The history of Prussia, particularly during the reign of the late King Frederick William; in which is contained, a distinct account, of the means by which that prince, rendered his dominions so considerable, and himself so formidable in Germany, and to all Europe: Comprehending also, Many remarkable Negotiations and Transactions of various Kinds, relative to other Powers, As well as, Several curious Anecdotes. Interspersed throughout, with original papers, treaties, an letters of state, of great Consequence, towards understanding perfectly, the present System.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mauvillon, Éléazar de, 1712-1779.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Frederick William I, king of Prussia, 1688-1740--Early works to 1800.

Frederick William.

Prussia (Germany)--History--Frederick William I, 1713-1740.

Prussia (Germany).

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([14],525,[1]p. )

Other Title:

History of Prussia,

Place of Publication:

London : printed for R. Manby, in the Old-Bailey, near Ludgate-Hill; J. Whiston and B. White, in Fleet-Street; and James Rivington and James Fletcher, in Paternoster-Row, M.DCC.LVI. [1756]

Summary:

About the year of our Lord 997, Adelbert, Bishop of Prague, with two companions, set out on a missionary tour to the shores of the Baltic. The savage inhabitants killed him. Still Christianity gradually gained ground. As the ages rolled on, idolatry disappeared, and nominal Christianity took its place. The people were poor, ignorant, widely dispersed, and but partially civilized. During weary centuries, as generations came and went, nothing in that region occurred of interest to the world at large. When, in the sixteenth century, Protestantism was rejected by Southern Europe, it was accepted by the inhabitants of this wild region. At the commencement of the eighteenth century, there was found upon the southern shores of the Baltic a small territory, about as large as the State of Massachusetts, called the Marquisate of Brandenburg. The marquis belonged to a very renowned family, known as the House of Hohenzollern. At the distance of some miles east of this marquisate, there was a small duchy called Prussia. The Marquis of Brandenburg, who had come into possession of the duchy, being a very ambitious man, by skilful diplomacy succeeded in having the united provinces of Prussia and Brandenburg recognized by the Emperor of Germany as the kingdom of Prussia. The sovereigns of Southern Europe looked quite contemptuously upon this newborn and petty realm, and were not at all disposed to receive the parvenu king into their society as an equal...

Notes:

Anonymous. By Éléazar de Mauvillon.

Translated by William Phelips.

Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T167682.

OCLC:

642480068