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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Barclay, David E., 1948- Frederick William IV and the Prussian monarchy, 1840-1861. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995 (OCoLC)756451818 |
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| Named Person: | Frederick William, King of Prussia; Friedrich Wilhelm, Preußen König IV.; Frédéric Guillaume, 4 ; roi de Prusse). |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
David E Barclay |
| ISBN: | 0198204302 9780198204305 |
| OCLC Number: | 32819509 |
| Description: | xiii, 335 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Other Titles: | Frederick William Fourth and the Prussian monarchy, 1840-1861 |
| Responsibility: | David E. Barclay. |
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Abstract:
This is the first full-scale study in English of the reign of Frederick William IV, King of Prussia from 1840 to 1861, and arguably the most important German monarch in the century between the death of Frederick the Great and the accession of William II. Although Frederick William has long been criticized as a Romantic reactionary who was utterly out of touch with his times, this study reaches different conclusions, arguing that he was in fact a modern, and in many ways, 'successful' monarch. The book is not a biography in the traditional sense. Rather, it focuses on the structures, institutions, and transformations of the monarchical system in Prussia during a time of revolutionary change. It thus represents a contribution to our understanding of the structures of the nineteenth-century European state, and the strategies by which conservative elites were able to adjust themselves to new circumstances.
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- Frederick William -- IV, -- King of Prussia, -- 1795-1861.
- Monarchy -- Germany -- Prussia -- History.
- Prussia (Germany) -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
- Prussia (Germany) -- History -- Frederick William IV, 1840-1861.
- Politieke hervormingen.
- Friedrich Wilhelm -- Preußen, König, IV.
- Monarchie.
- Preußen.
- Frédéric Guillaume -- (1795-1861; -- 4 ; roi de Prusse).
- Rois et souverains -- Prusse -- Biographies.
- Prusse -- Histoire -- 1840-1861 (Frédéric Guillaume 4).
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