HISTORY OF FRIEDRICH II.
OF PRUSSIA

FREDERICK THE GREAT

By Thomas Carlyle

Volume III.


Contents

[ BOOK III. — THE HOHENZOLLERNS IN BRANDENBURG. - 1412-1718 ]
[ Chapter I. — KURFURST FRIEDRICH I. ]
[ Chapter II. — MATINEES DU ROI DE PRUSSE. ]
[ Chapter III. — KURFURST FRIEDRICH II. ]
[ Chapter IV. — KURFURST ALBERT ACHILLES, AND HIS SUCCESSOR. ]
[ JOHANN THE CICERO IS FOURTH KURFURST, AND LEAVES TWO NOTABLE SONS. ]

[ Chapter V. — OF THE BAIREUTH-ANSPACH BRANCH. ]
[ TWO LINES IN CULMBACH OR BAIREUTH-ANSPACH: THE GERA BOND OF 1598. ]
[ THE ELDER LINE OF CULMBACH: FRIEDRICH AND HIS THREE NOTABLE SONS THERE. ]
[ FRIEDRICH'S SECOND SON, MARGRAF GEORGE OF ANSPACH. ]

[ Chapter VI. — HOCHMEISTER ALBERT, THIRD NOTABLE SON OF FRIEDRICH. ]
[ Chapter VII. — ALBERT ALCIBIADES. ]
[ Chapter VIII. — HISTORICAL MEANING OF THE REFORMATION. ]
[ Chapter IX. — KURFURST JOACHIM I. ]
[ Chapter X. — KURFURST JOACHIM II. ]
[ JOACHIM GETS CO-INVESTMENT IN PREUSSEN. ]
[ JOACHIM MAKES "HERITAGE-BROTHERHOOD" WITH THE DUKE OF LIEGNITZ. ]
[ Chapter XI. — SEVENTH KURFURST, JOHANN GEORGE. ]
[ Chapter XII. — OF ALBERT FRIEDRICH, THE SECOND DUKE OF PREUSSEN. ]
[ OF DUKE ALBERT FRIEDRICH'S MARRIAGE: WHO HIS WIFE WAS, AND WHAT HER POSSIBLE DOWRY. ]
[ MARGRAF GEORGE FRIEDRICH COMES TO PREUSSEN TO ADMINISTER. ]

[ Chapter XIII. — NINTH KURFURST, JOHANN SIGISMUND. ]
[ HOW THE CLEVE HERITAGE DROPPED, AND MANY SPRANG TO PICK IT UP. ]
[ THE KAISER'S THOUGHTS ABOUT IT, AND THE WORLD'S. ]

[ Chapter XIV. — SYMPTOMS OF A GREAT WAR COMING. ]
[ FIRST SYMPTOM; DONAUWORTH, 1608. ]
[ SYMPTOM THIRD: A DINNER-SCENE AT DUSSELDORF, 1613: SPANIARDS AND DUTCH SHOULDER ARMS IN CLEVE. ]
[ SYMPTOM FOURTH, AND CATASTROPHE UPON THE HEELS OF IT. ]
[ WHAT BECAME OF THE CLEVE-JULICH HERITAGE, AND OF THE PREUSSEN ONE. ]

[ Chapter XV. — TENTH KURFURST, GEORGE WILHELM. ]
[ Chapter XVI. — THIRTY-YEARS WAR. ]
[ SECOND ACT, OR EPOCH, 1624-1629. A SECOND UNCLE PUT TO THE BAN, AND POMMERN SNATCHED AWAY. ]
[ THIRD ACT, AND WHAT THE KURFURST SUFFERED IN IT. ]

[ Chapter XVII. — DUCHY OF JAGERNDORF. ]
[ DUKE OF JAGERNDORF, ELECTOR'S UNCLE, IS PUT UNDER BAN. ]

[ Chapter XVIII. — FRIEDRICH WILHELM, THE GREAT KURFURST, ELEVENTH OF THE SERIES. ]
[ WHAT BECAME OF POMMERN AT THE PEACE; FINAL GLANCE INTO CLEVE-JULICH. ]
[ THE GREAT KURFURST'S WARS: WHAT HE ACHIEVED IN WAR AND PEACE. ]

[ Chapter XIX. — KING FRIEDRICH I. AGAIN. ]
[ HOW AUSTRIA SETTLED THE SILESIAN CLAIMS. ]
[ HIS REAL CHARACTER. ]

[ Chapter XX. — DEATH OF KING FRIEDRICH I. ]
[ THE TWELVE HOHENZOLLERN ELECTORS. ]
[ GENEALOGICAL DIAGRAM: THE TWO CULMBACH LINES. ]