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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452090903321

Autore

Johnson Lonnie <1952->

Titolo

Central Europe [[electronic resource] ] : enemies, neighbors, friends / / Lonnie R. Johnson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1996

ISBN

1-280-52838-9

0-19-802607-2

1-4294-0052-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (352 p.)

Disciplina

943

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Europe, Central History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-314) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction: Where Is Central Europe?; 1 Central Europe and the Roman Christian West, 400-1000; 2 Feudal Foundations, 1000-1350; 3 The Great Late Medieval Kingdoms: Poland and Hungary, 1350-1500; 4 The Bulwarks of Christendom: Religion and Warfare, 1400-1550; 5 The Counter-Reformation: The Roman Catholic Church and the Habsburg Dynasty Triumphant, 1550-1700; 6 Absolutism as Enlightenment, 1700-1790; 7 Nations Without States, States Without Nations, 1790-1848; 8 The Demise of Imperial Austria and the Rise of Imperial Germany, 1848-1890

9 World War I and National Self-Determination, 1914-192210 Spheres of Influence I: Germany and the Soviet Union; 11 Spheres of Influence II: East and West, or ""Yalta Europe""; 12 The Failure of Eastern Europe, 1956-1989; Epilogue: Postrevolutionary Paradoxes: Central Europe Since 1989; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This work is intended for students of Eastern and Central European history. It explores the complexity of the relationships - those of enemies, neighbours and friends - that bind and divide European nations.