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The Germans and East (Central European Studies)
Charles Ingaro
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Description for The Germans and East (Central European Studies)
Paperback. Provides an overview of the relationship between Germany, German speakers, and successive waves of German colonists with their eastern neighbors from the Middle Ages. This book covers medieval period which saw the first German colonial expansion eastward. It reviews the role of German speakers in the development policies of enlightened absolutism. Editor(s): Ingaro, Charles; Szabo, Franz A. J. Series: Central European Studies. Num Pages: 458 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3J; GTB; HBJD; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 753.
This volume provides an historical overview of the relationship between Germany, German speakers, and successive waves of German colonists with their eastern neighbors over the period from the Middle Ages to the present. The collection of essays by 28 leading experts includes the most recent scholarship together with fresh perspectives on the subject. The problems and issues raised in this volume come as a result of different understandings of ""German"" and ""Germany"" from the Germanic tribes and German ""stem-duchies"" of the Middle Ages to the highly decentralized and multi-ethnic Holy Roman Empire of late medieval and early modern times and ... Read more
This volume provides an historical overview of the relationship between Germany, German speakers, and successive waves of German colonists with their eastern neighbors over the period from the Middle Ages to the present. The collection of essays by 28 leading experts includes the most recent scholarship together with fresh perspectives on the subject. The problems and issues raised in this volume come as a result of different understandings of ""German"" and ""Germany"" from the Germanic tribes and German ""stem-duchies"" of the Middle Ages to the highly decentralized and multi-ethnic Holy Roman Empire of late medieval and early modern times and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
Series
Central European Studies
Number of Pages
458
Place of Publication
West Lafayette, United States
ISBN
9781557534439
SKU
V9781557534439
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Ref
99-15
About Charles Ingaro
Franz A.J. Szabo is Professor of Austrian and Habsburg History and Director of the Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. He has published widely in Europe and in North America on the subject of Habsburg enlightened absolutism, and is the author of the award-winning Kaunitz and Enlightened Absolutism, 1753-1780 (1994). ... Read more
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