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Frederick the Great

A Profile

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  • © 1972

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  1. Peter Paret
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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Three Stages in Frederick’s Life

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Conflict Between Frederick and His Father

      • Carl Hinrichs
      Pages 3-22

    3. Return from the Seven Years’ War

      • Chester V. Easum
      Pages 23-38

    4. Old Age

      • George Peabody Gooch
      Pages 39-54

  3. The Administrator, the Soldier, the Statesman

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55
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    2. The Prussian Bureaucracy in the Eighteenth Century

      • Walter L. Dorn
      Pages 57-77

    3. An Inspection Tour

      • Chief Bailiff Fromme
      Pages 79-98

    4. Frederician Warfare

      • Gerhard Ritter
      Pages 99-120

    5. The Battle of Hochkirch

      • Ernst Friedrich Rudolf Von Barsewisch
      Pages 121-128

    6. Ruler Before Philosopher

      • Friedrich Meinecke
      Pages 129-174

  4. Frederick and the Enlightenment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 175-175
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    2. Frederick and the Academy

      • Wilhelm Dilthey
      Pages 177-197

    3. Frederick’s Essay on German Literature

      • Friedrich Gundolf
      Pages 199-217

  5. Two Assessments

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 219-219
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    2. An Enlightened Despot?

      • Franz Mehring
      Pages 221-228

    3. Destroyer and Creator

      • Heinrich Ritter Von Srbik
      Pages 229-239

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 241-249
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Frederick the Great

  • Book Subtitle: A Profile

  • Editors: Peter Paret

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-01476-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Peter Paret 1972

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-01478-1Published: 01 January 1972

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-01476-7Published: 18 June 1972

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 249

  • Topics: History of Germany and Central Europe, Political History

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