18th-Century Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 37

[cahn]

More diaries of our favorite 18th-century Prussian diary-keeper have been unearthed and have been synopsized!

January 18th: Blessed be thou to me! Under your light, my Prince Heinrich was born!

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Re: Peter Hagendorf: Diary of a Mercenary from the 30-Years-War - II

[mildred_of_midgard]

We were even able to sell some, for we made ourselves a mill out of two grindstones and dug into the earth to make an oven and baked bread.

There are so many neat details here!

so the kid gets a good education. Which was important to him.

That makes sense, since Hagendorf was more educated than the average soldier (which is why we have a diary from him at all).

And at least per Wikipedia, oldest surviving son Melchior Christoph becomes a judge and church leader, and one of the largest landowners in the area, so that education must have paid off.

But that Hagendorf made it through the entire war and found despite all the tragedies some personal happiness was certainly the exception, not the rule.

Yeah, definitely. Just surviving those two bullets was something!

This was extremely educational and interesting, thanks so much for the write-up, Selena! <3