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A Short History of Germany

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Mary Platt Parmele brings to life the history of Germany and its rise to prominence in Europe. From scheming nobles to treaties created under the guise of peace, the reader is transported to the years before a cohesive group of city-states that became Germany. She shows us how the power of the Catholic Church stoked the fires of revolution, and caused the great schism between the Catholic people and the newly forming Protestant sects. The book begins by discussing the origins of the Aryan race (framed as describing people of Indo-European heritage as a racial grouping, or distinctive race/sub-race of the Caucasians) and ends around 1871 when Germany was united after defeating Napoleon.
(3 hr 38 min)

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Preface

1:28

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Indo-European Migrations—Divisions of the Aryan Family into European Races—The …

6:54

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Hermann—Defeat of Varus—Characteristics of the Ancient Germans

5:46

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Social Conditions—Form of Government—The Goth in Rome—A Gothic Kingdom in Spain…

8:31

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Ulfilas—The Hunnish Invasion—The Roman Empire Perishing—Its Conversion—An Easte…

10:12

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Early Conditions—Hungarian Invasions—Creation of Burgs—Knighthood—Pope and Empe…

13:27

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Source of Weakness in the Empire—The Great Interregnum—The Nibelungen Lied—The …

6:25

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Conditions—First Hapsburg and First Hohenzollern—Swiss Freedom—Intellectual Awa…

9:59

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General European Conditions—Centralizing Tendencies at Work—Maximilian I.—A New…

7:48

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Triple Game between Francis I., Henry VIII., and Charles IV.—Leo X.—Luther—The …

18:41

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A Protestant Germany—A Divided Protestantism—True Meaning of the Struggle—Unfru…

16:05

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Romano-Germanic Empire Perishing—European Conditions—Louis XIV.—Decay of Nation…

14:59

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Frederick the Great—His Childhood—Von Katte's Execution—Frederick at Potsdam—Fr…

17:00

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War over American Boundary between England and France—Maria Theresa Joins Franc…

8:21

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Marie Antoinette Married to the French Dauphin Louis—Unsuspected Conditions—Jos…

9:27

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The Beginnings of the Storm—The United States of America and France—The Thought…

11:29

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Napoleon Emperor of the French—Third Coalition—Prussian Neutrality—The Rheinbun…

8:13

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Revolt of Bavarian Peasants—The "League of Virtue"—Invasion of Russia—Burning o…

10:24

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Reconstruction—The Act of Union—Sentiment of the People—Concessions—Francis II.…

12:45

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King William and Bismarck—Schleswig-Holstein—Proposed Division—War against Aust…

10:14

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Napoleon III. Plans the Overthrow of Prussian Dominion—Vacant Throne in Spain—A…

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Lots of Aryan References

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Historybfrom ma time when genetics was considered a factor in the development of men's (no women discussed) selves, traits, and country values. I didn't finish it, fount it not that interesting, and know a lot of historical data has changed interpretation s. Apologies for misspelled words or awkward sentences, unable to see test in this box on my Android.