A History of PrussiaRoutledge, 13 thg 10, 2014 - 336 trang In 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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... defeated by the Swiss foot levies at Sempach in 1386, it showed that the days of chivalrous individual combat were gone forever. In Prussia and Livonia the Teutonic Order could still uphold the old traditions longer than elsewhere, but ...
... defeated by the Swiss foot levies at Sempach in 1386, it showed that the days of chivalrous individual combat were gone forever. In Prussia and Livonia the Teutonic Order could still uphold the old traditions longer than elsewhere, but ...
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... defeated by the Empire and much of the self-confidence which the Slavs had lost during centuries of German domination, was restored. The marriage of Prince Jagiello of Lithuania to the heiress of the crown of Poland in 1386, and his ...
... defeated by the Empire and much of the self-confidence which the Slavs had lost during centuries of German domination, was restored. The marriage of Prince Jagiello of Lithuania to the heiress of the crown of Poland in 1386, and his ...
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... defeat at the hands of an enemy numerically twice his size. But the battle was lost more by the Order's adherence to traditional tactics of heavy armour and slow horses than inferiority of numbers. Tannenberg highlighted a crisis which ...
... defeat at the hands of an enemy numerically twice his size. But the battle was lost more by the Order's adherence to traditional tactics of heavy armour and slow horses than inferiority of numbers. Tannenberg highlighted a crisis which ...
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... defeated that the Askanians were able to gain a significant foothold in Pomerania, land which they had held in fief from Emperor Frederick II since 1231. By 1250 they had also obtained Pomerania-Stettin, as well as the Uckermark, the ...
... defeated that the Askanians were able to gain a significant foothold in Pomerania, land which they had held in fief from Emperor Frederick II since 1231. By 1250 they had also obtained Pomerania-Stettin, as well as the Uckermark, the ...
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... defeated. In 1320 the House of the Askanians became extinct. Several interim dynasties of the Bavarian House of Wittelsbach and the House of Luxembourg followed, all of them generally strong enough to maintain Brandenburg in the face of ...
... defeated. In 1320 the House of the Askanians became extinct. Several interim dynasties of the Bavarian House of Wittelsbach and the House of Luxembourg followed, all of them generally strong enough to maintain Brandenburg in the face of ...
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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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