Staging a Monarchical-federal Order: Wilhelm I as German Emperor
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Abstract This article argues that the German emperor Wilhelm I drew on self-staging, symbolic acts and monarchical federalism to establish himself as new polity’s figurehead after 1871. By drawing cultural approaches political history, this demonstrates because imperial office was embedded in a federal context institutional geographical dominance therefore ruled out, used travel, ceremonial speeches appeal population via their regional monarchs for popular support. In so doing, deliberately cultivated empire’s monarchical-federal structure accommodate states’ differing responses king of Prussia now being nascent cult around his persona. addition, Wilhelm’s aim not just generate support himself, but also provide understanding polity oppose other centres gravity, particular Reichstag its parliamentary Empire. As such, self-staging provided first Kaiser with distinct agency, thereby challenging scholars’ assumptions Bismarck’s personal dominance. It shows Germany’s composite nationhood limitation establishing Hohenzollern dynasty monarchy, rather were crucial purpose. thus questions historiographical notion shift did happen until II’s 1888 accession German-national conception public persona,
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عنوان ژورنال: German History
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1477-089X', '0266-3554']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/gerhis/ghab073