Author: Clive H. Church
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107244196
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
Despite its position at the heart of Europe and its quintessentially European nature, Switzerland's history is often overlooked within the English-speaking world. This comprehensive and engaging history of Switzerland traces the historical and cultural development of this fascinating but neglected European country from the end of the Dark Ages up to the present. The authors focus on the initial Confederacy of the Middle Ages; the religious divisions which threatened it after 1500 and its surprising survival amongst Europe's monarchies; the turmoil following the French Revolution and conquest, which continued until the Federal Constitution of 1848; the testing of the Swiss nation through the late nineteenth century and then two World Wars and the Depression of the 1930s; and the unparalleled economic and social growth and political success of the post-war era. The book concludes with a discussion of the contemporary challenges, often shared with neighbours, that shape the country today.
A Concise History of Switzerland
Author: Clive H. Church
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107244196
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
Despite its position at the heart of Europe and its quintessentially European nature, Switzerland's history is often overlooked within the English-speaking world. This comprehensive and engaging history of Switzerland traces the historical and cultural development of this fascinating but neglected European country from the end of the Dark Ages up to the present. The authors focus on the initial Confederacy of the Middle Ages; the religious divisions which threatened it after 1500 and its surprising survival amongst Europe's monarchies; the turmoil following the French Revolution and conquest, which continued until the Federal Constitution of 1848; the testing of the Swiss nation through the late nineteenth century and then two World Wars and the Depression of the 1930s; and the unparalleled economic and social growth and political success of the post-war era. The book concludes with a discussion of the contemporary challenges, often shared with neighbours, that shape the country today.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107244196
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
Despite its position at the heart of Europe and its quintessentially European nature, Switzerland's history is often overlooked within the English-speaking world. This comprehensive and engaging history of Switzerland traces the historical and cultural development of this fascinating but neglected European country from the end of the Dark Ages up to the present. The authors focus on the initial Confederacy of the Middle Ages; the religious divisions which threatened it after 1500 and its surprising survival amongst Europe's monarchies; the turmoil following the French Revolution and conquest, which continued until the Federal Constitution of 1848; the testing of the Swiss nation through the late nineteenth century and then two World Wars and the Depression of the 1930s; and the unparalleled economic and social growth and political success of the post-war era. The book concludes with a discussion of the contemporary challenges, often shared with neighbours, that shape the country today.
Switzerland the pioneer of the Reformation or la Suisse allemande
Author: La Comtesse DORA D ĚISTRIA
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
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Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
An Outline History of Switzerland
Author: Dieter Fahrni
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Category : Switzerland
Languages : en
Pages : 118
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Category : Switzerland
Languages : en
Pages : 118
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Switzerland the Pioneer of the Reformation
Author: comtesse Dora d' Istria
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Category : Reformation
Languages : en
Pages : 462
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Category : Reformation
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
The History of Switzerland, for the Swiss People
Author: Heinrich Zschokke
Publisher: New York : C.S. Francis ; London : S. Low
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Category : Switzerland
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Publisher: New York : C.S. Francis ; London : S. Low
ISBN:
Category : Switzerland
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Switzerland: A Village History
Author: D. Birmingham
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 9780333800140
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Switzerland is a remarkable country half of whose territory lies in the Alps. The raising of cattle and the making of cheese eventually brought a modest wealth to the peasants but the destructive Napoleonic invasion brought revolution and poverty. The democratic unification of Switzerland created a common market and a single currency. This history of one alpine village illustrates a one-thousand-year struggle for survival on the edge of this white wilderness.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 9780333800140
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Switzerland is a remarkable country half of whose territory lies in the Alps. The raising of cattle and the making of cheese eventually brought a modest wealth to the peasants but the destructive Napoleonic invasion brought revolution and poverty. The democratic unification of Switzerland created a common market and a single currency. This history of one alpine village illustrates a one-thousand-year struggle for survival on the edge of this white wilderness.
History of Switzerland
Author: John Wilson
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Category : Switzerland
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
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Category : Switzerland
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
The History of Switzerland
Author: Heinrich Zschokke
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Dunant's Dream
Author: Caroline Moorehead
Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub
ISBN: 9780786706099
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
Chronicles the history of the Red Cross, from its nineteenth-century humanitarian origins to the complex moral dilemmas it has faced in the twentieth-century
Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub
ISBN: 9780786706099
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
Chronicles the history of the Red Cross, from its nineteenth-century humanitarian origins to the complex moral dilemmas it has faced in the twentieth-century
Switzerland the Pioneer of the Reformation
Author: comtesse Dora d' Istria
Publisher:
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Category : Reformation
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reformation
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description