A01=Derek Mckay
absolutist monarchy
Author_Derek Mckay
Axel Oxenstierna
brandenburg
Brandenburg Estates
Brandenburg Nobility
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commissariat
Des Noyers
Die Politischen Testamente
early modern Europe
Elector John Sigismund
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estates
Ferdinand III
frederick
Frederick III
Frederick W Illiam
friedrich
German Princes
Great
Great Elector
hohenzollern
Hohenzollern Lands
Johan Maurits
johann
John Sigismund
lands
Louis XIV
military fiscal state
noble resistance
Privy Council
protestant rulers
Samuel Von Pufendorf
Seventeenth Century Crisis
seventeenth century German governance
Sigismund III
SIO
state formation theory
Thirty Years
Urk
War Commissioners
wilhelm
william
William III
Product details
- ISBN 9781138166684
- Weight: 720g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 23 Feb 2017
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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In this first biography in English for fifty years, Derek McKay avoids the limitation of seeing Frederick William primarily as precursor of the 'Enlightened' Frederick the Great. Instead, he roots him firmly in his own time, a dynastic, protestant ruler like many another in Germany, but gifted with the toughness and opportunism to overcome the hostility of his local nobilities and of the surrounding great powers.
Derek McKay is formerly of the London School of Economics.
