The Holy Roman Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia [2 volumes]
byBrian A. Pavlacauthor
Elizabeth S. Lottauthor
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20190630
ABC-CLIO
| Pages | 888 |
| Topics | World History;Geography and World Cultures;Anabaptists;Austria;Black Death;Charlemagne;Cologne Cathedral;Hanseatic League;Inquisition;Luther's Bible;Reformation;Teutonic Knights;Thirty Years' War |
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Reference entries, overview essays, and primary source document excerpts survey the history and unveil the successes and failures of the longest-lasting European empire.
• Provides a historical essay to give a concise overview of the Holy Roman Empire• Presents a timeline that highlights key events in the empire's long history
• Offers topical sections of reference entries on significant topics
• Features entries and a bibliography for further reading
• Uses primary source documents to give readers firsthand accounts of life in the Holy Roman Empire
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The Holy Roman Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia [2 volumes]
Author(s): Pavlac, Brian; Lott, Elizabeth;Contributors: Pavlac, Brian; Lott, Elizabeth;Abstract:Reference entries, overview essays, and primary source document excerpts survey the history and unveil the successes and failures of the longest-lasting European empire.
• Provides a historical essay to give a concise overview of the Holy Roman Empire• Presents a timeline that highlights key events in the empire's long history
• Offers topical sections of reference entries on significant topics
• Features entries and a bibliography for further reading
• Uses primary source documents to give readers firsthand accounts of life in the Holy Roman Empire
SortTitle: holy roman empire: a historical encyclopedia [2 volumes]Author Info:Brian A. PavlacauthorElizabeth S. LottauthoreISBN-13: 9781440848568Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440848568.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440848551Imprint: ABC-CLIOPages: 888Publication Date: 20190630Series: Empires of the WorldTable of Contents pages: 1 2
- Cover Cover11
- Title Page iii4
- Copyright iv5
- Contents v6
- VOLUME 1 138
- Preface xiii14
- Acknowledgments xv16
- Introduction xvii18
- Chronology xxvii28
- Government and Politics 138
- Overview Essay 138
- Austria 441
- Babenberg Dynasty (976–1246) 845
- Baden 1148
- Bavaria 1350
- Bohemia 1754
- Brandenburg 1956
- Burgundy 2158
- Carolingian Dynasty (750–887) 2360
- Cleves 2663
- Feudal Politics 2764
- Franconia 3269
- Habsburg Dynasty (1273–1918) 3471
- Hanover 3875
- Hesse 4178
- Hohenstaufen Dynasty (1138–1254) 4279
- Hohenzollern Dynasty (1415–1918) 4683
- Hungary 5087
- Italy (Lombardy, Papal States, Sicily) 5188
- Lowlands 5491
- Luxembourg Dynasty (1308–1437) 5895
- Palatinate 6097
- Prussia 63100
- Salian Dynasty (1024–1125) 67104
- Saxony 70107
- Swabia 73110
- Switzerland 75112
- Tyrol 78115
- Welf Dynasty (1070–1918) 79116
- Wittelsbach Dynasty (1124–1918) 82119
- Württemberg (1089–1918) 87124
- Organization and Administration 89126
- Overview Essay 89126
- Banks and Banking 92129
- Circles (Kreise) 95132
- Cities 97134
- Coinage and Currency 102139
- Conciliarism 105142
- Counts and Counties 107144
- Diets 108145
- Diplomacy 112149
- Duchies 113150
- Economics 116153
- Electoral Princes 121158
- Electors and Elections 125162
- Emperor 128165
- Empire (Reich) 132169
- Empress/Queen 136173
- Estates 139176
- Excommunication 141178
- Imperial Aulic Council (Imperial Privy Council, Reichshofrat) 143180
- Imperial Chamber Court (Reichskammergericht) 145182
- Imperial Chancellery 147184
- King/Kingdom 148185
- Laws and Courts 153190
- March 157194
- Markets and Trade 159196
- Ministerials 161198
- Papacy 163200
- Perpetual Diet (Immerwährender Reichstag) of Regensburg 166203
- Postal Service, Imperial 168205
- Prince-Bishoprics 169206
- Public Peace (Landfrieden) 174211
- Taxes and Tolls 176213
- Individuals 181218
- Overview Essay 181218
- Augustus II “the Strong” Wettin of Saxony (1670–1733) 185222
- Charlemagne (747–814) 187224
- Charles IV, King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1346–1378) 191228
- Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1519–1556) 194231
- Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1711–1740) 198235
- Conrad III Staufen, King of Germany (r. 1138–1152) 201238
- Eugene of Savoy (1663–1736) 203240
- Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1619–1637) 204241
