A History of Germany 1715-1815

 

A History of Germany 1715-1815

A History of Germany 1715–1815 by C. T. Atkinson is a comprehensive survey of German history covering exactly the century from 1715 to 1815, originally published in 1908. Written by British historian Christopher Thomas Atkinson, who was a noted military history scholar and lecturer at Oxford, the work spans approximately 732–776 pages in various editions and includes detailed narrative along with maps and plans, making it a substantial reference for the period.

The book traces the political, diplomatic, military, and cultural development of the German lands in the 18th and early 19th centuries, beginning with the situation of the Holy Roman Empire and the German principalities after the Peace of Utrecht, moving through the reigns of Frederick William I and Frederick the Great in Prussia, the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years’ War, and the complex diplomatic and military challenges posed by the French Revolution and Napoleon’s campaigns. It culminates with the Wars of Liberation against Napoleon, the reshaping of German territory in the Resettlement of 1803, and the Congress of Vienna in 1815, offering readers both broad context and specific campaign detail.

Published in London by Methuen & Co. in 1908, it remains a valuable (if dated) foundational text for understanding how historians of the early 20th century interpreted German and European developments in this transformative century.