??? I have *never* heard that Fritz actually appeared at the Seven Years' War victory procession in Berlin. He famously did not. What are our primary sources for this?
As far as I know, there aren't any. Macauly must have made it up completely. We have a detailed description by Lehndorff of the entire day, from early morning to late at night, and not only did the Berlin population wait in vain for the entire day but the court didn't see him until late in the evening. As for Ferdinand of Brunswick, he was with everyone else at court in the Berlin Hohenzollern town palace. Getting impatient.
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Re: Macaulay - It's not Fritz's fault!
Date: 2020-09-03 11:31 am (UTC)As far as I know, there aren't any. Macauly must have made it up completely. We have a detailed description by Lehndorff of the entire day, from early morning to late at night, and not only did the Berlin population wait in vain for the entire day but the court didn't see him until late in the evening. As for Ferdinand of Brunswick, he was with everyone else at court in the Berlin Hohenzollern town palace. Getting impatient.
Re: Macaulay - It's not Fritz's fault!
Date: 2020-09-04 01:12 am (UTC)Macaulay, between this and the Swedish beer...*shakes head*