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• catalog abstract ""Frederick William, the 'Great Elector' of Brandenburg (1640-88) was the founder of Prussia, itself the forerunner of the united Germany of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries." "In 1640 the Great Elector inherited a minor territory devastated by the Thirty Years War. He restored its fortunes, won its independence and built a powerful, extended state, centred on Berlin. By the 1670s and 1680s he was successful enough to become a major player in the wars of Louis XIV. At his death in 1688, Frederick William was virtually an absolute monarch, and his Brandenburg and other possessions - shortly to be reinvented as the kingdom of Prussia - were second only to Austria in the German lands." "This biography, the first in English for fifty years, avoids the limitation of seeing Frederick William primarily as the precursor of the 'enlightened' Frederick the Great. Instead, it roots him firmly in his own time - a dynastic, protestant prince like other German and European rulers, but one tough and opportunistic enough to overcome the opposition of his subjects and neighbouring powers."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b12214543.
• catalog coverage "Prussia (Germany) History Frederick William, the Great Elector, 1640-1688.".
• catalog created "2001.".
• catalog date "2001".
• catalog date "2001.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
• catalog description ""Frederick William, the 'Great Elector' of Brandenburg (1640-88) was the founder of Prussia, itself the forerunner of the united Germany of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries." "In 1640 the Great Elector inherited a minor territory devastated by the Thirty Years War. He restored its fortunes, won its independence and built a powerful, extended state, centred on Berlin. By the 1670s and 1680s he was successful enough to become a major player in the wars of Louis XIV. At his death in 1688, Frederick William was virtually an absolute monarch, and his Brandenburg and other possessions - shortly to be reinvented as the kingdom of Prussia - were second only to Austria in the German lands."".
• catalog description ""This biography, the first in English for fifty years, avoids the limitation of seeing Frederick William primarily as the precursor of the 'enlightened' Frederick the Great. Instead, it roots him firmly in his own time - a dynastic, protestant prince like other German and European rulers, but one tough and opportunistic enough to overcome the opposition of his subjects and neighbouring powers."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-277) and index.".
• catalog description "The inheritance of the Great Elector -- Germany in the early seventeenth century -- Brandenburg before the accession of Frederick William in 1640 -- Frederick William's childhood -- The beggarly elector, 1640-1648 -- Frederick William assumes power -- Frederick William and Prussia -- Return to Brandenburg -- The Swedish match -- Frederick William and Cleves-Mark -- The Dutch marriage -- The first Berg War -- Brandenburg and the Peace of Westphalia -- Frederick William's attempt to establish his authority -- Condition of Brandenburg at the end of the Thirty Years War -- Conflict with the Cleves-Mark Estates -- Relations with the Brandenburg Estates before the War of the North -- Change of ministers and first attempts at governmental and financial reform -- The creation of a court -- A European prince, 1648-1660 -- A Protestant prince in the Empire, 1648-55 -- The War of the North, 1655-60 -- Brandenburg-Prussian society under the Great Elector -- The Junkers -- The peasantry -- The towns -- The mature ruler, 1660-1679 -- Dealing with the Estates -- A 'champion of religious freedom and tolerance' -- Fiscal and military power -- Finances and the tax system -- The General War Commissariat -- The army -- The development of industry and trade -- Immigration -- Overseas expansion -- 'The shrewdest fox in the Empire', 1660-1679 -- Balancing between the powers -- Louis XIV's Dutch War and Brandenburg's victory over Sweden -- The final years, 1679-1688 -- Friction within the Elector's family -- The French yoke -- The Great Elector.".
• catalog extent "xiii, 286 p. :".
• catalog identifier "0582494826".
• catalog isPartOf "Profiles in power (London, England)".
• catalog isPartOf "Profiles in power".
• catalog issued "2001".
• catalog issued "2001.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Harlow, Essex ; New York : Longman,".
• catalog spatial "Prussia (Germany) History Frederick William, the Great Elector, 1640-1688.".
• catalog subject "943.04092 21".
• catalog subject "Friedrich Wilhelm, Elector of Brandenburg, 1620-1688.".
• catalog tableOfContents "The inheritance of the Great Elector -- Germany in the early seventeenth century -- Brandenburg before the accession of Frederick William in 1640 -- Frederick William's childhood -- The beggarly elector, 1640-1648 -- Frederick William assumes power -- Frederick William and Prussia -- Return to Brandenburg -- The Swedish match -- Frederick William and Cleves-Mark -- The Dutch marriage -- The first Berg War -- Brandenburg and the Peace of Westphalia -- Frederick William's attempt to establish his authority -- Condition of Brandenburg at the end of the Thirty Years War -- Conflict with the Cleves-Mark Estates -- Relations with the Brandenburg Estates before the War of the North -- Change of ministers and first attempts at governmental and financial reform -- The creation of a court -- A European prince, 1648-1660 -- A Protestant prince in the Empire, 1648-55 -- The War of the North, 1655-60 -- Brandenburg-Prussian society under the Great Elector -- The Junkers -- The peasantry -- The towns -- The mature ruler, 1660-1679 -- Dealing with the Estates -- A 'champion of religious freedom and tolerance' -- Fiscal and military power -- Finances and the tax system -- The General War Commissariat -- The army -- The development of industry and trade -- Immigration -- Overseas expansion -- 'The shrewdest fox in the Empire', 1660-1679 -- Balancing between the powers -- Louis XIV's Dutch War and Brandenburg's victory over Sweden -- The final years, 1679-1688 -- Friction within the Elector's family -- The French yoke -- The Great Elector.".
• catalog title "The great elector / Derek McKay.".
• catalog type "text".