"The Holy Roman Empire: A Thousand Years of European History" by Peter H. Wilson

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"The Holy Roman Empire: A Thousand Years of European History" by Peter H. Wilson

"The Holy Roman Empire: A Thousand Years of Europe's History"
by Peter H. Wilson

Print Length: 1008 pages
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd (28 Jan 2016)
Language: English
ISBN:9781846143182
Formats: 2016 Hardback, 2016 eBook

Publisher's blurb

A great, sprawling, ancient and unique entity, the Holy Roman Empire, from its founding by Charlemagne to its destruction by Napoleon a millennium later, formed the heart of Europe. It was a great engine for inventions and ideas, it was the origin of many modern European states, from Germany to the Czech Republic, its relations with Italy, France and Poland dictated the course of countless wars - indeed European history as a whole makes no sense without it. In this strikingly ambitious book, Peter H. Wilson explains how the Empire worked. It is not a chronological history, but an attempt to convey to readers why it was so important and how it changed over its existence. The result is a tour de force - a book that raises countless questions about the nature of political and military power, about diplomacy and the nature of European civilization and about the legacy of the Empire, which has continued to haunt its offspring, from Imperial and Nazi Germany to the European Union.

The author

Peter H. Wilson is the author of the highly acclaimed Europe's Tragedy: A New History of the Thirty Years War (2009). He is the Chichele Professor of the History of War at the University of Oxford.

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Review

The Spectator

 

[An Ard Ri]

That reminded of Voltaire's quote on the Holy Roman Empire 'The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire."

Looks like an interesting read and something I'll probably purchase once I've read the reviews.