Ronald G. Asch is professor of early modern history at the University of Freiburg. His latest monograph is Sacral Kingship between Disenchantment and Re-enchantment. The French and English Monarchies c. 1587-1688, Berghahn, New York /Oxford 2014 and he is at present working on a study (to be published in German) entitled: The Hero’s twilight: Models of Heroism in England and France from the Wars of Religion to the Age of Enlightenment.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Eyes wide shut – Germany, the immigration crisis and Merkel’s winter of discontentRarely has a democratic country moved so rapidly from seemingly perfect political stability to a widespread feeling...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The decline and fall of the European Union: is it time to rip it up and start again?There was no distinction in EU politics between friend and foe. Everything worked so nicely. But this was also the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Special deal, root and branch reform or Brexit? Cameron’s EU-policy - a sceptical view from GermanyThe concessions which Britain will be granted today in negotiations with Brussels and Berlin may well turn out to be...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?What is Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) on about?The opportunities and temptations of a newcomer among Germany’s political parties.