Karin Friedrich is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Aberdeen, UK and Sara Smart is Senior Lecturer in German at the University of Exeter, UK.

• Contents: Preface; The power of crowns: the Prussian coronation of 1701 in context, Karin Friedrich; The cultivation of monarchy, Sara Smart. Documents: Verse by Johann von Besser; Besser's description of the inauguration of the University of Halle (1694); Besser's description of the Berlin wedding of 1700; The founding of the Berlin Society of Sciences in 1700; Besser's History of the Coronation; Statutes of the Royal Prussian Order of the Black Eagle; John Toland's account of the court of Prussia (1702); Pontifical Mischief against the Crown in Prussia (1702); Royal Prussian precedence regulations (1705); Besser's The Triumph of Beauty over the Heroes - a court ballet and opera (1706); Christoph Count von Dohna's memoirs on the reign and court of Freidrich I; Bibliography; Index

'Karin Friedrich and Sara Smart have compiled a treasure-trove of information on the Prussian monarchy's strategies of representation around 1700. In making it available to an Anglophone readership they have also successfully raised the profile of a court which has long been overshadowed by the likes of Vienna and Versailles.' English Historical Review

Karin Friedrich is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Aberdeen, UK and Sara Smart is Senior Lecturer in German at the University of Exeter, UK.

• Contents: Preface; The power of crowns: the Prussian coronation of 1701 in context, Karin Friedrich; The cultivation of monarchy, Sara Smart. Documents: Verse by Johann von Besser; Besser's description of the inauguration of the University of Halle (1694); Besser's description of the Berlin wedding of 1700; The founding of the Berlin Society of Sciences in 1700; Besser's History of the Coronation; Statutes of the Royal Prussian Order of the Black Eagle; John Toland's account of the court of Prussia (1702); Pontifical Mischief against the Crown in Prussia (1702); Royal Prussian precedence regulations (1705); Besser's The Triumph of Beauty over the Heroes - a court ballet and opera (1706); Christoph Count von Dohna's memoirs on the reign and court of Freidrich I; Bibliography; Index

'Karin Friedrich and Sara Smart have compiled a treasure-trove of information on the Prussian monarchy's strategies of representation around 1700. In making it available to an Anglophone readership they have also successfully raised the profile of a court which has long been overshadowed by the likes of Vienna and Versailles.' English Historical Review

Karin Friedrich is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Aberdeen, UK and Sara Smart is Senior Lecturer in German at the University of Exeter, UK.

• Contents: Preface; The power of crowns: the Prussian coronation of 1701 in context, Karin Friedrich; The cultivation of monarchy, Sara Smart. Documents: Verse by Johann von Besser; Besser's description of the inauguration of the University of Halle (1694); Besser's description of the Berlin wedding of 1700; The founding of the Berlin Society of Sciences in 1700; Besser's History of the Coronation; Statutes of the Royal Prussian Order of the Black Eagle; John Toland's account of the court of Prussia (1702); Pontifical Mischief against the Crown in Prussia (1702); Royal Prussian precedence regulations (1705); Besser's The Triumph of Beauty over the Heroes - a court ballet and opera (1706); Christoph Count von Dohna's memoirs on the reign and court of Freidrich I; Bibliography; Index

'Karin Friedrich and Sara Smart have compiled a treasure-trove of information on the Prussian monarchy's strategies of representation around 1700. In making it available to an Anglophone readership they have also successfully raised the profile of a court which has long been overshadowed by the likes of Vienna and Versailles.' English Historical Review