Over the last forty years or so, research on the history of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (1495-1806) has been transformed almost beyond recognition. Once derided as a political non-entity, a chaotic assemblage of countless principalities and statelets that lacked coercive power and was stifled by encrusted structures and procedures, the Reich has been fully rehab...(展开全部)

The Holy Roman Empire lasted for over a millennium, yet its development and institutions are still commonly dismissed as largely irrelevant to broader historical issues. Recent scholarship challenges this view but until now has failed to provide a convincing interpretation of the political structure which provided the framework within which such major events as the Reformation ...(展开全部)

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 aspe...(展开全部)

詹姆斯·布赖斯（1838-1922），出生于北爱尔兰，是一位学识博洽，见解深邃的历史学家，同时还是一位政治理论家和政治活动家。除出版《神圣罗马帝国》一书奠定其学术地位，为其树立了历史家的地位以外，他发表的《美利坚共和国》也极负盛名，被视为外国人论述美国的经典著作之一。此外，所著《现代民主制度》也使作者享有盛誉。

作者简介： 约阿希姆·惠利（Joachim Whaley），剑桥大学德国历史与思想教授，冈维尔和凯斯学院研究员。主要教授1500年以来的德国历史和文化以及当代德国政治。著有《1529—1819年汉堡的宗教宽容和社会变革》（1985）《1493—1806年的德意志与神圣罗马帝国》（2012），并以英德双语发表过多篇论文。1984年成为皇家历史学会会员，2015年被选为英国国家学术院院士。 序言作者简介： 王涛，南京大学历史学院教授、副院长、博士生导师，主要研究领域涉及教会史、德国史、数字史学等方向。主讲数字工具与世界史研究、德国史、基督教文明史、影像中的世界史等课程，曾获南京大学青年教师人文科研原创奖、第二届日知世界史奖青年奖等奖项。著有《主教的书信空间》，译作《喧嚣时代：20世纪全球史》。

THE SUNDAY TIMES AND ECONOMIST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2016 'Hugely impressive... Wilson is an assured guide through the millennium-long labyrinth of papal-imperial relations' Literary Review A great, sprawling, ancient and unique entity, the Holy Roman Empire, from its founding by Charlemagne to its destruction by Napoleon a millennium later, formed the heart of Europe. It was a gre...(展开全部)

The Holy Roman Empire lasted a thousand years, far longer than ancient Rome. Yet this formidable dominion never inspired the awe of its predecessor. Voltaire distilled the disdain of generations when he quipped it was neither holy, Roman, nor an empire. Yet as Peter Wilson shows, the Holy Roman Empire tells a millennial story of Europe better than the histories of individual na...(展开全部)

The Greek statesman Polybius (c.200 - 118 BC) wrote his account of the relentless growth of the Roman Empire in order to help his fellow countrymen understand how their world came to be dominated by Rome. Opening with the Punic War in 264 BC, he vividly records the critical stages of Roman expansion: its campaigns throughout the Mediterranean, the temporary setbacks inflicted b...(展开全部)

神圣罗马帝国地跨中欧大部分地区，延续时间长达千年，然而人们却普遍认为其发展虚弱无力、制度效率低下、与重大历史问题没有关联。近来的学术研究批判了这一观点，本书在吸收大量最新研究成果的基础上，提供了一种独树一帜的观察帝国的方式。 作者不是把帝国视为一个失败的君主国或是德意志民族国家尚不完善的先驱，而是从帝国自身角度出发，认为帝国是一种包含君主制、等级制、联邦制因素的多层次体系。作者在欧洲历史的宏大背景下考察了帝国发展的重大阶段，并对帝国的主要机构及其发展作了全面介绍，具有重要参考价值。

神圣罗马帝国统治中欧长达千年，对德意志乃至欧洲历史进程产生了不可磨灭的深远影响。然而伏尔泰讽刺它“既不神圣，也非罗马，更非帝国”，长久以来帝国成为政治软弱和民族分裂的代名词，但这种评价是否代表历史的真相？神圣罗马帝国究竟是什么？它如何运行？它为何能延续这么久？它又如何走向崩溃？ 面对这样复杂又迷人的研究对象，本书作者彼得·威尔逊尝试超越民族国家视角，提供了独树一帜的观察帝国的方式。他在更广阔的欧洲史背景下，考察了帝国发展的重大阶段，着重关注帝国从1495年开启宪政改革到1806年解体的历史，全面介绍了帝国的关键制度和发展趋势，并剖析了民族主义与帝国认同之间的张力。 威尔逊并不把帝国视为一个失败的君主国或是德意志民族国家尚不完善的先驱，而是从帝国自身角度出发，认为帝国是一种包含君主制、等级制、联邦制因素的多层次体系。