions and ideas, it was the origin of many modern European states, from Germany to the Czech Republic, its relations with Italy, France and Poland dictated the course o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141047478 |
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| ISBN-10: | 014104747X |
| Author: | Peter H. Wilson |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 1008 |
| Release Date: | 18 April 2017 |
| Weight: | 708g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 130mm x 45mm |
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Critics Review
Masterly…Peter H Wilson condenses a great deal of modern scholarship while wearing his learning lightly. – Daniel Johnson * The Sunday Times *
Wilson’s history represents the culmination of a lifetime of research and thought, and in its scope and depth of detail is an astonishing scholarly achievement. The author moves from the grand themes to detail with felicity. – Jonathan Steinberg * The Spectator *
As vast and capacious as the empire it describes, his book is as definitive a study of its subject as one could hope to read…The Holy Roman Empire deserves to be hailed as a magnum opus. – Tom Holland * The Telegraph *
Wilson makes the complex understandable. – Christopher Kissane * The Guardian *
Peter Wilson is to be congratulated on writing the only English-language work that deals with the empire from start to finish and on the basis of staggering erudition. He will not thank anyone for saying so, but it is also a book that is relevant to our own times. – Brendan Simms * The Times *
About The Author
Peter H. Wilson
Peter H. Wilson is the author of the highly acclaimed Europe’s Tragedy- A New History of the Thirty Years War (2009). He is the Chichele Professor of the History of War at the University of Oxford.
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