DOWNLOAD A CONCISE HISTORY OF GERMANY MARY FULBROOK

Foreign policy and war. The book is organized in a chronological way, starting from pre-medieval and coming all the way up to the fall of the Berlin wall. Napoleon's wars changed the face of middle Europe and brought the German states into the modern age. This book provides a clear and informative guide to the twists and turns of German history from the early middle ages to the present day. The E-mail message field is required. Fulbrook, Mary, Concise history of Germany. But now when I wanted to learn more about medieval Germany, this book gave me a paltry 13 pages.

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A Concise History of Germany.

Generations and Violence through the German Dictatorships ; two volume paperback edition, Such interactions with the Romanised Germans of Germania Inferior and th Mary Fulbrook manages to disperse the hazy fog hovering over German history with ease, guiding the reader through the early centuries in antiquity and through to post-unification Germany.

The Federal Republic of Germany since ; 9. Instead you have hlstory paragraphs with so much detail that you often turn the page wondering, "What did I just read? We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. Citations are based on reference standards. The book got a bit dry towards the end.

Foreign policy and the First World War. What initially drew me to it was a similar book from Cambridge University Press on the History of France that I found quite interesting, and both are marketed as textbooks. Equally I felt that many of the illustrations were only there for the sake of it and didn't illustrate much if anything view spoiler [ a picture of men in steel helmets marching to illustrate the Kapp putsch, wow, a couple of days of political turbulence in Berlin are really transformed in the imagination by a photo of a few men wearing steel helmets marching along a street hide spoiler ].

A Concise History of Germany

Although she gave no recommendations as to further literary reading this gave the book the feel of something that a person who could recognise those names might be interested to read to provide a historical background.

This second edition spans the early Middle Ages to the present day, synthesizing a vast array of historical material. I think it is ok for what it is, although the author's opening plea that it is easier to criticise than to write a book like this may have swayed my heart towards mercy. The German school of enlightenment differed from the French that developed into republic, instead wanting a constitutional monarchy.

Description This third edition of Mary Fulbrook's much-admired and popular introduction to German history provides a clear and informative guide to the twists and turns of the story of the German lands and peoples from the early middle ages to the present day. The first of these, the Franks under Clovis, would grow in time to become the rulers of central Europe, the Carolingian Empire. The book is somewhat academic, written as a way for students to use as a diving board to jump into more detailed works of the historical periods discussed.

I greatly enjoyed this book even though I often zoned out and would have to reread a page or so about five times over.

By implication, it would seem that an absolute free economy would be helpless before outside manipulation, which is a critique monarchists have made for several centuries. Fulbrook, Mary, Concise history of Germany. Rushed, superficial, and just not interesting. Rather more explicitly she follows Gillingham's pamphlet The Kingdom of Germany in the High Middle Ages in arguing that the 'normality' or otherwise of Germany development is also a question of perspective, from the point of view of states like Britain and France with a long tradition of political centralisation - everywhere else looks a bit odd, viewing Germany history from a long enough perspective the weak political association of the medieval period looks like an entirely reasonable and unsurprising forerunner of the current Federal state.

An updated edition of Mary Fulbrook's clear and informative guide to the twists and turns of German history from the early middle ages to the present day. The knights established a field hospital and were granted recognition from the Papacy, a military order commonly known as the Teutonic Order. Economy and society in the GDR Nov 13, Diana rated it liked it Shelves: Mar 18, Jan-Maat added it Shelves: Luther's "95 Theses" was intended to initiate action towards the perceived corruptions within the Catholic Church, even tackling issues such as social justice towards the peasant class before he was almost killed by one such mob and retracted his stance.

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I wanted to learn about the history of Germany. Home About Help Search. Please verify that you are not a robot. Account Options Sign in. The book definitely lives up to its name: The prose for most of this book is very slow and even verges on dismal at times.

Feb 10, Sue rated it it was ok Shelves: The central question has always been, what is the appropriate and composition of the German State, and different eras have lead to different answers.