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The Bee and the Eagle
Napoleonic France and the End of the Holy Roman Empire, 1806, War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850
ISBN/EAN: 9780230008939
Umbreit-Nr.: 9055361
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: xvii, 295 S.
Format in cm:
Einband:
gebundenes Buch
Erschienen am 18.12.2008
Auflage: 1/2008
- Zusatztext
- This volume's juxtaposition of the empires of Germany and France in 1806, at the dissolution of The Holy Roman Empire, allows a comparison of their transition towards modernity, explored through the themes of Empire, monarchy, political cultures, feudalism, war and military institutions, nationalism and identity, and everyday experience.
- Kurztext
- First comparative study from French and German perspectivesDrawing together and presenting new research on the themes of Empire, monarchy, political cultures, feudalism, war and military institutions, nationalism and identity, and everyday experience of important historical eventsBicentenary of the end of the Holy Roman Empire (2006)
- Autorenportrait
- Peter H. Wilson is GF Grant Professor of History at the University of Hull, UK. He co-edits the Studies in European History series, and specialises in early modern German History.