The Great Elector

Frederick William of Brandenburg-Prussia

Derek McKay (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

300 Seiten

2017
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-16668-4 (ISBN)

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In this first biography in English for fifty years, Derek McKay avoids the limitation of seeing Frederick William primarily as precursor of the 'Enlightened' Frederick the Great. Instead, he roots him firmly in his own time, a dynastic, protestant ruler like many another in Germany, but gifted with the toughness and opportunism to overcome the hostility of his local nobilities and of the surrounding great powers.

Derek McKay is formerly of the London School of Economics.

Contents v
Acknowledgements
Chronology

Chapter 1 The inheritance of the Great Elector

Chapter 2 The beggarly elector, 1640-1648

Chapter 3 Frederick William’s attempt to establish
his authority

Chapter r 4 A European prince, 1648-1660

Chapter 5 Brandenburg-Prussian society under the
Great Elector

Chapter 6 The mature ruler, 1660-1679

Chapter 7 Fiscal and military power

Chapter 8 ‘The shrewdest fox in the Empire’, 1660-1679

Chapter 9 The final years, 1679-1688

Chapter 10 The Great Elector

Maps
Family Tree
Further Reading
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	01.02.2017
Reihe/Serie	Profiles In Power
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	1-138-16668-5 / 1138166685
ISBN-13	978-1-138-16668-4 / 9781138166684
Zustand	Neuware