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History of Friedrich II. Of Prussia, Volume III

History of Friedrich II. Of Prussia, Volume III

by Thomas Carlyle

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Author
Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881
Title
History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 03
Credits
Produced by D.R. Thompson and David Widger
Language
English
LoC Class
DD: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Germany
Subject
Prussia (Germany) -- History -- Frederick II, 1740-1786
Category
Text
eBook-No.
2103
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2103
Release Date
June 16, 2008
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.HISTORY OF FRIEDRICH II. OF PRUSSIA
  2. 2.FREDERICK THE GREAT
  3. 3.By Thomas Carlyle — Volume III.
  4. 4.Contents
  5. 5.BOOK III. — THE HOHENZOLLERNS IN BRANDENBURG. - 1412-1718
  6. 6.Chapter I. — KURFURST FRIEDRICH I.
  7. 7.Chapter II. — MATINEES DU ROI DE PRUSSE.
  8. 8.Chapter III. — KURFURST FRIEDRICH II.
  9. 9.Chapter IV. — KURFURST ALBERT ACHILLES, AND HIS SUCCESSOR.
  10. 10.JOHANN THE CICERO IS FOURTH KURFURST, AND LEAVES TWO NOTABLE SONS.
  11. 11.Chapter V. — OF THE BAIREUTH-ANSPACH BRANCH.
  12. 12.TWO LINES IN CULMBACH OR BAIREUTH-ANSPACH: THE GERA BOND OF 1598.
  13. 13.THE ELDER LINE OF CULMBACH: FRIEDRICH AND HIS THREE NOTABLE SONS THERE.
  14. 14.FRIEDRICH'S SECOND SON, MARGRAF GEORGE OF ANSPACH.
  15. 15.Chapter VI. — HOCHMEISTER ALBERT, THIRD NOTABLE SON OF FRIEDRICH.
  16. 16.Chapter VII. — ALBERT ALCIBIADES.
  17. 17.Chapter VIII. — HISTORICAL MEANING OF THE REFORMATION.
  18. 18.Chapter IX. — KURFURST JOACHIM I.
  19. 19.Chapter X. — KURFURST JOACHIM II.
  20. 20.JOACHIM GETS CO-INVESTMENT IN PREUSSEN.
  21. 21.JOACHIM MAKES "HERITAGE-BROTHERHOOD" WITH THE DUKE OF LIEGNITZ.
  22. 22.Chapter XI. — SEVENTH KURFURST, JOHANN GEORGE.
  23. 23.Chapter XII. — OF ALBERT FRIEDRICH, THE SECOND DUKE OF PREUSSEN.
  24. 24.OF DUKE ALBERT FRIEDRICH'S MARRIAGE: WHO HIS WIFE WAS, AND WHAT HER POSSIBLE DOWRY.
  25. 25.MARGRAF GEORGE FRIEDRICH COMES TO PREUSSEN TO ADMINISTER.
  26. 26.Chapter XIII. — NINTH KURFURST, JOHANN SIGISMUND.
  27. 27.HOW THE CLEVE HERITAGE DROPPED, AND MANY SPRANG TO PICK IT UP.
  28. 28.THE KAISER'S THOUGHTS ABOUT IT, AND THE WORLD'S.
  29. 29.Chapter XIV. — SYMPTOMS OF A GREAT WAR COMING.
  30. 30.FIRST SYMPTOM; DONAUWORTH, 1608.
  31. 31.SYMPTOM THIRD: A DINNER-SCENE AT DUSSELDORF, 1613: SPANIARDS AND DUTCH SHOULDER ARMS IN CLEVE.
  32. 32.SYMPTOM FOURTH, AND CATASTROPHE UPON THE HEELS OF IT.
  33. 33.WHAT BECAME OF THE CLEVE-JULICH HERITAGE, AND OF THE PREUSSEN ONE.
  34. 34.Chapter XV. — TENTH KURFURST, GEORGE WILHELM.
  35. 35.Chapter XVI. — THIRTY-YEARS WAR.
  36. 36.SECOND ACT, OR EPOCH, 1624-1629. A SECOND UNCLE PUT TO THE BAN, AND POMMERN SNATCHED AWAY.
  37. 37.THIRD ACT, AND WHAT THE KURFURST SUFFERED IN IT.
  38. 38.Chapter XVII. — DUCHY OF JAGERNDORF.
  39. 39.DUKE OF JAGERNDORF, ELECTOR'S UNCLE, IS PUT UNDER BAN.
  40. 40.Chapter XVIII. — FRIEDRICH WILHELM, THE GREAT KURFURST, ELEVENTH OF THE SERIES.
  41. 41.WHAT BECAME OF POMMERN AT THE PEACE; FINAL GLANCE INTO CLEVE-JULICH.
  42. 42.THE GREAT KURFURST'S WARS: WHAT HE ACHIEVED IN WAR AND PEACE.
  43. 43.Chapter XIX. — KING FRIEDRICH I. AGAIN.
  44. 44.HOW AUSTRIA SETTLED THE SILESIAN CLAIMS.
  45. 45.HIS REAL CHARACTER.
  46. 46.Chapter XX. — DEATH OF KING FRIEDRICH I.
  47. 47.THE TWELVE HOHENZOLLERN ELECTORS.
  48. 48.GENEALOGICAL DIAGRAM: THE TWO CULMBACH LINES. — 3d KURFURST (1471-1486) ALBERT ACHILLES. ELDER CULMBACH LINE.

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