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100 1  Wilson, Peter H.|q(Peter Hamish),|eauthor. 
240 10 Holy Roman Empire. 
245 10 Heart of Europe :|ba history of the Holy Roman Empire /
       |cPeter H. Wilson. 
250    First Harvard University Press edition, 2016. 
264  1 Cambridge, Massachusetts :|bBelknap Press of Harvard 
       University Press,|c2016. 
300    xii, 941 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates :
       |billustrations (chiefly color), genealogical tables, maps
       ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
336    cartographic image|bcri|2rdacontent 
336    still image|bsti|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    "First published in the United Kingdom as The Holy Roman 
       Empire: A Thousand Years of Europe's History by Penguin 
       Books Ltd. 2016"--Title page verso. 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  Part I. Ideal -- Two Swords -- Christendom -- Sovereignty 
       -- Part II. Belonging -- Lands -- Identities -- Nation -- 
       Part III. Governance -- Kingship -- Territory -- Dynasty -
       - Part IV. Society -- Authority -- Association -- Justice 
       -- Afterlife. 
520    "The Holy Roman Empire lasted a thousand years, far longer
       than ancient Rome. Yet this formidable dominion never 
       inspired the awe of its predecessor. Voltaire distilled 
       the disdain of generations when he quipped it was neither 
       holy, Roman, nor an empire. Yet as Peter Wilson shows, the
       Holy Roman Empire tells a millennial story of Europe 
       better than the histories of individual nation-states. And
       its legacy can be seen today in debates over the nature of
       the European Union. Heart of Europe traces the Empire from
       its origins within Charlemagne's kingdom in 800 to its 
       demise in 1806. By the mid-tenth century its core rested 
       in the German kingdom, and ultimately its territory 
       stretched from France and Denmark to Italy and Poland. Yet
       the Empire remained stubbornly abstract, with no fixed 
       capital and no common language or culture. The source of 
       its continuity and legitimacy was the ideal of a unified 
       Christian civilization, but this did not prevent emperors 
       from clashing with the pope over supremacy--the nadir 
       being the sack of Rome in 1527 that killed 147 Vatican 
       soldiers. Though the title of Holy Roman Emperor retained 
       prestige, rising states such as Austria and Prussia 
       wielded power in a way the Empire could not. While it 
       gradually lost the flexibility to cope with political, 
       economic, and social changes, the Empire was far from 
       being in crisis until the onslaught of the French 
       revolutionary wars, when a crushing defeat by Napoleon at 
       Austerlitz compelled Francis II to dissolve his realm."--
       Provided by publisher. 
650  7 Politics and government.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01919741 
651  0 Holy Roman Empire|xHistory. 
651  0 Holy Roman Empire|xPolitics and government. 
651  7 Europe|zHoly Roman Empire.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01205344 
655  7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 
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