Should I preorder Peter Wilson's The Holy Roman Empire:

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>>587725
>Holy
>Roman
>Empire

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>>587736
>le smug french man

WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE?
IT'S NOT HOLY.
IT'S NOT ROMAN.

>>587755
You fucked up

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>HRE, a polity based on tradition
>lasted a thousand years

>Jacobin France, a polity based on reason
>lasted a few months

Sorry Voltaire, but by your fruits we shall know you and the state that was established according to your theories was shit.

Only commies and SJWs like Voltaire hate the Holy Roman Empire of the Germanic Nation.

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>>587736

errytime

Do some checks on the author. Is he a scholar? Is he respected? An authority?

>>587736
Every fucking thread kek

The Thirty Years War is pretty dank

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>>587725
I have. Solely for the cover.

>>587883
Turns out he's a professor at All Souls. That's all I need to know.

>>589506
what does it tell you?

>>589524
Do you know what All Souls College is?

>>589627
no i don't desu, please enlighten me senpai

>>587725
Yeah, you wouldn't want them to run out of copies. Better preorder and get to the store at 4:00am

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>>587776
>>587776
>>587776

Reading his book on the thirty years war. It's crap but I've read 500 pages so perservering -_-

>>590860
-_-

>>590860
>Peter Wilson's The Holy Roman Empire: A Thousand Years of Europe's History?
i almost bought that for Gustavus Adolphus but i didnt have enough money. Did i save myself some hardship senpai

>>590607
It is to other Oxford colleges as Oxford is to other universities. Basically the most prestigious academic institution in the world.

>>590612
Don't be a poo.

i'm interested just because i can't find any other recent surveys on the hre in english

>>591080
I was trying to be funny ;_;

>>590860
why is it crap