An Annotated Bibliography of the Holy Roman Empire

"A companion volume to the author's earlier Holy Roman Empire: A Dictionary Handbook, this bibliography provides an excellent overview of more than 3,000 works dealing with that all-too-secular symbol of the Universal Christian Empire. Limited to printed sources available in the US, entries are organized into 11 broad subject categories.... Each broad category is further divided into numerous detailed topical headings. A few primary sources have been included, but for the most part entries are limited to published works in German, French, Italian, Latin, and English, with heavy emphasis on the last. Some periodical articles and dissertations are included, and thorough subject and author indexes are provided. A brief annotation accompanies each numbered entry.... Zophy does update many of [the] standard resources, providing a broader overview of the Holy Roman Empire not limited to German historical sources...."-Choice