I had found Lavisse's footnote long ago, including the fact that he has one footnote for the whole series of anecdotes, which is why I suspect but cannot prove he got the glove story from Rottembourg. I remember ascertaining recently that the only thing in Seckendorff in Förster is Fritz looking like an old man at the age of 12, but I'll double check, since Selena remembers the soldiers maybe being there. (I just remember Seckendorff talking about Fritz's regimental duties wearing him down, but not that he got his first drilling responsibilities at age 5.)
Yeah, I noticed Blanning says lead soldiers. Maybe it's worth tracking that down, though I see his citation is a 1988 German historian, Venohr. Nobody cites primary sources!
(And I will never publish at this rate, because it takes forever to track down all the primary sources. :P)
(By the way, in case you were wondering, I did see and bookmark your question re: French archives, but I really can't promise that I'll have the time or inclination to dive into that any time soon.)
Not to worry! A few days ago, I remembered that the friend I've recently been in touch with speaks better French than I do, and does 17th century French genealogical research (she's Canadian). I asked her to look into it for me (you know me, I'm shameless about asking for favors!), and she confirmed a couple days ago that she couldn't find an online catalogue or even much information. She gave me a very general email address for all correspondence to the archive she *thinks* is the right archive and suggested emailing them. She also thought it was weird that there was so little info and no catalogue in sight, and said some national stereotypes have a kernel of truth!
I've been meaning to mention this.
I'm going to email them and see what happens. Not expecting much other than "If you come to France, you can review the documents in the reading room" or possibly "Yes, we do charge 50 euros a page to scan them for you." But we'll see.
I also remembered that my wife speaks enough Italian to get around Italy, and if after some more dedicated poking at the Florence and Turin archives than my previous half-hearted effort, I can't figure out how to order scans, I've already threatened to enlist her in my shameless asking of favors. :P I would love to see if Karl von Keith's duel is on record with more details, not to mention the other side of the story!
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Re: Citation questions
Date: 2025-02-12 01:59 pm (UTC)Yeah, I noticed Blanning says lead soldiers. Maybe it's worth tracking that down, though I see his citation is a 1988 German historian, Venohr. Nobody cites primary sources!
(And I will never publish at this rate, because it takes forever to track down all the primary sources. :P)
(By the way, in case you were wondering, I did see and bookmark your question re: French archives, but I really can't promise that I'll have the time or inclination to dive into that any time soon.)
Not to worry! A few days ago, I remembered that the friend I've recently been in touch with speaks better French than I do, and does 17th century French genealogical research (she's Canadian). I asked her to look into it for me (you know me, I'm shameless about asking for favors!), and she confirmed a couple days ago that she couldn't find an online catalogue or even much information. She gave me a very general email address for all correspondence to the archive she *thinks* is the right archive and suggested emailing them. She also thought it was weird that there was so little info and no catalogue in sight, and said some national stereotypes have a kernel of truth!
I've been meaning to mention this.
I'm going to email them and see what happens. Not expecting much other than "If you come to France, you can review the documents in the reading room" or possibly "Yes, we do charge 50 euros a page to scan them for you." But we'll see.
I also remembered that my wife speaks enough Italian to get around Italy, and if after some more dedicated poking at the Florence and Turin archives than my previous half-hearted effort, I can't figure out how to order scans, I've already threatened to enlist her in my shameless asking of favors. :P I would love to see if Karl von Keith's duel is on record with more details, not to mention the other side of the story!