17. The Second Fall of the Empire

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface VII
3. Acknowledgment XI
4. Contents XIII
5. 1. The Occident: Thesis of World History 1
6. 2. Tacitus and the Germans 13
7. 3. The City and the World 24
8. 4. The City and the World 31
9. 5. Rome Has Fallen: Rome Has Triumphed 42
10. 6. The Crown of Charlemagne 54
11. 7. Sacred Roman Empire of the German Nation 67
12. 8. Germanic Hellas on the Palatine 76
13. 9. The Estates of the Empire 89
14. 10. Imperium and Sacerdotium 100
15. 11. The Greatest Frederick 114
16. 12. Dante and the Seamless Robe 126
17. 13. The Inward Path 141
18. 14. The Protest Against History 157
19. 15. The First Thirty Years War 174
20. 16. The Categoric Imperative 189
21. 17. The Second Fall of the Empire 206
22. 18. The Spirit of World History 224
23. 19. The City of the World 241
24. 20. The Revolution of 1848 254
25. 21. The Victory of Particularism 266
26. 22. Bismarck as Heir of the Paulskirche 278
27. 23. Prussia’s German Mandate 288
28. 24. The Solution of the German Question 298
29. 25. The Hall of Mirrors 313
30. 26. The Statesman of Europe 325
31. 27. The Black and the Red 340
32. 28. Dropping the Pilot 357
33. 29. National Realm of Supranationalism 371
34. 30. The Second Thirty Years War 388
35. 31. The Last of the Paladins 402
36. 32. The Cannae of Europe 415
37. 33. Republic of the Germans 427
38. 34. Springtime of Europe 440
39. 35. The Secret Germany 454
40. 36. Ten Years After 463
41. 37. Nor by the Will of the People 477
42. 38. The Years of Captivity 488
43. 39. The Occident: Synthesis of World History 501
44. List of Works Cited 513
45. Index 545