Title Die (Re-)Konstruktion altpreussischer Identität in der regionalen Kulturgeschichtsschreibung im Ostpreussen des 18. Jahrhunderts (Lilienthal, Arnoldt, Pisanski)
Translation of Title The (re-)construction of the old Prussian identity in regional East Prussian historiography of the 18th century (Lilienthal, Arnoldt and Pisanski).
Translation of Title Senprūsiškosios tapatybės (re)konstravimas XVIII šimtmečio Rytų Prūsijos regioninėje istoriografijoje (Lilienthalis, Arnoldtas, Pisanskis).
Authors Walter, Axel E
DOI 10.15181/ahuk.v30i0.1179
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Is Part of Acta historica universitatis Klaipedensis: Contact Zones in the Historical Area of East Prussia = Kontaktų zonos istoriniame Rytų Prūsijos regione.. Klaipėda : Klaipėdos universiteto leidykla. 2015, [t.] 30, p. 39-73.. ISSN 1392-4095. eISSN 2351-6526
Keywords [eng] Brandenburgian Prussia ; Royal Prussia ; historiography ; regional self-awareness ; Old Prussian identity
Abstract [eng] The paper focuses on the contribution of regional 18th-century ‘East Prussian’ historiography to the formation of an Old Prussian identity. The author specifies the concept of ‘Old Prussianism’, and reveals the main steps in the change in that model of identity in the 18th century through an analysis of three authors who were active in Königsberg and spanned three generations: Michael Lilienthal (1686–1750), Daniel Heinrich Arnoldt (1706–1775) and Georg Christoph Pisanski (1725–1790). On the basis of their treatises, the paper reveals how in the 18th century, in the territory of the former Duchy of Prussia, a unique regional self-awareness independent of Royal (Polish) Prussia as well as of Brandenburgian Prussia was developing, as well as a related concept of the past of the region.
Published Klaipėda : Klaipėdos universiteto leidykla
Type Journal article
Language German
Publication date 2015
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