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A Short History of Germany

by Mary Platt Parmele

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.

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Language

English

Original Language

English

Published In

1898

Authors

Mary Platt Parmele

United States

Mary Platt Parmele was an American historian and writer. Parmele was born in Albany, New York and educated in New York. She was the daughter of Zephaniah Platt, the Michigan Attorney General, and the...

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