Pictures of German Life in the 18th and 19th Centuries (Vol. 1&2‪)‬

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Volume 1:

Life of the German Peasant (1240-1790):

The duration of modern nations

German agriculture in the time of the Romans, the Carlovingians, and the Hohenstauffen…

The Life of the Lower Nobility (1500-1800):

The country nobles in the sixteenth century

The court nobles

The detrimental effects of the Great War...

The German Citizen and his Shooting Festivals (1300-1800):

Gradual development of the citizen class

Decline after the Thirty Years' War...

The State Policy and the Individual (1600-1700):

The dissolution of the German Empire

The Prince's parties

The despotic official administration...

The "Stillen im Lande" or Pietists (1600-1700):

Tendencies of Protestantism till 1618

Consequences of the war

The older Pietism...

The Dawning of Light (1750):

Changes in the human mind from the invention of printing

Mathematical discipline and natural science

Law

Philosophy and its position with respect to theology...

Volume 2:

Away from the Garrison (1700):

The army, and the constitution of the State

The country militia and their history

The soldiery of the Sovereign

Change of organisation after the war...

The State of Frederic the Great (1700):

The kingdom of the Hohenzollerns

Childhood of Frederic

Opposition to his father...

Of the Year of Tuition of the German Citizen (1790):

Influence of Frederic on German art, philosophy, and historical writing

The aspect of a city in 1790

The coffee gardens and the theatres...

The Period of Ruin (1800):

The condition of Germany

Courts and cities of the Empire...

Rise of the Nation (1807-1815):

Sorrowful condition of the people in the year 1807

The first signs of rising strength

Hatred of the French Emperor

Arming of Prussia

Character and importance of the movement of 1813…

Illness and Recovery (1815-1848):

The time of reaction

Hopelessness of the German question…