Category: History - European
Away from the Garrison (1700).--The army, and the constitution of the State--The country militia and their history--The soldiery of the Sovereign--Change of organisation after the war--The beginning of compulsory levies about 1700--Gradual introduction of conscription--Recruit...
What was it that after the Thirty Years' War fixed the eyes of politicians upon the small State on the north-eastern frontier of Germany, towards Sweden and Poland, that was str...
12. CHAPTER XII.When the volunteers of 1813 went to the field, their hope was, at some time, to live as citizens, with their friends, in the liberated Fatherland, enjoying the freedom, peace, a...
11. CHAPTER XI.The greatest blessing which Reformers leave behind them to succeeding generations seldom lies in that which they themselves consider as the fruit of their earthly life, nor in t...
9. CHAPTER IX.Many races of poets had passed away; their hearts had never been stirred by vivid impressions of a heroes life; they celebrated the victories of Alexander and the death of Cato...
7. CHAPTER VII.A shot from the alarm-gun! Timidly does the citizen examine the dark corners of his house to discover whether any strange man be hid there. The peasant in the field stops his ho...
10. CHAPTER X.It was not the first time that that country had inflicted deep wounds on German national strength, and had unintentionally awakened a new power which victoriously arrested her p...
2. CHAPTER VIII.The State of Frederic the Great (1700).--The kingdom of the Hohenzollerns, its small size; character of the people and princes--Childhood of Frederic--Opposition to his father--...
3. CHAPTER IX.Of the Year of Tuition of the German Citizen (1790).--Influence of Frederic on German art, philosophy, and historical writing--Poetry flourishes--The aspect of a city in 1790--T...
5. CHAPTER XI.Rise of the Nation (1807-1815).--Sorrowful condition of the people in the year 1807--The first signs of rising strength--Hatred of the French Emperor--Arming of Prussia--Charact...
1. CHAPTER VII.Away from the Garrison (1700).--The army, and the constitution of the State--The country militia and their history--The soldiery of the Sovereign--Change of organisation after t...
6. CHAPTER XII.Illness and Recovery (1815-1848).--The time of reaction--Hopelessness of the German question--Discontent and exhaustion of the Prussians--Weakness of the educated classes in the...
4. CHAPTER X.The Period of Ruin (1800).--The condition of Germany--Courts and cities of the Empire--People and armies of the Empire--The emigrants--Effect of the revolution on the Germans--T...