»Liberal Thinking. The Struggle for Sovereignty of Interpretation. The Political Style of National Liberalists in the Early Bismarckian Empire«: The early Bismarckian era saw one of the great reform phases in modern German history, in which the National Liberals played a major role. The liberal modernization program was supported by a political style that appealed to large sections of the mid-dle classes, but quickly lost its persuasive power. The study examines how promises for the future can [...]
»The Diaries of the Bohemian-Silesian Nobleman Rudolf Count of Stillfried-Alcántara (1827-1882)«: Rudolf Count von Stillfried-Alcántara (1804-1882) came from an old Bohemian-Silesian noble family. The enthronement of Frederick William IV opened up a brilliant career for him at the Berlin court. For decades Stillfried was a central protagonist of dynastic historiography, the cultivation of tradition and the politics of remembrance. His activities are documented in his 32 diaries, which he wrote [...]
