Prussia & the German Lands
How a small electorate became a great power: the Hohenzollerns, Frederick the Great, and the machinery of the Prussian state.
Articles on Prussia & the German Lands (5)
Mapping Control: The Role of Cadastral Surveys in Prussian State Formation, 1750–1800
Cadastral surveys transformed Prussian governance by mapping land, restructuring rural society, and fueling a...
The Cameralists: How Prussia Invented Modern Economic Administration (1650–1750)
Who were the Cameralists? How scholar-bureaucrats turned a poor, scattered Prussia into Europe's model of...
Frederick the Great and the Prussian Legal Reforms: Building an Enlightened Monarchy
How Frederick the Great’s legal reforms and the Allgemeines Landrecht turned Prussian absolutism into a...
The Hohenzollern Court: Ritual, Ceremony, and the Shaping of Prussian Monarchy, 1640–1786
How court ritual and ceremony transformed the Hohenzollern monarchy of Prussia between 1640 and 1786, shaping...
Frederick the Great's Military Reforms: How Prussia Built Europe's Most Feared Army
How Frederick the Great reformed the Prussian army, 1740–1786: drill, officer corps, and the reforms that made...
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