5 Books on the History of Prussia
1. Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947 by Christopher Clark Since its publication in 2006, Iron Kingdom has undoubtedly been the most...
February 6, 2021
Prussian History
Martin Luther as a Bible Translator and Translation Theorist
This article consists of three different sections. The first and second sections include excerpts from secondary sources that make commentaries and analyses of Luther’s translation and...
March 16, 2020
Enlightenment and the Idea of Progress
The Enlightenment is an umbrella term used to describe the 18th century philosophy with revolutionary and rationalist characteristics that emerged in various intellectual centers of...
January 15, 2020
Kant and the Age of Enlightenment
In 1784, Kant wrote an essay called “What is Enlightenment?”, in which he defined the term ‘Enlightenment’ and analyzed the reasons for its emergence and...
December 29, 2019
Frederick the Great and Voltaire
On August 8, 1736, the Prussian Crown Prince Frederick wrote a letter to Voltaire, who was then a famous philosopher and a highly favored intellectual...
November 24, 2019
Enlightened Absolutism
Enlightenment was a time of radical rationalization and liberalization of the Western thought in the 18th century. With the religion rapidly fading away from the...
October 26, 2019
Revolutions of 1848
Foreign policy failures, economic crisis and social unrest intensified in the 1840s in France, the opposition to King Louis Philippe I. Demonstrations expanded into a...
October 13, 2019
A Short History of Berlin
Two medieval merchant settlements on the banks of the Spree, in the area of today’s district center – here the German capital has its origin....
September 14, 2019
Kaiser Wilhelm I
Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig was born on 22 March 1797 in Kronprinzenpalais in Berlin. His chances of inheriting the throne one day were seemed to be...
September 7, 2019
Alexander von Humboldt
Alexander von Humboldt was in 1769 in Berlin. He was born to Alexander Georg, a Prussian officer and chamberlain, and Elizabeth Colomb. Alexander was the...
September 2, 2019