I've just recently acquired three new books which I think are going to be quite useful for my research:
Bonk, Sigmund and Peter Schmid (eds). Königreich Bayern: Facetten bayerischer Geschichte 1806-1919 (Regensburg: Verlag Friedrich Pustet, 2005).
Körner, Hans-Michael. Die Wittelsbacher: Vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart (Munich: C.H. Beck, 2009).
Körner, Hans-Michael. Geschichte des Königreichs Bayern (Munich: C.H. Beck, 2006).
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Frustrations about German History
One of the most frustrating parts of researching anything in German history is that it is primarily dominated by the twelve years of Nazi rule. If you visit any bookstore and browse the European history section, the only German history books you will find are World War II books, GDR books and perhaps, if you are lucky, one or two books about World War I and/or Imperial Germany.
What about all the history that happened before that? How about mediæval Germany? What happened to the time of great German philosophy of the last eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries? How about the Revolution of 1848? I bet most people don't even realise there was a revolution in Germany in 1848.
It is always very frustrating when you are having a discussion with someone and the first thing they ask you when you mention you are researching German history is something about the Nazis. Because of our modern obsession with that time period and that regime, it seems as though a lot of people are completely unaware that Germany has (or at least the German people have) been around for a very long time and there is an enormous amount of very interesting history there!
Next time German history comes up in any conversation, please do the Germans a favour and make it a point to emphasise other aspects of it and not just the Nazi period as well.
What about all the history that happened before that? How about mediæval Germany? What happened to the time of great German philosophy of the last eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries? How about the Revolution of 1848? I bet most people don't even realise there was a revolution in Germany in 1848.
It is always very frustrating when you are having a discussion with someone and the first thing they ask you when you mention you are researching German history is something about the Nazis. Because of our modern obsession with that time period and that regime, it seems as though a lot of people are completely unaware that Germany has (or at least the German people have) been around for a very long time and there is an enormous amount of very interesting history there!
Next time German history comes up in any conversation, please do the Germans a favour and make it a point to emphasise other aspects of it and not just the Nazi period as well.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Sources 2
Demel, Walter. "Adelsstruktur und Adelspolitik in der ersten Phase des Königreichs Bayern" in: Reformen im rheinbündischen Deutschland (Munich, 1984). 213-228.
Demel, Walter. "Der bayerische Adel von 1750 bis 1871" in: Europäischer Adel 1750-1950 (Göttingen, 1990). 126-143.
Demel, Walter. "Die wirtschaftliche Lage des bayerischen Adels in den ersten Jahrzehnten des 19. Jahrhunderts" in: Der Adel an der Schwelle des bürgerlichen Zeitalters 1780-1860 (Stuttgart, 1988). 237-270.
Lieven, Dominic. The Aristocracy in Europe, 1815-1918 (New York, 1993).
Rogalla von Biberstein, Johannes. Adelsherrschaft und Adelskultur in Deutschland (Frankfurt a.M., 1989).
Tönnies, Ferdinand. "Deutscher Adel im neunzehnten Jahrhundert" in: Die Neue Rundschau 2 (1912). 1041-1063.
Vierhaus, Rudolf. "Vom aufgekläten Absolutismus zum monarchischen Konstitutionalismus. Der deutsche Adel im Spannungsfeld von Revolution, Reform und Restauration (!789-1848)" in: Legitimationskrisen des deutschen Adels 1200-1900 (Stuttgart, 1979). 1140-1147.
Demel, Walter. "Der bayerische Adel von 1750 bis 1871" in: Europäischer Adel 1750-1950 (Göttingen, 1990). 126-143.
Demel, Walter. "Die wirtschaftliche Lage des bayerischen Adels in den ersten Jahrzehnten des 19. Jahrhunderts" in: Der Adel an der Schwelle des bürgerlichen Zeitalters 1780-1860 (Stuttgart, 1988). 237-270.
Lieven, Dominic. The Aristocracy in Europe, 1815-1918 (New York, 1993).
Rogalla von Biberstein, Johannes. Adelsherrschaft und Adelskultur in Deutschland (Frankfurt a.M., 1989).
Tönnies, Ferdinand. "Deutscher Adel im neunzehnten Jahrhundert" in: Die Neue Rundschau 2 (1912). 1041-1063.
Vierhaus, Rudolf. "Vom aufgekläten Absolutismus zum monarchischen Konstitutionalismus. Der deutsche Adel im Spannungsfeld von Revolution, Reform und Restauration (!789-1848)" in: Legitimationskrisen des deutschen Adels 1200-1900 (Stuttgart, 1979). 1140-1147.
Friday, December 2, 2011
Progress Update
Over the past couple of weeks, I haven't made any progress whatsoever on my dissertation. This is because of the load of work that comes at the end of the semester on a taught course. I've had several essays to write for my modules and as of last Wednesday, I am now finally finished with all of them. Progress will resume at some point soon I hope.
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