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The Hessian Mercenary State - Ideas, Institutions, and Reform Under Frederick Ii, 1760-1785 (Hardcover)
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The Hessian Mercenary State - Ideas, Institutions, and Reform Under Frederick Ii, 1760-1785 (Hardcover)
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In 1776 Landgrave Frederick II of Hesse-Cassel dispatched 19,000
'auxiliaries' to assist the British in the American Revolution.
While Frederick's action continues to color Americans' view of him,
his 'enlightened' use of the funds from the soldier trade for
domestic initiatives is less well known. In analyzing the origins,
course, and effectiveness of domestic policymaking in Hesse-Cassel,
Charles Ingrao finds that Frederick was neither as evil as we might
think nor as enlightened as we might like to believe. By examining
the interplay of Enlightenment ideas with entrenched Christian
values, cameralist tenets, and militaristic tendencies, Professor
Ingrao downplays the 'enlightenment' component in enlightened
government. He also places greater emphasis on the constructive
role and active cooperation of corporate bodies than have studies
of similar states in the eighteenth century. The impact of the
regime's numerous reforms was limited by its adherence to
established values, its respect for existing institutions, its
reluctance to sacrifice the welfare of any element of the
population, and its failure to anticipate the unwelcome
consequences of many of its initiatives. Professor Ingrao's
findings stress the impracticality of dramatic change in the
pre-revolutionary era - or in any pre-revolutionary society.
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