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The Castles of the Rhine : Recreating the Middle Ages in Modern Germany.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Waterloo, ON : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1998Copyright date: ©1998Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (407 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780889205857
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Castles of the RhineDDC classification:
  • 728.8/1/0943
LOC classification:
  • NA7740.T388 1998
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS -- 1. Political and Economic Power on the Middle Rhine -- 2. Romanticism and Nationalism on the Middle Rhine -- 3. Monuments and Documents on the Middle Rhine -- PART TWO: VINDICATING THE OLD REGIME -- 4. The Holy Alliance in Stone -- 5. Hohenzollern Dreams -- 6. King of the Rhineland -- 7. The Hohenzollerns at the Hunt -- 8. The "Cartridge Prince" and His Consort -- PART THREE: BUTTRESSING THE STATUS QUO -- 9. A Justification of Aristocratic Privilege -- 10. The Fulfilment of Bourgeois Ambition -- PART FOUR: DEFENDING THE REICH -- 11. Symbols of German Unity -- 12. Monument to German Glory -- PART FIVE: SECURING THE PAST FOR THE FUTURE -- 13. To Entertain, Enlighten, and Exploit the Traveller -- 14. To Study the German Past -- 15. To Teach the Young and the Ignorant -- PART SIX: CONCLUSION -- 16. "Can Stones Speak? -- APPENDICES -- 1. Glossary of Architectural Terms Used -- A -- B -- C -- D -- F -- G -- H -- K -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- W -- Z -- 2. Medieval Fantasies -- 3. Hohenzollern Castle Projects Outside the Rhineland -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS -- 1. Political and Economic Power on the Middle Rhine -- 2. Romanticism and Nationalism on the Middle Rhine -- 3. Monuments and Documents on the Middle Rhine -- PART TWO: VINDICATING THE OLD REGIME -- 4. The Holy Alliance in Stone -- 5. Hohenzollern Dreams -- 6. King of the Rhineland -- 7. The Hohenzollerns at the Hunt -- 8. The "Cartridge Prince" and His Consort -- PART THREE: BUTTRESSING THE STATUS QUO -- 9. A Justification of Aristocratic Privilege -- 10. The Fulfilment of Bourgeois Ambition -- PART FOUR: DEFENDING THE REICH -- 11. Symbols of German Unity -- 12. Monument to German Glory -- PART FIVE: SECURING THE PAST FOR THE FUTURE -- 13. To Entertain, Enlighten, and Exploit the Traveller -- 14. To Study the German Past -- 15. To Teach the Young and the Ignorant -- PART SIX: CONCLUSION -- 16. "Can Stones Speak? -- APPENDICES -- 1. Glossary of Architectural Terms Used -- A -- B -- C -- D -- F -- G -- H -- K -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- W -- Z -- 2. Medieval Fantasies -- 3. Hohenzollern Castle Projects Outside the Rhineland -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

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