| Description |
1 online resource (304) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of maps; Preface to the English edition; Introduction to the English edition; 1 Frederick's youth -- the international situation and personal destiny; Europe's political constellation; Father and son; The court martial of the Crown Prince and Frederick's eventual rehabilitation; 2 The King and his Prussia; Court and dynasty; Army and officer corps; Society of Orders: Gutsherrschaft and peasant subordination; The beginnings of a middle class; 3 The Anti-Machiavel and Machiavellianism; 4 Prussia and Austria |
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Justice and might: The origins of the conquest of SilesiaFrederick in great power politics: The War of the Austrian Succession; On the edge of destruction: The Seven Years War; 5 Russia -- a dangerous neighbour; 6 Prussia and the Holy Roman Empire: From the Imperial Ban to the League of Princes; 7 The Frederician state: The theory and practice of government; Enlightened Absolutism; Cameralism and mercantilism; Impopulation and the second rétablissement; 8 Soldier-King; 9 Philosopher-King; Historian of his times; Philosophical reflections; Voltaire's political role; Afterword; Further reading |
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Chronology of major eventsMaps; Index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1317901525 |
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9781317901525 |
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