The 'Sailor Prince' in the Age of Empire
The 'Sailor Prince' in the Age of Empire

Author: Miriam Magdalena Schneider

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-09-21

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 3319636006

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This book explores the puzzling phenomenon of the remarkable revival of monarchy in nineteenth-century Europe through a new prism: the public persona of the ‘Sailor Prince’. It highlights how four usually overlooked dynastic figures – the younger sons and brothers of monarchs such as Queen Victoria or Emperor William II – decisively helped to advertise their respective dynasties in the fiercely contested political and popular mass market, by aligning them with one of the most myth-invested cultural presences and power-political symbols of the Age of Empire: the navy. The 'Sailor Prince' in the Age of Empire traces the unusual professional careers, the adventurous empire travels and the multifaceted public representations of Prince Alfred of Britain (1844-1900), Prince Heinrich of Prussia (1862-1929), Prince Valdemar of Denmark (1858-1939) and Prince Georgios of Greece (1869-1957). Through the prism of these four personality brands, the study also investigates issues such as the role of the maritime sphere in national identity, the nature and extent of nineteenth-century monarchical modernization, the relevance of intra- and inter-imperial royal diplomacy in the Age of High Imperialism, and the curious collaboration of middle-class opinion-makers and entrepreneurs with Europe’s monarchical establishment.

Royal Heirs and the Uses of Soft Power in Nineteenth-Century Europe
Royal Heirs and the Uses of Soft Power in Nineteenth-Century Europe

Author: Frank Lorenz Müller

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-10-15

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 1137592060

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This volume brings together a fascinating selection of studies exploring the soft power tools used by heirs to the throne in order to enhance the communication of monarchies with their audiences during the nineteenth-century. How we perceive royals and their dynasties today – as families, as celebrities, as charitable figureheads of society or as superfluous relics of a bygone age – has deep roots in the monarchical cultures of nineteenth-century Europe. By focusing on the role played by heirs to the throne, this volume offers an original perspective on the ability of monarchies to persuade sceptical audiences, nourish positive emotions and thereby strengthen the position of each dynasty within its respective nation. Using examples from Britain, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Austria, Greece, Sweden, Norway and Prussia, an international team of experts analyzes and explains the development of the very soft power tools which are still being used by Ruling Houses today.

The Imperial German Army Between Kaiser and King
The Imperial German Army Between Kaiser and King

Author: Gavin Wiens

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-03-28

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 3031228634

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This book provides a reappraisal of Germany’s military between the mid-nineteenth century and the end of the First World War. At its core is the following question: how 'German' was the imperial German army? This army, which emerged from the Wars of Unification in 1871, has commonly been seen as the 'school of the nation'. After all – so this argument goes – tens of thousands of young men passed through its ranks each year, with conscripts undergoing an intense program of patriotic education and returning to civilian life as fervent German nationalists and ardent supporters of the German emperor, or Kaiser. This book reexamines this assumption. It does not deny that devotion to the Fatherland and loyalty to the Kaiser were widespread among German soldiers in the decades following unification. It nevertheless shows that the imperial German army was far less homogenous and far more faction-ridden than has hitherto been acknowledged.

The Transnational Voices of Australia’s Migrant and Minority Press
The Transnational Voices of Australia’s Migrant and Minority Press

Author: Catherine Dewhirst

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-11-13

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 303043639X

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This edited collection invites the reader to enter the diverse worlds of Australia’s migrant and minority communities through the latest research on the contemporary printed press, spanning the mid-nineteenth century to our current day. With a focus on the rare, radical and foreign-language print culture of multiple and frequently concurrent minority groups’ newspaper ventures, this volume has two overarching aims: firstly to demonstrate how the local experiences and narratives of such communities are always forged and negotiated within a context of globalising forces – the global within the local; and secondly to enrich an understanding of the complexity of Australian ‘voices’ through this medium not only as a means for appreciating how the cultural heritage of such communities were sustained, but also for exploring their contributions to the wider society.

Survival and Revival in Sweden's Court and Monarchy, 1718–1930
Survival and Revival in Sweden's Court and Monarchy, 1718–1930

Author: Fabian Persson

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-11-13

Total Pages: 365

ISBN-13: 303052647X

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This book will be the first to deeply analyze the Swedish court and monarchy through a longue duree perspective to show the crucial role of the court in maintaining a relationship between the monarchy and nobility throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Sweden offered a different type of monarchy in comparison to the more often studied French and British monarchies. Sweden's court system successfully managed several coups and upheavals and maintained strong royal power throughout many transitions. Studying the Swedish model offers insights into how courts functioned in European principalities in general by providing a resilient and flexible framework for royal authority in tandem with the nobility. Based on extensive research conducted in the Swedish National Archives, the Palace Archives, and the Royal Library, the book presents some never-before published case studies and materials that drive the impact of court studies on many different areas of research, including gender studies, political science, and art history.

Leisure and Elite Formation
Leisure and Elite Formation

Author: Peter Heyrman

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2020-05-05

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 3110582481

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The book series focus on the relevance and changing meaning of elites in late modern European history. The series addresses the persistence in power of the nobility and looks at the emergence of new elite formations in the context of the rise of mass media and social mobilization.

The World of Children
The World of Children

Author: Simone Lässig

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2019-10-03

Total Pages: 317

ISBN-13: 1789202795

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In an era of rapidly increasing technological advances and international exchange, how did young people come to understand the world beyond their doorsteps? Focusing on Germany through the lens of the history of knowledge, this collection explores various media for children—from textbooks, adventure stories, and other literature to board games, museums, and cultural events—to probe what they aimed to teach young people about different cultures and world regions. These multifaceted contributions from specialists in historical, literary, and cultural studies delve into the ways that children absorbed, combined, and adapted notions of the world.

Australia's Empire
Australia's Empire

Author: Deryck Marshall Schreuder

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2008-02-07

Total Pages: 435

ISBN-13: 0199273731

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Australia's Empire is the first collaborative evaluation of Australia's imperial experience in more than a generation. Bringing together poltical, cultural, and aboriginal understandings of the past, it argues that the legacies of empire continue to influence the fabric of modern Australian society.

Royal Heirs
Royal Heirs

Author: Frank Lorenz Müller

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2023-01-31

Total Pages: 365

ISBN-13: 1316512916

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Illuminates the role played by the heirs to the throne in the survival of monarchy in nineteenth-century Europe.

Royals on tour
Royals on tour

Author: Robert Aldrich

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2018-05-13

Total Pages: 395

ISBN-13: 1526109409

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Royals on Tour explores visits by European monarchs and princes to colonies, and by indigenous royals to Europe in the 1800s and early 1900s with case studies of travel by royals from Britain, France, Portugal, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Japan, the Dutch East Indies and French Indochina. Such tours projected imperial dominion and asserted the status of non-European dynasties. The celebrity of royals, the increased facility of travel, and the interest of public and press made tours key encounters between Europeans and non-Europeans. The reception visitors received illustrate the dynamics of empire and international relations. Ceremonies, speeches and meetings formed part of the popular culture of empire and monarchy. Mixed in with pageantry and protocol were profound questions about the role of monarchs, imperial governance, relationships between metropolitan and overseas elites, and evolving expressions of nationalism.