Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Maps viii
4. Tables ix
5. Introduction to the Original Edition xi
6. Note to the Second Revised and Expanded Edition xiii
7. Note to the Third Revised Edition xiv
8. 1. Central Europe: geographic zones 1
9. 2. Central Europe, ca. 400 5
10. 3. Central Europe, 7th–8th centuries 8
11. 4. Central Europe, 9th century 10
12. 5. Early medieval kingdoms, ca. 1050 13
13. 6. The period of feudal subdivisions, ca. 1250 16
14. 7. Poland, Lithuania, and Bohemia-Moravia, 13th–15th centuries 20
15. 8. Hungary-Croatia and Venetia, 14th–15th centuries 23
16. 9. Bulgaria, Serbia, Bosnia, and the Ottoman Empire, 14th–15th centuries 27
17. 10. Central Europe, ca. 1480 31
18. 11. Economic patterns, ca. 1450 34
19. 12. The city in medieval times 37
20. 13. Ecclesiastical jurisdictions, ca. 1450 42
21. 14. Central Europe, ca. 1570 46
22. 15. Protestant Reformation, 16th century 48
23. 16. Catholic Counter Reformation, 16th–17th centuries 51
24. 17. Education and culture through the 18th century 54
25. 18. Central Europe, 1648 57
26. 19. Poland-Lithuania, the Habsburgs, Hungary-Croatia, and Transylvania, 16th–17th centuries 59
27. 20. The Ottoman Empire, the Habsburgs, Hungary-Croatia, and Transylvania, 16th–17th centuries 63
28. 21. Central Europe, ca. 1721 67
29. 22. Poland, Austria, and the Ottoman Empire, 18th century 70
30. 23. The Napoleonic era, 1795–1814 73
31. 24. Central Europe, 1815 76
32. 25. The Austrian and Austro-Hungarian Empire, 1815–1914 78
33. 26. The Balkan Peninsula, 1817–1912 83
34. 27. The Balkan Peninsula on the eve of World War I 87
35. 28. Canal and railway development before 1914 90
36. 29. Population, 1870–1910 93
37. 30. Ethnolinguistic distribution, ca. 1900 97
38. 31. Cultural and educational institutions before 1914 100
39. 32. Germans in Central Europe, ca. 1900 104
40. 33. Jews and Armenians in Central Europe, ca. 1900 107
41. 34. The Catholic Church, 1900 111
42. 35. The Orthodox Church, 1900 114
43. 36. Central Europe, 1910 118
44. 37. World War I, 1914–1918 121
45. 38. Central Europe, 1918–1923 125
46. 39. Poland, Danzig, and Lithuania in the 20th century 130
47. 40. Belarus and Ukraine in the 20th century 135
48. 41. Czechoslovakia, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia in the 20th century 140
49. 42. Austria and Hungary in the 20th century 145
50. 43. Romania and Moldova in the 20th century 149
51. 44. Yugoslavia, Serbia, and Kosovo in the 20th century 153
52. 45. Slovenia, Trieste, and Istria in the 20th century 159
53. 46. Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina in the 20th century 162
54. 47. Montenegro, Albania, and Macedonia in the 20th century 166
55. 48. Bulgaria and Greece in the 20th century 170
56. 49. Central Europe, ca. 1930 174
57. 50. World War II, 1939–1942 177
58. 51. World War II, 1943–1945 181
59. 52. Central Europe after World War II 185
60. 53. Population movements, 1944–1948 189
61. 54. Population in the 20th century 194
62. 55. Ethnolinguistic distribution, ca. 2010 197
63. 56. Central Europe, 1980 202
64. 57. Industrial development, 1945–1989 205
65. 58. Education and re-education in the 20th century 208
66. 59. The Catholic Church in the 20th century 211
67. 60. The Orthodox Church in the 20th century 216
68. 61. Post-Communist Central Europe 221
69. Map sources 225
70. Bibliography 229
71. Index 237