Name: The Bee and the Eagle
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Author: Peter H. Wilson
ISBN: 9781349284368

Type

Physical Book

Author

Peter H. Wilson

Publisher

Springer Nature B.V.

Year

2008

Language

English

Pages

316

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.6x14 cm

ISBN13

9781349284368

The Bee and the Eagle

Peter H. Wilson (Author) · Springer Nature B.V. · Paperback

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Synopsis "The Bee and the Eagle"

This volume’s juxtaposition of the empires of Germany and France in 1806, at the dissolution of The Holy Roman Empire, allows a comparison of their transition towards modernity, explored through the themes of Empire, monarchy, political cultures, feudalism, war and military institutions, nationalism and identity, and everyday experience.

Peter H. Wilson

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Peter H. Wilson is a British historian born in 1963, specialized in military history and the history of the Holy Roman Empire. Since 2015, he holds the Chichele Chair of War History at All Souls College, University of Oxford. His research focuses on the impact of war on European and global development, as well as the history of the Holy Roman Empire.

Among his most notable works are The Thirty Years War: A European Tragedy (2009), The Holy Roman Empire: A Thousand Years of European History (2016), and Iron and Blood: A Military History of the German-speaking Peoples since 1500 (2022), the latter awarded the Duke of Wellington Medal in 2023. His work has been recognized for its academic depth and ability to contextualize military conflicts within European political and cultural history.

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