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The Hessian Mercenary State - Ideas, Institutions, and Reform Under Frederick Ii, 1760-1785 (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,736
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The Hessian Mercenary State - Ideas, Institutions, and Reform Under Frederick Ii, 1760-1785 (Hardcover): Ingrao Charles W....

The Hessian Mercenary State - Ideas, Institutions, and Reform Under Frederick Ii, 1760-1785 (Hardcover)

Ingrao Charles W. Ingrao

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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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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: December 1986
Authors: Ingrao Charles W. Ingrao
Dimensions: 235 x 157mm (L x W)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-32756-5
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > European history > 1500 to 1750
Books > History > European history > 1500 to 1750
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LSN: 0-521-32756-3
Barcode: 9780521327565

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