Portrait of Frederick II of Prussia (1712-1786).

Zieten: Friedrich II. vor der Liegnitzer Schlacht. (1760) „Was giebt 's? Ihro Majestät, der Feind ist kaum 800 Schritte entfernt.“

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Identifier: modernhistoryeur00west (find matches) Title: Modern history; Europe Year: 1904 (1900s) Authors: West, Willis Mason, 1857- (from old catalog) Subjects: Publisher: Boston, Allyn and Bacon Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: on the east, as France did on the west. Plainly thetrue policy of the Germans, early and late, would have been the honestone of supporting the buffer states — Poland and Charles the BoldsBurgundy — against the greed of Russia and France. Failure to do sohas left Germany exposed to immediate attack by powerful enemies andhas compelled her to build up artificial frontiers of fortresses and bayonets. 279. The True Greatness of Frederick.—Frederick II hadshown himself unscrupulous in diplomacy and a genius in war;but there was another side to his life, which, more properlythan either war or diplomacy, earns him his title of theGreat. Most of his forty-six years reign was passed in peace,and he proved a father to his people. All the beneficent workof the G-reat Elector (§ 273) was taken up and carried forwardvigorously. Prussia was transformed. Wealth and comfortincreased by great leaps. The condition of the peasantry wasimproved, and the administration in all its branches was made Text Appearing After Image: 298 THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. (§280 economical and efficient. Frederick was also an author anda patron of literature; and he is a type of the crowned phi-losophers, or beneficent despots/ who sat upon the thronesof Europe in the latter half of the eighteenth century, justbefore the French Kevolution. Under the influence of a newenlightened sentiment, created by a remarkable school ofFrench writers (§ 302), government underwent a marvelouschange. It was just as aristocratic as before, — no more bythe people than before, — but despots did try to govern for thepeople, not for themselves. Sovereigns began to speak ofthemselves, not as privileged proprietors, but, in Fredericksphrase, as the first servants of their states.1 280. The Benevolent Despots. — Frederick of Prussia, Cath-erine of Eussia, Charles III of Spain, Leopold of Tuscany,Ferdinand of Naples, Joseph II of Austria, all belonged to theclass of philosophic, liberal-minded, benevolent despots ofthis age. In Sweden and Por Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.

Bamberg, Memmelsdorfer Straße 2c. Gedenktafel für den preußischen König Friedrich Wilhelm I. und den Kronprinzen Friedrich (als König Friedrich der Große) in Bamberg. Inschrift: Am 19./20. Juli 1730 / übernachtete König / Friedrich Wilhelm I. / von Preußen mit dem / Kronprinzen nachmals / Friedrich dem Großen, / in der Gärtnerscheune / links im Hofe. / F. u. V. / V. B. / 1923

Identifier: modernworldfromc00bett (find matches) Title: The modern world, from Charlemagne to the present time; with a preliminary survey of ancient times Year: 1919 (1910s) Authors: Betten, Francis S. (Francis Sales), 1863-1942 Kaufmann, Alfred, 1878-1941, joint author Subjects: History, Modern Publisher: Boston, New York, (etc.) Allyn and Bacon Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: tablished English supremacyover a large part of India, and his successors completed the task.Again the half-hearted support given by the French govern-ment to its representatives in India and the frightful corruptionof French officials made their colonies easy victims of the resoluteEnglish. In the general peace France still maintained somenominal control over her former possessions in India, but undersuch restrictions that they ceased to have any great value forher. Thus England came out of the Seven Years War as thereal conqueror. Her colonial supremacy and her mastery of theseas was firmly established. England had become Great Britain. 499. After 1763 Fredericks kingdom of Prussia enjoyed along period of much-needed rest. — It must be admitted thatthe unscrupulous diplomat and aggressive conqueror showedhimself in several ways an excellent administrator. The workof the Great Elector was taken up again and carried forwardvigorously. Frederick took a lively interest in the develop- Text Appearing After Image: 499 500 PRUSSIA IN EUROPE (§499 ment of good farming, but still more care he bestowed on theprogress of manufacturing. His policy was to foster homeindustries by high import duties. He spared no pains to induceforeign artisans to settle on his territory and raise the standardof its own manufacturers. His efforts along these lines wereamply rewarded. Wealth and comfort increased rapidly andhelped more than his victories to make him popular. Withhis officials he sternly insisted on efficiency and honest), andthat with such good results that the fairness and justice ofthe Prussian courts, for instance, became proverbial. Lesspraise can be given to his influence on literature. Though notwithout literary tastes, he was imbued with the ideals of Voltaireand an admirer of the mocking and cynical tone of the Frenchwriters of the eighteenth century (§ 521). For the rising Ger-man literature (some of its masterpieces had already appeared),he had a profound contempt. Frederick was the most per Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.

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View this map on the BL Georeferencer service. Image taken from: Title: "Die Hohenzollern und das Reich, etc" Author: KOEPPEN, Fedor von. Shelfmark: "British Library HMNTS 9386.dd.2." Volume: 02 Page: 297 Place of Publishing: Glogau Date of Publishing: 1884 Issuance: monographic Identifier: 001998017 Explore: Find this item in the British Library catalogue, 'Explore'. Download the PDF for this book (volume: 02) Image found on book scan 297 (NB not necessarily a page number) Download the OCR-derived text for this volume: (plain text) or (json) Click here to see all the illustrations in this book and click here to browse other illustrations published in books in the same year. Order a higher quality version from here.

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Письмо с соболезнованием правительницы - регентши Российской империи Анны Леопольдовны Королю Пруссии - Фридриху II, на сообщение о смерти Его Высочества принца Фридриха Бранденбург-Шведтского (1710 - 1741), 20 мая 1741г.