:) Given some of the other names Fritz called her... *
Which reminds me: if this fandom really takes off, how long before we get a "League of Pettiooats": Maria Theresia, Elizabeth of Russia, Madame de Pompadour" group tag going? (Madame de Pompadeur is a well established AO3 character, since as Reinette, she showed up on Doctor Who. And the Czarina does have some fictional appearances as well.) /also silly.
*In the prologue to one of the new MT biographies which appeared when she had her most recent 300 centennary, the author sums up her changing image with Austrian and German historians:
MT dies in the late 18th century: thank God the old and old fashioned girl is gone, time for our new male reforming Emperor to rule unhindered!
(A few years and Joseph's reforms later: OMG not THOSE reforms! Bring on his old fashioned brother, we don't need a Fritz follower on the throne! Yay Leopold!)
Napoleon conquers much of Europe, officially dissolves the Holy Roman Empire and restructures the German principalities into something making more geographic sense, blackmails himself an Austrian second wife:
Historians: this is so humiliating. Remember when MT ruled and held her own against bloody Fritz? Yeah. Those were the days.
Napoleon is defeated, nationalism is on the rise in both Austria and the remaining German principalities, fiery debates about possible German unification and if so, with or without Austria are held through the 19th century:
Historians: MT was the woman! Fritz was the man! Shame their parents didn't think of marrying them to each other, then we could have had a unified German Empire a long time ago! (What's that you say about incompatible religions and sexual orientations? Pffff!)
This goes on until WWI, after which a lot of historians get disenchanted with empires of all persuasians and the ones still singing the nationalistic tune also come with a side helping of never mind the woman and the man, they were of their day but we need a new glorious leader now.
Post WWII: eh. Can we study economic developments producing history instead of glorified rulers now?
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Re: Nomination coordination redux
Date: 2019-09-30 06:21 am (UTC)Which reminds me: if this fandom really takes off, how long before we get a "League of Pettiooats": Maria Theresia, Elizabeth of Russia, Madame de Pompadour" group tag going? (Madame de Pompadeur is a well established AO3 character, since as Reinette, she showed up on Doctor Who. And the Czarina does have some fictional appearances as well.) /also silly.
*In the prologue to one of the new MT biographies which appeared when she had her most recent 300 centennary, the author sums up her changing image with Austrian and German historians:
MT dies in the late 18th century: thank God the old and old fashioned girl is gone, time for our new male reforming Emperor to rule unhindered!
(A few years and Joseph's reforms later: OMG not THOSE reforms! Bring on his old fashioned brother, we don't need a Fritz follower on the throne! Yay Leopold!)
Napoleon conquers much of Europe, officially dissolves the Holy Roman Empire and restructures the German principalities into something making more geographic sense, blackmails himself an Austrian second wife:
Historians: this is so humiliating. Remember when MT ruled and held her own against bloody Fritz? Yeah. Those were the days.
Napoleon is defeated, nationalism is on the rise in both Austria and the remaining German principalities, fiery debates about possible German unification and if so, with or without Austria are held through the 19th century:
Historians: MT was the woman! Fritz was the man! Shame their parents didn't think of marrying them to each other, then we could have had a unified German Empire a long time ago! (What's that you say about incompatible religions and sexual orientations? Pffff!)
This goes on until WWI, after which a lot of historians get disenchanted with empires of all persuasians and the ones still singing the nationalistic tune also come with a side helping of never mind the woman and the man, they were of their day but we need a new glorious leader now.
Post WWII: eh. Can we study economic developments producing history instead of glorified rulers now?