Heart of Europe Wilson Peter H.
An Economist and Sunday Times Best Book of the Year "Deserves to be hailed as a magnum opus." --Tom Holland, The Telegraph "Ambitious...seeks to rehabilitate the Holy Roman Empire's reputation by…
Specifikacia Heart of Europe Wilson Peter H.
An Economist and Sunday Times Best Book of the Year "Deserves to be hailed as a magnum opus." --Tom Holland, The Telegraph "Ambitious...seeks to rehabilitate the Holy Roman Empire's reputation by re-examining its place within the larger sweep of European history...Succeeds splendidly in rescuing the empire from its critics." --Wall Street JournalMassive, ancient, and powerful, the Holy Roman Empire formed the heart of Europe from its founding by Charlemagne to its destruction by Napoleon a millennium later. An engine for inventions and ideas, with no fixed capital and no common language or culture, it derived its legitimacy from the ideal of a unified Christian civilization--though this did not prevent emperors from clashing with the pope for supremacy.In this strikingly ambitious book, Peter H. Wilson explains how the