List of illustrations |
Preface |
Introduction: The German Lands and People / 1: |
Mediaeval Germany / 2: |
The beginnings of German history |
Germany in the early and high middle ages |
Germany in the later middle ages |
The Age of Confessionalism, 1500-1648 / 3: |
The German Reformation: the early years |
The German Peasants' War |
The development of the German Reformation |
Germany in the age of Counter-Reformation |
The Thirty Years War |
The Peace of Westphalia and the effects of the War |
The Age of Absolutism, 1648-1815 / 4: |
Absolutism and the rise of Prussia |
Religion, culture and Enlightenment |
The impact of the French Revolution |
The Age of Industrialisation, 1815-1918 / 5: |
Restoration Germany, 1815-48 |
The revolutions of 1848 |
The unification of Germany |
Germany under Bismarck |
Society and politics in Wilhelmine Germany |
Culture in Imperial Germany |
Foreign policy and the First World War |
Democracy and Dictatorship, 1918-45 / 6: |
The Weimar Republic: origins and early years |
The period of apparent stabilisation |
The collapse of Weimar democracy |
The consolidation of Hitler's power |
Foreign policy and war |
Holocaust, resistance and defeat |
The Two Germanies, 1945-90 / 7: |
The creation of the two Germanies |
From establishment to consolidation |
Politics in the two Germanies, 1949-89 |
Economy and society in West Germany |
Economy and society in the GDR, 1949-89 |
The revolution of 1989 and the unification of Germany |
The Federal Republic of Germany Since 1990 / 8: |
Patterns and Problems of German History / 9: |
Suggestions for further reading |
Index |
List of illustrations |
Preface |
Introduction: The German Lands and People / 1: |