A Social and Intellectual Interpretation of European History from the Thirteenth Century Through the Age of Napolean

Author

Laurence Joseph Younce, Marquette University

Date of Award

6-1928

Degree Type

Bachelors Essay

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Department

History

First Advisor

John A. McChrystal

Second Advisor

John McCormick

Abstract

One of ·the most outstanding features of this century, called by Walsh "the greatest of centuries'', is the steady decline it exhibits of the power of the Holy Roman Empire. The causes for this decline were as numerous as inexorable: there was (1) a well-nigh insuperable combination of physical difficulties in the way of effective unity, (2) a disintegrating rise of differing national consciousnesses among the component parts of the Empire, (3) the anarchic tendencies of feudalism, (4) the influence of the contemporaneous Commercial Revolution through the rise of the city states, (5) the rise of the nation states of Western Europe, who regarded it as an unrespected field for conquest, and (6) its attempts at secular interference with the Church.

Comments

A Thesis submitted partially to fulfill the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Recommended Citation

Younce, Laurence Joseph, "A Social and Intellectual Interpretation of European History from the Thirteenth Century Through the Age of Napolean" (1928). Bachelors’ Theses. 1245.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/bachelor_essays/1245