ID - 3390908 TI - Brill's companions to European history PY - 2012 VL - 1 SN - 22127410 SN - 9789004206830 9004206833 9004228721 PB - Leiden [etc.] Brill DB - UniCat KW - Holy Roman Empire KW - Saint Empire romain germanique KW - History. KW - Politics and government KW - Histoire KW - Politique et gouvernement KW - --Temps modernes, KW - History KW - Politics and government. KW - Constitutional history KW - Temps modernes, 1492-1789 KW - Holy Roman Empire - History - 1517-1648 KW - Holy Roman Empire - History - 1648-1804 KW - Holy Roman Empire - History - 1273-1517 KW - Holy Roman Empire - Politics and government UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3390908 AB - In the early modern period the Holy Roman Empire, or Reich, was one of the oldest and largest European states. Its importance was magnified by its location at the heart of the continent, by the extensive international connections of its leading families, and by the involvement of foreign rulers in its governance. This book breaks new ground in its collective exploration of aspects of cross-border and transnational interaction, and of political and diplomatic, social and cultural relations. There are essays on important turning-points, especially 1648 and 1806; on the patterns of rulership of the emperors themselves; on areas which lay on the margin of the Reich; on neighbouring countries which interacted with the Empire; and on visual and material culture. Contributors are Wolfgang Burgdorf, Olivier Chaline, Heinz Duchhardt, Jeroen Duindam, Robert Evans, Sven Externbrink, Robert Frost, Lothar Höbelt, Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, Petr Mat'a, Nicolette Mout, Thomas Munck, Géza Pálffy, Jaroslav Pánek, Adam Perłakowski, Friedrich Polleroß, Blythe Alice Raviola. Peter Schröder, Kim Siebenhüner, Peter H. Wilson and Thomas Winkelbauer. ER -