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: The Great Northern War: HolsteinPete connections

[mildred_of_midgard]

So like Poniatowiski in his memoirs, then?

Worse.

The Schleswig-Holstein question is one of the things we actually covered in my not-great high school, at least to the extent that we learned that in the 19th century there was a big debate over where to draw the German-Danish border. Details, no, and for once I don't blame the teacher or the educational system.

Lol, Wikipedia gives me this quote, which feels very accurate after my attempts to un-confuse myself enough that I can follow major developments:

The British statesman Lord Palmerston is reported to have said: "Only three people have ever really understood the Schleswig-Holstein business – the Prince Consort, who is dead – a German professor, who has gone mad – and I, who have forgotten all about it."

THAT SOUNDS RIGHT.

Re: The Great Northern War: HolsteinPete connections

[cahn]

Wow. I'm actually kind of impressed! To be fair I skipped world history so I don't know whether it would have been covered if I'd taken it.

Hee!