The German Empire, established in 1871 on the twin foundations of Prussian military strength and economic dynamism, described itself as an 'Eternal League of Princes and Free Cities': a phrase which, like the terms Kaiser (emperor) and Kaiserreich (empire), evoked the medieval past rather than a contemporary world of railways and steamships.
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Imperial Culture in Germany, 1871 - 1918 (European Studies)
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"The German Empire, established in 1871 on the twin foundations of Prussian military strength and economic dynamism, described itself as an 'Eternal League of Princes and Free Cities': a phrase which, like the terms Kaiser (emperor) and Kaiserreich (empire), evoked the medieval past rather than a contemporary world of railways and steamships."
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