A new perspective on the process of German nation state building: The Prussian royal couple Wilhelm I and Augusta between the New Era and the founding of the German Empire (1857–1871). A digital edition

德国民族国家建设过程的新视角：新时代和德意志帝国建立之间的普鲁士皇室夫妇威廉一世和奥古斯塔（1857â1871）。

• 批准号: 524872982
• 负责人: Professor Dr. Christian Jansen
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Lehrstuhl für Neuere und Neueste Geschichte (Schwerpunkt 19. Jahrhundert)
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 资助国家: 德国
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/524872982?language=en
• 关键词: new; perspective; process; German; nation

Prussian Queen Consort Augusta and Prussian King Wilhelm I are historiographically marginalized. To this day, analyses and portrayals of German history in the second half of the 19th century follow a narrative that is explicitly and implicitly Bismarck-centered. This research project aims to fundamentally revise this perspective through a complete, annotated, digital edition of the correspondence of the monarchical couple between 1857 and 1871. With the end of the reign of King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia in 1857, his younger brother Wilhelm moved to the center of the governmental complex of the Hohenzollern-Monarchy - and with him Augusta, who as a decidedly political actor moved outside the misogynous-restrictively defined boundaries of female interest and action of the 19th century. Their correspondence is unique compared to other dynastic actors yet so far largely ignored by researchers. Its analysis allows for a detailed reconstruction of Augusta's and Wilhelm's possibilities of experience, opportunities of action and decision-making processes in a time of profound social and political upheaval, as well as a revision of traditional narratives of the founding of the German Empire and the historical background against which it took place. The multifaceted questions of modern monarchy research - political history, cultural history, history of ideas and gender history - are taken account of in the editing and commenting process. In addition, the manual transcription of the approximately 2,500 letters is supported by the technically innovative use of an AI-supported platform for handwriting recognition. The extensive archival original correspondence of the 1857-1871 period is to be made available to researchers and to the public completely digitized and scholarly edited for the first time.

普鲁士王后奥古斯塔王妃和普鲁士国王威廉一世在历史上处于边缘地位。直到今天，对19世纪下半叶德国历史的分析和描绘都遵循着一种明确和含蓄地以俾斯麦为中心的叙事。这个研究项目的目的是通过一个完整的、带注释的、数字版的1857年至1871年之间的君主夫妇的书信，从根本上修正这一观点。随着1857年普鲁士国王弗里德里希·威廉四世统治的结束，他的弟弟威廉搬到了君主制霍亨佐伦政府建筑群的中心，奥古斯塔作为一名坚定的政治演员，走出了19世纪女性兴趣和行动的狭隘定义的界限。与其他王朝演员相比，他们的通信是独一无二的，但到目前为止，研究人员基本上忽略了他们的通信。它的分析可以详细地重建奥古斯塔和威廉在深刻的社会和政治动荡时期的经历、行动机会和决策过程的可能性，以及对德意志帝国建立的传统叙事和它发生的历史背景的修正。现代君主制研究的多方面问题--政治史、文化史、思想史和性别史--在编辑和评论过程中得到了考虑。此外，通过技术创新地使用人工智能支持的手写识别平台，支持对大约2 500个字母的人工抄写。将首次向研究人员和公众提供1857-1871年期间的大量原始档案函件，并进行完全数字化和学术编辑。