| Title | : | Maximilian I |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Hugh Trevor-Roper |
| Release | : | 2017-02-22 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Biographies & Memoirs, Books, History, European History |
| Size | : | 3130367 |
| Nineteenth-century German historians portrayed Maximilian I as a fascinating but enigmatic dignitary - the first modern ruler and the last medieval knight, the model humanist, a true Renaissance man. He has since been ridiculed as a spineless misadventurer, a Don Quixote whose head was full of magnificent fantasies and unattainable ambitions. Here, in this essay by the acclaimed British historian Hugh Trevor-Roper, is Maximilian’s extraordinary story. |
