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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808590603321

Autore

Shennan Margaret

Titolo

The rise of Brandenburg-Prussia / / Margaret Shennan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1995

ISBN

1-134-79397-9

1-138-16029-6

1-134-79398-7

1-280-06780-2

0-203-45087-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (94 p.)

Collana

Lancaster pamphlets

Disciplina

943.04

943/.04

Soggetti

Brandenburg (Germany : State) History 17th century

Prussia (Germany) History 17th century

Brandenburg (Germany : State) History

Prussia (Germany) History 1640-1740

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.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Foreword; Time chart; Genealogy of the House of Hohenzollern in Brandenburg-Prussian to 1740; Map: Brandenburg-Prussia's territorial gains to 1740; Introduction; The Thirty Years War 1618  48; The Great Elector: foreign relations and policies 1648  88; The Great Elector: internal reconstruction 1648  88; The role of Brandenburg-Prussia in Europe 1688  1740; The domestic policies of the first two kings 1700  40; Social and cultural developments 1648  1740; Conclusion; Select bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

Incorporating international and domestic relations and economic and cultural influences, Shennan surveys the rise of Prussia from the early 17th century to 1740, highlighting and evaluating the role of its rulers and their idiosyncracies.