Traveller's History of Germany

by Cole, Robert

• ISBN13: 9781566565325
• ISBN10: 1566565324
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-06-01
• Publisher: Interlink Pub Group Inc

Summary

Germany is the most heavily populated of all the countries within the European Union. A Traveller’s History of Germany offers a complete and authoritative history of a country from the earliest of time to the present. It presents the facts in a clear and literate format and also gives the reader expert analysis of the events.

Author Biography

Robert Cole is Professor of Modern British and European History at Utah State University in America and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
CHAPTER ONE: The Germans and Germany to 800	1	(27)
CHAPTER TWO: Medieval Germany, 800-1300	28	(23)
CHAPTER THREE: Princes, Cities and Emperors, 1300-1519	51	(22)
CHAPTER FOUR: Reformation and Counter-Reformation, 1519-1648	73	(24)
CHAPTER FIVE: From Desolation to Enlightenment, 1648-1789	97	(21)
CHAPTER SIX: The Coming of Age of Prussia, 1640-1786	118	(22)
CHAPTER SEVEN: Creating the Second Empire, 1789-1871	140	(22)
CHAPTER EIGHT: The Age of Bismarck, 1871-1890	162	(22)
CHAPTER NINE: The Age of Wilhelm II, 1890-1918	184	(24)
CHAPTER TEN: The Weimar Republic, 1919-1933	208	(22)
CHAPTER ELEVEN: Nazi Germany and the Second World War, 1933-1945	230	(25)
CHAPTER TWELVE: After 1945: The Phoenix rising from the Ashes	255	(30)
List of Rulers	285	(4)
Chronology of Major Events	289	(8)
Major Universities and Founding Dates	297	(1)
Select List of Religious Buildings	298	(6)
Selected Readings on German History	304	(2)
Historical Gazetteer	306	(11)
Index	317