But I'm not up to Montesquieu AND Fritz in French, Mildred.
LOLOL, I didn't think so, which is why I pointed you toward a German copy! Although feel free to start studying French any time, I'm going to be busy with German for a while longer. ;)
ETA: Just saw I could get it as a paperback for less than 7 Euro. Okay, ordered.
Excellent! Such a dedicated salon we are.
One of many things Wallat & Droyson accuse Wilhelmine of inventing out of thin air, I might add.
And not just them, but didn't you in recent months find modern scholars arguing that FW provided abundant food, just middle-class German food instead of fancy French food? (I don't necessarily find envoys' experiences counterevidence; people often punish children by making them go hungry
I wish we had the source for Ziebura's report that AW said he was half-starved as a child (which, admittedly, was apparently a thing for royals and nobles in the 18th century, and often had more to do with servant neglect than parental intentions). I'd love to know where that comes from. I also wish the summary of his life, exaggerated arrest in Strasbourg included, had been published by someone!
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Re: Montesquieu in Germany
Date: 2021-07-31 01:42 pm (UTC)LOLOL, I didn't think so, which is why I pointed you toward a German copy! Although feel free to start studying French any time, I'm going to be busy with German for a while longer. ;)
ETA: Just saw I could get it as a paperback for less than 7 Euro. Okay, ordered.
Excellent! Such a dedicated salon we are.
One of many things Wallat & Droyson accuse Wilhelmine of inventing out of thin air, I might add.
And not just them, but didn't you in recent months find modern scholars arguing that FW provided abundant food, just middle-class German food instead of fancy French food? (I don't necessarily find envoys' experiences counterevidence; people often punish children by making them go hungry
I wish we had the source for Ziebura's report that AW said he was half-starved as a child (which, admittedly, was apparently a thing for royals and nobles in the 18th century, and often had more to do with servant neglect than parental intentions). I'd love to know where that comes from. I also wish the summary of his life, exaggerated arrest in Strasbourg included, had been published by someone!