Confessions of Frederick the Great and the Life of Frederick the Great - Softcover

Von Treitschke, Heinrich

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0898755360 ISBN 13: 9780898755367

Publisher: Univ Pr of the Pacific, 2001

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About the Author:

Heinrich von Treitschke (1834-96) was a German historian. A fervid partisan of Prussia, he left Baden at the outbreak of the Austro-Prussian War (1866) and became professor of history at Kiel (1866), Heidelberg (1867), and Berlin (1874). He edited from 1866 through 1889 the monthly Preussische Jahrb©ś©ścher and became Prussian state historiographer in 1886.

As a young man, he was strongly nationalistic and liberal; as he grew older his political views became more nationalistic and less liberal. Although a member of the Reichstag, he was not especially successful as a practical politician. His writings, however, reflected his political views, his deep hope for the unity and greatness of Germany under Prussian leadership, and his admiration of Bismarck and the Hohenzollerns. They also reflected his strong anti-Semitism. His theories had great impact on the new generation and in academic circles. Treitschke's histories, stirring and graphic and excellent in workmanship, are nevertheless distorted by his fanatic nationalism and his pernicious biases. His masterpiece is his History of Germany in the Nineteenth Century (in 7 volumes, 1915-19). Among his other works are Politics and Origins of Prussianism.

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ Pr of the Pacific
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0898755360
• ISBN 13: 9780898755367
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Sladen Douglas