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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... towns, and as a protector of and participator in the trading ventures of north-eastern Europe, it established its reputation. But once the interests of the cities and traders on one hand, and of the Teutonic Knights on the other began ...
... towns, and as a protector of and participator in the trading ventures of north-eastern Europe, it established its reputation. But once the interests of the cities and traders on one hand, and of the Teutonic Knights on the other began ...
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... towns. The charters of such cities as Liibeck and Magdeburg were repeated in the new German east. The very character of the order, with its integration of clergy and laymen, ensured that the rivalry between state and church, a rivalry ...
... towns. The charters of such cities as Liibeck and Magdeburg were repeated in the new German east. The very character of the order, with its integration of clergy and laymen, ensured that the rivalry between state and church, a rivalry ...
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... towns and cities, which were largely their creation, they were unable to Germanize it. Prussia comprised a colony of the Reich as a whole; the lines of communication to the homeland were direct and relatively uncomplicated. In the ...
... towns and cities, which were largely their creation, they were unable to Germanize it. Prussia comprised a colony of the Reich as a whole; the lines of communication to the homeland were direct and relatively uncomplicated. In the ...
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... towns and cities had to obey him. It was the Grand Master who issued common rules for the cities, who admitted foreigners and regulated trade. It was through the authority of his office that uniform weights and measures were introduced ...
... towns and cities had to obey him. It was the Grand Master who issued common rules for the cities, who admitted foreigners and regulated trade. It was through the authority of his office that uniform weights and measures were introduced ...
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... towns could not be built without someone being deprived of his property, without some communities being displaced. But, nevertheless, figures show that the birthrate of the native population was rising, and that outside the main centres ...
... towns could not be built without someone being deprived of his property, without some communities being displaced. But, nevertheless, figures show that the birthrate of the native population was rising, and that outside the main centres ...
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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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