I swear I thought I had responded to this, because this is awesome. Like felis, everything I hear about Anna Amalia makes me like her more. She's the true hero of this family :D
It makes total sense that she would have liked flirting with Goethe but not any farther than that.
but then she treated being free of the regency like the first time she was able to enjoy her life anyway (no wonder, given her life so far)
WORD. GO ANNA AMALIA. I'm so glad she got to do some fun stuff!
Goethe: I really like you and will work out a complete travel plan with the addresses of all my new friends for you. *couches the next in a much more diplomatic form, but what it boils down to is*: But please don't start your journey until I'm leaving. The whole point of me being in Italy is being free of all things Weimar.
Anna Amalia: *starts her journey only when Goethe is on his journey back*
Ha! Very smart of you, Goethe and Anna Amalia :)
Whom did she fall in love with? With a Catholic bishop who had scandalized the Vatican by openly campaigning against celibacy, not in a having-affairs-on-the-side way but in a "celibacy is an outdated custom and we need to reform the church and get rid of it!" pamphlet writing way.
Okay, this is super awesome. Anna Amalia is the best. I mean, I guess it's sort of a sad story in the sense that it has to remain UST, but if you can't get married to your true love, the next best is love letters to a scandalous Catholic bishop for the rest of your life, I feel :)
ETA: So, does your biographer have any excerpts from these love letters? Gossipy sensationalist inquiring minds want to know!
She did, but the biography is back at the library, since I ordered new books. (You can only take up to six at a time in covid-life.) If the libraries are more open again in May, I'll see what I can do. :)
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Re: More on Hohenzollern family life
Date: 2021-04-07 05:30 am (UTC)It makes total sense that she would have liked flirting with Goethe but not any farther than that.
but then she treated being free of the regency like the first time she was able to enjoy her life anyway (no wonder, given her life so far)
WORD. GO ANNA AMALIA. I'm so glad she got to do some fun stuff!
Goethe: I really like you and will work out a complete travel plan with the addresses of all my new friends for you. *couches the next in a much more diplomatic form, but what it boils down to is*: But please don't start your journey until I'm leaving. The whole point of me being in Italy is being free of all things Weimar.
Anna Amalia: *starts her journey only when Goethe is on his journey back*
Ha! Very smart of you, Goethe and Anna Amalia :)
Whom did she fall in love with? With a Catholic bishop who had scandalized the Vatican by openly campaigning against celibacy, not in a having-affairs-on-the-side way but in a "celibacy is an outdated custom and we need to reform the church and get rid of it!" pamphlet writing way.
Okay, this is super awesome. Anna Amalia is the best. I mean, I guess it's sort of a sad story in the sense that it has to remain UST, but if you can't get married to your true love, the next best is love letters to a scandalous Catholic bishop for the rest of your life, I feel :)
ETA: So, does your biographer have any excerpts from these love letters?
Gossipy sensationalistinquiring minds want to know!Re: More on Hohenzollern family life
Date: 2021-04-07 04:58 pm (UTC)