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  • Germany and the Holy Roman Empire

    Volume I: Maximilian I to the Peace of Westphalia, 1493-1648

    Series series Oxford History of Early Modern Europe
    Germany and the Holy Roman Empire offers a striking new interpretation of a crucial era in German and European history, from the great reforms of 1495-1500 to the dissolution of the Reich in 1806. Over two volumes, Joachim Whaley rejects the notion that this was a long period of decline, and shows instead how imperial institutions developed in response to the crises of the sixteenth and ... Read more

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  • The Holy Roman Empire

    A Very Short Introduction

    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Voltaire's description of the Holy Roman Empire as 'neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire' is often cited to underline its worthlessness. German historians traditionally despised it because it had allegedly impeded German unification. Since 1945 scholars have been more positive but the empire's history and significance is still largely misunderstood. In this Very Short Introduction Joachim Whaley ... Read more

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  • Mirrors of Mortality (Routledge Revivals)

    Social Studies in the History of Death

    Edited by Joachim Whaley ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1981, this reissue examines mankind’s preoccupation with death and mortality by isolating various societies in different periods of time. The authors examine not only the formal rituals associated with the last rite of passage, but also the social attitudes to death and dying which these rituals evidence. The essays establish that different periods do seem to be characterized by ... Read more

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