Lord Hervey/Lady Mary also being a thing in addition to both of them/Algarotti (well, one sided, in Lady Mary's case) was new to me. Really must read a proper biography of hers, or at least the famous letters from Turkey that Heinrich recs to Fritz.
"The callgirls of Venice and the rent boys of Rome" indeed. :) (Algarotti: As if I'd ever have to pay for it. I'm the one getting paid, err, showered with grateful affection!)
Re: coronation - I'm with you, I only ever heard there wasn't a proper one, which is why all the Tumblr art depicting one makes me go "err…".
Oh man, yes, if Hans Heinrich was along en route to Königsberg, one hopes he got to travel in a separate carriage. (BTW, if he was along for the homage ceremony that's yet another sign of royal favour to the Katte clan, and I'm even more baffled at Thiebault's "Fritz did never more than not persecute them" Statement.)
Blanning vs dissertation writer on why Algarotti left in the early 1740s: seeing as Algarotti wasn't the only one to leave, I'm with disseration writer on the intellectuals probably wanting something to do. That, and presumably August of Saxony (or Brühl in his name) paid more.
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"The callgirls of Venice and the rent boys of Rome" indeed. :) (Algarotti: As if I'd ever have to pay for it. I'm the one getting paid, err, showered with grateful affection!)
Re: coronation - I'm with you, I only ever heard there wasn't a proper one, which is why all the Tumblr art depicting one makes me go "err…".
Oh man, yes, if Hans Heinrich was along en route to Königsberg, one hopes he got to travel in a separate carriage. (BTW, if he was along for the homage ceremony that's yet another sign of royal favour to the Katte clan, and I'm even more baffled at Thiebault's "Fritz did never more than not persecute them" Statement.)
Blanning vs dissertation writer on why Algarotti left in the early 1740s: seeing as Algarotti wasn't the only one to leave, I'm with disseration writer on the intellectuals probably wanting something to do. That, and presumably August of Saxony (or Brühl in his name) paid more.