ABSTRACT
This book is intended as a characterological history of the Germans, German history viewed as the formation of the German character. It suggests some reasons why the term capitalism can be properly applied only to commercial development in Germany.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |6 pages
Introduction
part One|116 pages
MEDIEVAL GERMANY
chapter 1|8 pages
THE UNIQUENESS OF GERMANY
chapter 2|19 pages
THE CONFRONTATION
chapter 3|6 pages
THE EARLY FRANKISH KINGDOM
chapter 4|6 pages
CHARLEMAGNE
chapter 5|7 pages
THE FEUDAL SYSTEM
chapter 6|6 pages
THE GROWTH OF THE FRENCH NATION
chapter 7|7 pages
IMPERIUM ET SACERDOTIUM
chapter 8|7 pages
GERMAN FEUDALISM AND ITS DISINTEGRATION
chapter 9|7 pages
THE TERRITORIAL STATES
chapter 10|6 pages
PROVINCIALISM IN THE TERRITORIAL STATES
chapter 11|6 pages
THE ORIGIN OF THE GERMAN CITIES
chapter 12|8 pages
THE ASCENDANCY OF THE CRAFT GUILDS
chapter 13|8 pages
THE INNOVATIONS OF THE INLAND CITIES
chapter 14|6 pages
THE BEGINNINGS OF CAPITALISM
chapter 15|7 pages
THE GERMAN CITY AND THE GERMAN CHARACTER
part Two|90 pages
THE REFORMATION
chapter 16|6 pages
THE DECLINE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
chapter 17|7 pages
HERESY AND MYSTICISM
chapter 18|10 pages
WYCLIFFE AND HUS
chapter 19|7 pages
LUTHER'S EARLY YEARS
chapter 20|10 pages
THE NINETY-FIVE THESES
chapter 21|11 pages
THE DEBATE AT LEIPZIG
chapter 22|11 pages
THE THREE MAJOR TREATISES AND THE EDICT OF WORMS
chapter 23|6 pages
THE SPREAD OF PROTESTANTISM
chapter 24|8 pages
MÜNZER AND THE ANABAPTISTS
chapter 25|8 pages
THE PEASANTS' WAR
chapter 26|4 pages
LUTHER'S INFLUENCE ON THE GERMAN CHARACTER
part Three|79 pages
THE MODERN AGE
