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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... fortunes of the order, had probably risen to his high rank from that of a Ministeriale, a chancery official of unfree origin, at the court of Emperor Henry VI and his son Frederick II, the greatest of the Hohenstaufen emperors.
... fortunes of the order, had probably risen to his high rank from that of a Ministeriale, a chancery official of unfree origin, at the court of Emperor Henry VI and his son Frederick II, the greatest of the Hohenstaufen emperors.
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It is true that Emperor Henry VI, the son of Frederick Barbarossa, had turned his attention to the order while ... of temporal and spiritual lords, was still capable of being turned into an elite body for the Emperor's purposes.
It is true that Emperor Henry VI, the son of Frederick Barbarossa, had turned his attention to the order while ... of temporal and spiritual lords, was still capable of being turned into an elite body for the Emperor's purposes.
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Hermann von Salza immediately recognized the opportunity. With the full support of Emperor Frederick, who was prepared to grant considerable privileges to the order, Hermann took the matter up with the Papacy. The Pope also held Hermann ...
Hermann von Salza immediately recognized the opportunity. With the full support of Emperor Frederick, who was prepared to grant considerable privileges to the order, Hermann took the matter up with the Papacy. The Pope also held Hermann ...
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At first sight it seems that in actual fact neither Emperor nor Pope gave anything away since, after all, the land had yet to be conquered But over the long term the charter made grants of a size and significance almost unprecedented, ...
At first sight it seems that in actual fact neither Emperor nor Pope gave anything away since, after all, the land had yet to be conquered But over the long term the charter made grants of a size and significance almost unprecedented, ...
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The bishops in the east resented the order's direct access to the Pope as well as to the Emperor. The nobility, especially the Polish nobility which had summoned the order in the first place, was bound to The Teutonic Order 9.
The bishops in the east resented the order's direct access to the Pope as well as to the Emperor. The nobility, especially the Polish nobility which had summoned the order in the first place, was bound to The Teutonic Order 9.
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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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