Only a brief comment (I've been limiting myself to comments I can write while standing up):
Every volume contains corrections to the previous one based on getting new intel.
Good for him! That is a good contrast to a variety of other sources.
You may also recall that Nicolai published Münchow's letter to him, and followed this up later when Minerva published another letter.
I don't recall this. What I recall is that it was published by Gallus in his "History of the Mark Brandenburg," and that when a very similar letter was published in Minerva, Nicolai wrote a response that was also published. I *seem* to recall, but don't have time to check, that Nicolai complained that the Gallus letter was published without his permission, but that in any case it had been published and so this near duplicate letter wasn't offering much new to readers (though he said it quite wittily).
Regardless, good for him for him for doing his research, bias or no.
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timeasmymeasure
Re: More Nicolai
Date: 2021-02-17 01:44 pm (UTC)Every volume contains corrections to the previous one based on getting new intel.
Good for him! That is a good contrast to a variety of other sources.
You may also recall that Nicolai published Münchow's letter to him, and followed this up later when Minerva published another letter.
I don't recall this. What I recall is that it was published by Gallus in his "History of the Mark Brandenburg," and that when a very similar letter was published in Minerva, Nicolai wrote a response that was also published. I *seem* to recall, but don't have time to check, that Nicolai complained that the Gallus letter was published without his permission, but that in any case it had been published and so this near duplicate letter wasn't offering much new to readers (though he said it quite wittily).
Regardless, good for him for him for doing his research, bias or no.
More to come when RL permits.