British Envoys to Germany
The edition consists of official despatches written for the Foreign Office by British envoys to the German States in the 19th century, covering the period from the Vienna Congress in 1815 to the dissolution of the German Confederation (Deutscher Bund) in 1866. All despatches have been transcribed and annotated for the first time. The selection presents the main attitudes to the political, economic, military, cultural, and social situation in the German States described and assessed by British diplomats. [more]
The Project
The edition British Envoys to Germany is published in the Fifth Camden Series for the Royal Historical Society in association with the German Historical Institute London. [more]
Digital Index
The Digital Index to British Envoys to Germany is a combined subject and biographical index and available for volumes 1 to 3 of the series.
- Volume I:
1816-1829
About Volume I
British Envoys to Germany, 1816-1866. Volume I: 1816-1829, edited by Sabine Freitag and Peter Wende. Camden Fifth Series, 15. Cambridge University Press for the Royal Historical Society in association with the German Historical Institute London. 2000. [more]
- Volume II:
1830-1847
About Volume II
British Envoys to Germany, 1816-1866. Volume II: 1830-1847, edited by Markus Mösslang, Sabine Freitag and Peter Wende. Camden Fifth Series, 21. Cambridge University Press for the Royal Historical Society in association with the German Historical Institute London. 2002. [more]
- Volume III:
1848-1850
About Volume III
British Envoys to Germany, 1816-1866. Volume III: 1848-1850, edited by Markus Mösslang, Torsten Riotte and Hagen Schulze. Camden Fifth Series, 28. Cambridge University Press for the Royal Historical Society in association with the German Historical Institute London. 2006. [more]
- Volume IV:
1851-1866
About Volume IV
British Envoys to Germany, 1816-1866. Volume IV: 1851-1866 will be published in 2010.
The Diplomats
Compendium of envoys and missions. [more]
Critique and Appraisal
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