THE SUNDAY TIMES AND ECONOMIST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2016 'A definitive
study of the amorphous state that lasted a thousand years ... The
Holy Roman Empire deserves to be hailed as a magnum opus' Tom
Holland, Daily Telegraph 'Engrossing ... staggering ... a book that
is relevant to our own times' The Times 'Masterly ... If, like most
people, you know little more about the Holy Roman Empire other than
Voltaire's bon mot - "neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire" -
then this is the book for you' Daniel Johnson, Sunday Times 'A
history that helps us understand Europe's problems today ...
interesting and provocative, makes the complex understandable'
Christopher Kissane, Guardian A great, sprawling, ancient and
unique entity, the Holy Roman Empire, from its founding by
Charlemagne to its destruction by Napoleon a millennium later,
formed the heart of Europe. It was a great engine for inventions
and ideas, it was the origin of many modern European states, from
Germany to the Czech Republic, its relations with Italy, France and
Poland dictated the course of countless wars - indeed European
history as a whole makes no sense without it. In this strikingly
ambitious book, Peter H. Wilson explains how the Empire worked. It
is not a chronological history, but an attempt to convey to readers
why it was so important and how it changed over its existence. The
result is a tour de force - a book that raises countless questions
about the nature of political and military power, about diplomacy
and the nature of European civilization and about the legacy of the
Empire, which has continued to haunt its offspring, from Imperial
and Nazi Germany to the European Union.
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