- Franz II, Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1792–1806) 207244
- Frederick I Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1155–1190) 210247
- Frederick II of Germany and Sicily, Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1220–1250) 214251
- Frederick II “the Great,” King of Prussia (r. 1740–1786) 218255
- Frederick III Habsburg, Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1452–1493) 222259
- Frederick William, “The Great Elector” (1620–1688) 225262
- Frederick William I, King of Prussia (r. 1713–1740) 227264
- Henry I “the Fowler” (876–936) 229266
- Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1002–1024) 231268
- Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1056–1105) 234271
- Henry “the Lion” of Saxony (1129–1195) 237274
- Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1765–1790) 239276
- Leo IX, Pope (r. 1049–1054) 242279
- Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1658–1705) 244281
- Luther, Martin (1483–1546) 246283
- Maria Theresia, Archduchess of Austria (r. 1740–1780) 250287
- Maximilian I Habsburg, Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1493–1519) 254291
- Nicholas of Cusa (1401–1464) 258295
- Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (r. 962–973) 259296
- Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (r. 996–1002) 263300
- Rudolf I (r. 1273–1291) 266303
- Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1576–1612) 269306
- Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1433–1437) 271308
- Wallenstein, Albrecht (1583–1634) 273310
- Wenceslaus IV (1361–1419) 275312
- Groups and Organizations 279316
- Overview Essay 279316
- Anabaptists 282319
- Calvinists 285322
- Catholic League (1609–1635) 287324
- Clergy 288325
- Fugger Family (1367–ca. 1650) 292329
- Guelphs and Ghibellines 295332
- Guilds 297334
- Hanseatic League 299336
- Heretics 303340
- Humanists 306343
- Hussites 310347
- Imperial Abbeys 312349
- Inquisition 314351
- Jews 315352
- Lutherans 319356
- Magyars/Hungarians 322359
- Marriage and Family 324361
- Minorities 329366
- Monasteries and Monasticism 332369
- Moravians 337374
- Nobility 338375
- Peasants and Serfs 341378
- Protestant Union (1608–1621) 344381
- Roman Catholics 346383
- Schmalkaldic League (1531–1547) 348385
- Swabian League (Städtebund) (1331–1389, 1488–1534) 350387
- Teutonic Knights 352389
- Universities and Schools 356393
- Women 361398
- VOLUME 2 2-1404
- Key Events 2-1404
- Overview Essay 2-1404
- Baroque Era (early 17th–mid-18th centuries) 2-5408
- Black Death (1346–1353) 2-8411
- Canossa (1077) 2-11414
- Carolingian Renaissance (late eighth–ninth centuries) 2-13416
- Charlemagne, Imperial Coronation of (800) 2-17420
- Commercial Revolution (1350–1600) 2-19422
- Concordat of Worms (1122) 2-20423
- Council of Basel (1431–1449) 2-22425
- Council of Constance (1414–1418) 2-24427
- Council of Trent (1545–1563) 2-27430
- Counter-Reformation 2-30433
- Defenestration of Prague (1618) 2-33436
- Diet of Worms (1521) 2-35438
- “Drive to the East” (Drang nach Osten) 2-38441
- Enlightenment (18th century) 2-41444
- Gothic Era (early 13th–early 15th centuries) 2-43446
- Great Schism (1054) 2-48451
- Habsburg-Valois Conflict (1494–1559) 2-50453
- Interregnum (1250–1273) 2-54457
- Investiture Controversy (11th–12th centuries) 2-56459
- Peace of Augsburg (1555) 2-60463
- Peace of Westphalia (1648) 2-62465
- Printing 2-64467
- Reformation 2-68471
- Reichsdeputationshauptschluss (1803) 2-74477
- Renaissance (early 15th–early 17th centuries) 2-77480
- Romanesque Era (10th–early 13th centuries) 2-80483
- Sturm und Drang (1765–1785) 2-83486
- Treaty of Verdun (843) 2-85488
- Witch Hunts 2-88491
- Military 2-93496
- Overview Essay 2-93496
- Artillery 2-97500
- Bouvines, Battle of (1214) 2-100503
- Castles 2-102505
- Cavalry 2-105508
- Chivalry 2-108511
- Cortenuova, Battle of (1237) 2-111514
- Crusades 2-112515
- Great Northern War (1700–1721) 2-116519
- Hussite Wars (1419–ca. 1434) 2-117520
- Infantry 2-120523
- Knights 2-123526
- Landsknechte 2-127530
- Lechfeld, Battle of (955) 2-129532
- Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) 2-131534
- Northern Crusades (12th–13th centuries) 2-135538
- Ottoman/Turkish Wars (1521–1791) 2-137540
- Peasants’ Revolt (1524–1526) 2-142545
- Rákóczi’s War of Independence (1703–1711) 2-145548
- Saxon Wars (ca. 770–814) 2-146549
- Seven Years’ War (1756–1763) 2-148551
- Tannenberg, Battle of (1410) 2-152555
- Thirty Years’ War (1618–1648) 2-153556
- Vienna, Sieges of (1529, 1683) 2-159562
- Vikings 2-162565
- War of Austrian Succession (1740–1748) 2-164567
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