Frederick the Great and Other 18th-C Characters, Discussion Post 31

[cahn]

And in this post:

-luzula is going to tell us about the Jacobites and the '45!

-I'm going to finish reading Nancy Goldstone's book about Maria Theresia and (some of) her children Maria Christina, Maria Carolina, and Marie Antoinette, In the Shadow of the Empress, and selenak is going to tell us all the things wrong with the last four chapters (spoiler: in the first twenty chapters there have been many, MANY things wrong)!

-mildred_of_midgard is going to tell us about Charles XII of Sweden and the Great Northern War

(seriously, how did I get so lucky to have all these people Telling Me Things, this is AWESOME)

-oh, and also there will be Yuletide signups :D

Comments

Re: BPC and religious conversion

[luzula]

This is one of those things that back in the late 90s, I learned that it was an unsubstantiated rumor. Now I keep seeing that scholars believe it. Do you know what evidence turned up in the last 20 years? I refuse to look because of reasons that you know.

Oh, okay? I've seen it in multiple sources, and never seen anyone saying it wasn't true... But I'll dig into it and see what I can find. : ) Meanwhile, this book from 2020, which seems a reputable one, definitely believes it. Just to show that current books contain the claim.