This book about the history of the German people since the end of the Middle Ages is an unaltered, high-quality reprint of the original edition from 1894. The present eighth volume describes the economic, social, and religious-moral conditions as well as witchcraft and the witch hunts up to the beginning of the Thirty Years' War. Vero Verlag publishes literature on various topics such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. The focus of the publisher is on preserving historical literature. Many works by historical writers and scholars are now only available as antiques. Vero Verlag reprints these books, thereby contributing to the preservation of rare literature and historical knowledge for the future.