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Religion and Politics in German History: From the Beginnings to the French Revolution
Author(s): Frank Eyck (Author)
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date: 8 Jun. 1998
- Language: English
- Print length: 425 pages
- ISBN-10: 0333710940
- ISBN-13: 9780333710944
Book Description
Eyck shows how the Germanic peoples, through their ability to assimilate ancient cultures, were able to act as a link between classical and medieval civilization, and how the popes in the mid-eighth century chose the Germanic Franks as protectors against their Italian enemies, resulting in the coronation of Charlemagne as Roman emperor by the pope in 800 AD. Reformed by the pious emperor Henry III, the strengthened papacy was no longer prepared to accept a subordinate status to the emperor and insisted on its independence; this close cooperation turned into bitter conflict. The papacy increasingly turned to France, only to find the price was a greater subservience than to the Teutonic emperors. The advent of Luther brought the Germanic kingdom once more into the centre of the stage. The Reformation and Counter-Reformation, however, brought religious division.
Editorial Reviews
Review
It would serve well as a textbook or as a quick reference for both specialists and generalists alike.’ – Speculum ‘Religion and Politics in German History is,…one of the few attempts in English to survey the entire history of the Holy Roman Empire since Geoffrey Barraclough’s Origins of Modern Germany, first published in 1946. Frank Eyck has not made Barraclough redundant, but he has provided a valuable fresh perspective.’ – Joachim Whaley, Times Literary Supplement ‘This comprehensive yet succinct account of relations between Church and State will be an excellent companion for any student of the political history of medieval and modern Germany.’ – Haijo Jan Westra, Department of Greek, Latin and Ancient History, the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
About the Author
FRANK EYCK was born in Berlin in 1921 and emigrated to Britain in 1936. He served in the British army from 1940 to 1946, and was a member of an information control unit charged with establishing a democratic press in Germany. He was a Research Fellow of St Antony’s College, Oxford from 1956 to 1958 and Lecturer in Modern European History at Exeter University from 1959 to 1968, when he emigrated to Canada, joining the University of Calgary as Professor of History, becoming emeritus in 1987. From 1974 to 1979 he was vice-chairman of council of the Inter-University Centre of Post-Graduate Studies in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, and in 1982 he was Visiting Professor at the University of Wurzburg in Germany. He is the author of The Prince Consort: A Political Biography, The Frankfurt Parliament: 1848-49 and G.P.Gooch: A Study in History and Politics. He edited The Revolutions of 1848-49 and Frederick Hertz: The German Public Mind in the Nineteenth Century.
