The Gods of Prussia
Author | : Margaret Yeo |
Publisher | : London : Society of SS Peter and Paul |
Total Pages | : 102 |
Release | : 1915 |
Genre | : World War, 1914-1918 |
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Author | : Margaret Yeo |
Publisher | : London : Society of SS Peter and Paul |
Total Pages | : 102 |
Release | : 1915 |
Genre | : World War, 1914-1918 |
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Author | : Walter James Wyatt |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1042 |
Release | : 1876 |
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Author | : Johannes Baptist Alzog |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1114 |
Release | : 1912 |
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Author | : Nicolaus (von Jeroschin) |
Publisher | : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780754653097 |
This is the first English translation of the 'Chronicle of Prussia', which was written by Nicolaus von Jeroschin, in middle German verse, during the period from 1330 to 1341. It is a history of the Teutonic Knights, encompassing the period between the foundation of the order, in 1190, and 1331. It is also an engaging and lively account of warfare and colonisation on the eastern frontier of Latin Christianity.
Author | : H.W. Koch |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 351 |
Release | : 2014-10-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1317873076 |
In little more than two centuries Prussia rose from medieval obscurity and the devastation of the Thirty Years War to become the dominant power of continental Europe. Her rulers rose from Electors to Kings, and from Kings to Emperors. It is a dramatic story, and H. W. Koch fills a major gap in English-language literature with this comprehensive account. It traces the origins and rise of the Prussian state from the thirteenth century to the causes and consequences of its incorporation into the German Empire.
Author | : Dominic Lieven |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 528 |
Release | : 2022-06-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0735222215 |
A dazzling account of the men (and occasional woman) who led the world’s empires, a book that probes the essence of leadership and power through the centuries and around the world. From the rise of Sargon of Akkad, who in the third millennium BCE ruled what is now Iraq and Syria, to the collapse of the great European empires in the twentieth century, the empire has been the dominant form of power in history. Dominic Lieven’s expansive book explores strengths and failings of the human beings who held those empires together (or let them crumble). He projects the power, terror, magnificence, and confidence of imperial monarchy, tracking what they had in common as well as what made some rise to glory and others fail spectacularly, and at what price each destiny was reached. Lieven’s characters—Constantine, Chinggis Khan, Trajan, Suleyman, Hadrian, Louis XIV, Maria Theresa, Peter the Great, Queen Victoria, and dozens more—come alive with color, energy, and detail: their upbringings, their loves, their crucial spouses, their dreadful children. They illustrate how politics and government are a gruelling business: a ruler needed stamina, mental and physical toughness, and self-confidence. He or she needed the sound judgement of problems and people which is partly innate but also the product of education and experience. A good brain was essential for setting priorities, weighing conflicting advice, and matching ends to needs. A diplomatically astute marriage was often even more essential. Emperors (and the rare empresses) could be sacred symbols, warrior kings, political leaders, chief executive officers of the government machine, heads of a family, and impresarios directing the many elements of "soft power" essential to any regime’s survival. What was it like to live and work in such an extraordinary role? What qualities did it take to perform this role successfully? Lieven traces the shifting balance among these elements across eras that encompass a staggering array of events from the rise of the world’s great religions to the scientific revolution, the expansion of European empires across oceans, the great twentieth century conflicts, and the triumph of nationalism over imperialism. The rule of the emperor may be over, but Lieven shows us how we live with its poltical and cultural legacies today.
Author | : Karin Friedrich |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 2006-11-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521027755 |
A study of national identity in Royal Prussia - the 'other Prussia', part of the Polish state from 1454 to 1793.
Author | : Томас Карлейль |
Publisher | : Litres |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2021-12-02 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 5041239142 |
Author | : Thomas Carlyle |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 500 |
Release | : 1884 |
Genre | : English literature |
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Author | : Mary Fischer |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 325 |
Release | : 2016-03-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1317038401 |
This is the first English translation of the 'Chronicle of Prussia', which was written by Nicolaus von Jeroschin, in middle German verse, during the period from 1330 to 1341. It is a history of the Teutonic Knights, encompassing the period between the foundation of the order, in 1190, and 1331. The translator's introduction sets the work in its historical and cultural context. The text was written at the instigation of the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, to make an account of the ethos and history of the order's conquest of Prussia available 'to all German people'. Its purpose was to remind the order's knight brothers and its supporters of its origins and past achievements, but above all it was intended to establish the legitimacy of Prussia as a locus for crusades, setting the scene for the order's 'golden age' in the second half of the fourteenth century. The chronicle's content is divided into three sections: it opens with a description of the founding of the order in Acre. There follows a discourse on the nature of spiritual and earthly warfare, which echoes the ideology of crusading warfare first articulated by Bernhard of Clairvaux in his treatise De laude novae militiae. The final, longest, section recounts the wars of the Teutonic Knights against the Prussians and Lithuanians from 1230 until the narrative breaks off abruptly in 1331. The chronicle is the main historical source document for the period it covers and was widely disseminated during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. It is also an engaging and lively account of warfare and colonisation on the eastern frontier of Latin Christianity.