... of Europe. Called the "Sergeant King" Frederick Wilhelm was pious, frugal and boorish: he hated intellectuals and artists. He was the complete opposite of his skeptical, flute-playing, philosophe-courting son, Frederick the great. His father believed his son to be "an effeminate chap who has no manly leanings." The father relaxed by drinking beer and smoking a pipe with friends, while his ... son wrote symphonies and concertos. But they both shared a deep devotion to the Prussian army. In 1789 tree years after Frederick the Great's death, the army had 163,000 men. God ... ...

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... were ambiguous. Persuaded by political ideology, she refused Robert Dudley whom she did have an apparent love interest. Consummating the marriage would have been catastrophic: Dudley was unpopular and the son of the traitor of Northumberland. Without producing an heir to the throne, the fate of England was unsettled. Elizabeth may have had a number of motives both personal and political for ... ...

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... , intrigue, and conquest. As it relates to the Thirty Years War, the king of Denmark hoped that by acquiring a few bishoprics in Germany, he could create a kingdom for his younger son. Albert of Wallenstein was thus commissioned to create an army on his own private initiative. Wallenstein created a notorious force of professional fighters with the hope of creating a sizable principality for ... ...

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