The Transitions of Politics and Society in Early Modern Germany

The book explores the early political and social transition of Germany in modern times. It focuses on the path choices and transition of the main political forces of Germany (emperors, vassals, imperial cities, and farmers) in the 1518th century, as well as the impact of this transition on the historical development of Germany after the 19th century.

Based on relevant research from domestic and foreign academic circles, this book focuses on the path choices and transitions of the main political forces of Germany (the emperors, the princes, the Imperial Cities and the peasants) in the early modern political and social transitional processes in the 1518th century, as well as the impacts of these transitions on the historical development of Germany after the 19th century. In this book, the author puts forward his own thoughts on the theory of "the German Special Path" (deutscher Sonderweg), thereby revealing the "continuity" of the historical development of Germany. This book is the first in China that systematically and comprehensively explores the political and social transitions of Germany in early modern times, reflecting the understanding of Chinese scholars on the issues of the political and social transitions of Germany in early modern times and the theory of "the German Special Path" (deutscher Sonderweg).

Autorentext

Qian Jinfei received his PhD in World History (with a focus on medieval European history) from Peking University in 2004. Since then Qian has worked in the Department of History at Yunnan University, where he is now a professor and tutor for Doctor The main areas of Qian's teaching and research include European history in the late Middle Ages and early modern times, German history, and comparative studies of the Chinese and Western Histories. Supported by a grant from the China Scholarship Council, Qian spent a year at the University of Vienna, Austria from 2014 to 2015 as a visiting scholar. Qian has presided over or taken part in around ten national- and provincial-level research projects, and published more than ten articles in academic journals. Qian is also the translator or co-translator of the following works: The Revolution of 1525: The German Peasants' War from a New Perspective (by Peter Blickle), Augustine of Hippo: A Biography (by Peter Brown), and History of Western Society (by John Buckler, Bennett D. Hill and others).

Inhalt

List of Figures Foreword Afterword and Acknowledgments Introduction The Conditions for Transition of the Politics in Early Modern Germany State-Building at the Imperial Level and the Backwardness of German Monarchy The Choices of the German Cities in the Political Transitions of Early Modern Germany The Common Man's Path to State Building Princes' Path to the Early Modern State Building Social Transition in Germany during the Reformation Discontinuity or Continuity? Rethinking the Sonderweg Bibliography.