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The Bee and the Eagle
Forrest, Alan, Wilson, Peter H.
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Description for The Bee and the Eagle
Hardcover. This volume's juxtaposition of the empires of Germany and France in 1806, at the dissolution of The Holy Roman Empire, allows a comparison of their transition towards modernity, explored through the themes of Empire, monarchy, political cultures, feudalism, war and military institutions, nationalism and identity, and everyday experience. Series: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 525.
This volume's juxtaposition of the empires of Germany and France in 1806, at the dissolution of The Holy Roman Empire, allows a comparison of their transition towards modernity, explored through the themes of Empire, monarchy, political cultures, feudalism, war and military institutions, nationalism and identity, and everyday experience.
This volume's juxtaposition of the empires of Germany and France in 1806, at the dissolution of The Holy Roman Empire, allows a comparison of their transition towards modernity, explored through the themes of Empire, monarchy, political cultures, feudalism, war and military institutions, nationalism and identity, and everyday experience.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
Series
War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850
Number of Pages
295
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230008939
SKU
V9780230008939
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Ref
99-15
About Forrest, Alan, Wilson, Peter H.
Peter H. Wilson is GF Grant Professor of History at the University of Hull, UK. He co-edits the Studies in European History series, and specialises in early modern German History.
Reviews for The Bee and the Eagle
'This collection does a fine job of conveying recent scholarly trends on Napoleonic France and the Napoleonic Empire as well as on the late Holy Roman Empire and its immediate successor states in German-speaking lands. Far more than just surveying or synthesizing, however, these essays mark important and original contributions to understanding the conception, practice and experience of empire in ... Read more