Throughout history, small states have ... the shadow of Poland and the Holy Roman Empire. Growing to encompass much of northern and central Europe, Prussia was led to new heights by Frederick ...

A constitutional crisis in 1860s Prussia could teach Americans the importance of public participation in democracy.

the German states remained independent the anti-nationalistic Austrian Empire was the dominant force in Central Europe Attempts at a political union, mainly on the Prussian side, had failed.

wisely opens this book with an overview of European and German history from fall of Napoleon to the outbreak of the 1866 Austro-Prussian or Seven Weeks' War. He follows this with a concise account of ...

During her reign she extended the Russian empire southwards and westwards, adding territories which included the Crimea, Belarus and Lithuania. Agreements with Prussia and Austria led to three ...