A History of Modern Germany: 1648-1840

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This second volume of a three-volume reassessment of the last five centuries of German history covers the two centuries from the crucial aftermath of the Thirty Years' War to the eve of the revolution of 1848-49. Dealing with the growth of absolutism, the author traces the founding of the Hapsburg empire and the rise of Bradenburg-Prussia, culminating in the conflict between Maria Theresa and Frederick the Great. Professor Holborn explores the impact of the French Revolution on Germany, its part in the collapse of the Holy Roman Empire, and the subsequent reorganization of the German states. In his section on the Congress of Vienna, he shows the struggle between the conservatism of Metternich and the incipient liberal and national movement. Students of German history will appreciate the attention given religious, intellectual, and social developments, colorfully presented in chapters on Baroque civilization and the age of Kant, Goethe, and Beethoven. Foreword Contents Maps Part I. The Age of Absolutism,1648-1790 1 The Empire After the Peace of Westphalia 2 Economic and Social Conditions After 1648 3 Absolutism in the German States: The Rise of Brandenburg 4 Germany, the Wars of Louis XIV, and the Rise of the Austrian Empire, 1660-99 5 Germany and the Restoration of the European Balance, 1700-21 6 Religious, Intellectual, and Artistic Life in the Age of the Baroque 7 Austria and Prussia Under Charles VI and Frederick William I 8 The Austro-Prussian Dualism and the Reign of Maria Theresa 9 The Seven Years’ War and the Monarchy of Frederick the Great 10 Germany on the Eve of the French Revolution Part II. Reform and Restoration, 1790-1840 11 German Idealism and Neohumanism 12 Germany and the French Revolution, the End of the Empire and the Collapse of Prussia, 1789-1807 13 Reform and Liberation, 1807-15 14 The Wars of Liberation and the Peace Settlement of Vienna 15 The Restoration After 1815 16 Schools and Churches in the Early Nineteenth Century 17 The Transition from Idealism to Realism Index