The Kings of Bavaria

On my primary blog, History Rhymes, I've begun a new multi-part series about the kings of Bavaria since there does not appear to be much information about them on the internet. This will also help me to learn more about the kings of Bavaria in preparation for my dissertation.

The Kings of Bavaria will feature all of the Bavarian kings which ruled between the collapse of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 and the fall of the Kingdom of Bavaria after World War I in 1918. Although the Kingdom of Bavaria did not actually last all that long (less that a century), it had some colorful figures as monarchs which left a lasting impression on Bavaria even to this day.

You can find the series on History Rhymes.

Book about King Maximilian II of Bavaria

Does anyone know where I can find a book or two either in German or English about King Maximilian II Joseph of Bavaria? I can't seem to find any books about him which strikes me as being extremely unusual.

Ideas and Sources

Today I had a discussion with a potential supervisor for my MA dissertation about the feasibility of a couple of ideas I have. My primary idea involves doing something in the direction of the relationship that the Bavarian aristocracy had with the royal court in Munich during the nineteenth century. I can imagine it would have been a fairly precarious relationship as the Wittelsbacher (the royal family) were put into power by Napoleon during the occupation by France in the early part of the century. We will see though.

A couple of interesting secondary sources I've found so far:

Conze, Eckart and Monika Wienfort. Adel und Moderne. Deutschland im europäischen Vergleich im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert. Cologne, Weimar, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, 2004. ISBN: 3412186031

Elias, Norbert. Die höfische Gesellschaft: Untersuchungen zur Soziologie des Königtums und der höfischen Aristokratie. Suhrkamp Verlag, 2007. ISBN: 3518280236

Funck, Marcus and Stephan Malinowski. "Geschichte von oben" in Historische Anthropologie. Cologne, Weimar, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, 1999.

Reif, Heinz. Adel im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert. Munich: Oldenbourg Wissehschaftsverlag, 1999. IBSN: 3-486-55022-5

Schulz, Günther and Markus A. Denzel. Deutscher Adel im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert: Büdinger Forschungen zur Sozialgeschichte 2002 und 2003. St Katharinen, Germany: Skripta Mercaturae, 2004. ISBN: 3-89590-145-8

These I have found a way to get, but there are a couple of sources which I have not been able to find:

Kink, Barbara. Adelige Lebenswelt in Bayern im 18. Jahrhundert: Die Tage- und Ausgabenbücher des Freiherrn Sebastian von Pemler von Hurlach und Leutstetten (1718–1772). Munich: Kommission für bayerische Landesgeschichte , 2007. ISBN: 978-3-7696-6876-6