A History of PrussiaIn little more than two centuries Prussia rose from medieval obscurity and the devastation of the Thirty Years War to become the dominant power of continental Europe. Her rulers rose from Electors to Kings, and from Kings to Emperors. It is a dramatic story, and H. W. Koch fills a major gap in English-language literature with this comprehensive account. It traces the origins and rise of the Prussian state from the thirteenth century to the causes and consequences of its incorporation into the German Empire. |
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It was, and remained, a purely Germanic movement, one of the most significant features of which, particularly in the context of its long-term development in the colonization of the German east, ...
It was, and remained, a purely Germanic movement, one of the most significant features of which, particularly in the context of its long-term development in the colonization of the German east, ...
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This structural reorganization unwittingly prepared the order for its main task in north-eastern Germany. ... Hungary became apparent, Conrad of Masovia, Duke of Poland, found himself similarly unable to repulse the heathen Prussians.
This structural reorganization unwittingly prepared the order for its main task in north-eastern Germany. ... Hungary became apparent, Conrad of Masovia, Duke of Poland, found himself similarly unable to repulse the heathen Prussians.
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In Prussia and Livonia the Teutonic Order could still uphold the old traditions longer than elsewhere, but it was clear that it lived ... The bishops in the east resented the order's direct access to the Pope as well as to the Emperor.
In Prussia and Livonia the Teutonic Order could still uphold the old traditions longer than elsewhere, but it was clear that it lived ... The bishops in the east resented the order's direct access to the Pope as well as to the Emperor.
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Secondly there were increasing gains of land in Prussia as the result of its colonization. ... and the first castles of the Teutonic Order began to raise their powerful and arrogant silhouettes against the eastern skyline: Thorun, ...
Secondly there were increasing gains of land in Prussia as the result of its colonization. ... and the first castles of the Teutonic Order began to raise their powerful and arrogant silhouettes against the eastern skyline: Thorun, ...
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It would, however, be a serious error to equate the crusades in the Holy Land with those in north-eastern Europe. In the former, the territories conquered were exploited; the majority of the crusaders returned home after a year or more ...
It would, however, be a serious error to equate the crusades in the Holy Land with those in north-eastern Europe. In the former, the territories conquered were exploited; the majority of the crusaders returned home after a year or more ...
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2 Brandenburg and Prussia | 23 |
3 The Great Elector | 43 |
4 From duchy to kingdom | 65 |
5 Frederick William I | 78 |
6 Frederick the Great | 102 |
7 Prussian absolutism in crisis | 140 |
8 The Prussian Reform Movement | 163 |
11 Frederick William IV | 227 |
12 Prussia and Germany 18601871 | 248 |
13 Prussia in Germany | 272 |
14 The end of Prussia | 284 |
Bibliography | 290 |
Genealogical tables | 300 |
Maps | 304 |
Index | 312 |
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