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Amateur Dramatics – Feeding the Revolution XXIV

Posted on 6 June 2026 by carlton_bach

In 1774, in the midst of one of Old Europe’s rare years of peace, a force of about 500 militiamen gathered under arms. They had been called up by the ducal Bavarian Pflegsverwalter (regional administrator) Johann de Stock to suppress … Continue reading →

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Porridge-Eating Pagans – Feeding the Revolution XXIII

Posted on 27 May 2026 by carlton_bach

As you enter rural Northeastern Germany, you will quickly notice the way place names change. If you know your way around languages, you can also spot strange words in the local dialects. Village traditions are different. What you are seeing … Continue reading →

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The King and the Count’s Soup – Feeding the Revolution XXII

Posted on 20 May 2026 by carlton_bach

On the evening of 3 May 1847, the year before all of Europe exploded into revolution, there was music in the streets of Stuttgart, but not the kind most people were glad to hear. Inhabitants of the impoverished suburbs had … Continue reading →

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Checkmating the Diamond Duke – Feeding the Revolution XXI

Posted on 8 May 2026 by carlton_bach

On the evening of 7 September 1830 in Braunschweig, you could feel the tension everywhere in town. Assemblies of more than six people were officially banned. Artillery was set up on major streets and squares. 1,300 soldiers had been deployed … Continue reading →

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Freiheit, Gleichheit, Kaffezeit! Feeding the Revolution XX

Posted on 24 April 2026 by carlton_bach

When it was invaded, the city of Paderborn had more glorious history than present attraction. Once an imperial residence of Charlemagne and archepiscopal see for much of central Germany, it had been reduced to a middling territory of the Holy … Continue reading →

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A Disappearing Kingdom – Feeding the Revolution XIX

Posted on 17 April 2026 by carlton_bach

Big building projects in the countryside tend to make a lot of people unhappy, but archeologists love them. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany saw an enormous amount of infrastructure development, and in the process, excavations and … Continue reading →

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Journeymen’s Strike: Feeding the Revolution XVIII

Posted on 15 April 2026 by carlton_bach

From 23 to 25 August of 1791, the city of Hamburg was filled with songs and old-world pageantry. Processions of journeymen paraded through the streets to music, waving flags and green boughs. The Honourable Council was terrified. Just a few … Continue reading →

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Building Legends: Feeding the Revolution XVII

Posted on 9 April 2026 by carlton_bach

If you believed the official line, East Berlin in 1953 was a relatively happy place. Governed by a benevolent party under a people’s democracy, its inhabitants were building a happier future for everyone from the ruins of war. The city … Continue reading →

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Feasts and Nuisances: Feeding the Revolution XVI

Posted on 26 March 2026 by carlton_bach

The city of Braunschweig was an important place in late medieval Germany: A trading hub, a member of the Hansa, independent of its dukes from 1430 onwards, and supporting a web of local alliances. In the early 1440s, it was … Continue reading →

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Potatoes of Despair: Feeding the Revolution XV

Posted on 23 March 2026 by carlton_bach

In February 1893, a private staging of Gerhart Hauptmann’s play Die Weber (The Weavers) was held at the Neues Theater in Berlin. The performance was limited to members because the police had banned its public performance, and it would not … Continue reading →

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