William I and monarchical rule in Imperial Germany

‘It is hard being Emperor under Bismarck’ quipped German Emperor William I once. Historians agreed and deemed him also an unwilling Imperial figurehead who preferred to remain King of Prussia. This study challenges this long-held assumption of William I’s presumed historical irrelevance. It argues t...

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Main Author: Sterkenburgh, Frederik Frank
Published: University of Warwick 2017
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.752489