The loss of a parent and the new cares of the empire were too much for her in the delicate state of her health.
WHAT I was with you until then, Macaulay!
Huh. So is he right about Catholicism being a major cause of MT wanting Silesia back? I'd always thought that she wanted it back because, well, it used to be hers.
As you know, I think MT telling herself that God was with her and wants her to take back Silesia was a thing, and also that this was rationalizing on her part, i.e. what she wanted to believe. (Though it was never her primary argument. This was always that Silesia was hers by right, and Fritz had stolen it like the gangster he was.) If, say, the very Catholic King of France had taken Silesia in the way Fritz did, she'd been after it as well. Proof: the Wittelsbach rival Emperor was a staunch Catholic as well. This did make MT inclined to leave him her territories, as opposed to counterattacking and taking Bavaria (thanks, Austrian Trenck, you ruthless bastard), until his son acknwowledged her, well, FS' claim as Emperor.
However, Macaulay is writing as a 19th century freethinking Protestant Brit telling his readers why England was totally on the right side in this way. MT as a fanatic Catholic wanting Silesia for the faith fits in with this narrative.
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Re: Macaulay - MT
Date: 2020-09-05 05:12 am (UTC)WHAT I was with you until then, Macaulay!
Huh. So is he right about Catholicism being a major cause of MT wanting Silesia back? I'd always thought that she wanted it back because, well, it used to be hers.
Re: Macaulay - MT
Date: 2020-09-05 10:55 am (UTC)However, Macaulay is writing as a 19th century freethinking Protestant Brit telling his readers why England was totally on the right side in this way. MT as a fanatic Catholic wanting Silesia for the faith fits in with this narrative.