Afghanistan 16, 19, 50–55, 260, 326

Africa 13–15, 34–37, 40–41, 44–47, 50, 158–161, 168–173, 179–184, 187–199, 211, 318–319, 335–336, 356, 396, 409–414, 521, 541; see also Amatongaland; Angra Pequena; Boers; Cameroon; Cape Colony; Congo; Damaraland; Delagoa Bay; East Africa; German South-West Africa; Somaliland; South African Republic; South-West Africa Company; Togo; Zulu Kingdom

agriculture 34, 103, 136, 147, 163, 222, 356, 359, 365, 374, 388, 433, 473, 531; see also parties, agrarian party; peasantry

Albania 236

Alexandria 48, 524

Alsace-Lorraine 79, 83–84, 86–88, 135, 149–150, 164–165, 167, 177, 231–232, 276–277, 307n, 364, 376, 382, 392

Amatongaland (Tongaland) 179, 181

America/Americans, see United States of America

anarchism/nihilism 68, 161n, 203, 223, 364, 442, 544

Anglesey 392

Anglophobia/anti-British sentiments 18, 101, 105, 204–205, 207, 275–276, 285, 305, 308–309, 313, 328, 379–380, 386–387, 390–391, 395–396, 402–404, 407–408, 411–412, 415–417, 462–463, 470, 500–503, 521, 541–542, 545–546; see also Great Britain

Angra Pequena (Lüderitz Bay) 36–37, 40–41, 44n, 273–275n

anti-Semitism 26, 58, 97, 109, 113, 195–196, 241, 243–244, 256–257, 322, 325, 356, 359, 363, 366, 369–372, 379, 384, 388, 392, 403, 526

Anti-Socialist Laws and measures 23, 185, 232–233, 268–271, 279–281, 301–302, 337, 394–395, 397–398, 415; subversion bill (Umsturzvorlage) 166, 255–256, 394, 399–400, 537–540, 544–545

Antwerp 212; Universal Peace Congress 391–392

Armenia 201, 407, 416

army and military affairs: of Austria 75, 140, 490, 507; of Baden 240, 245, 249, 452; of Bavaria 507, 519–520, 522, 525, 550–551; of France 81, 88, 90–92, 153–154, 214, 231–232, 282, 290, 380; of German Empire 81, 91–92, 114–115, 117–119, 131–132, 143–145, 147–148, 150, 177, 311, 353, 356, 367, 382, 391–392, 446–447, 492, 507, 520, see also army bills, navy; German military criminal procedure/penal code 186, 209, 215–216, 382, 424, 522, 525, 531, 538, 550–551; of Great Britain 58–59, 117, 144–145, 379–380, 425–426, 463; of Prussia 452–456, 458; of Russia 51–52, 72, 75, 120, 153–154, 490, 533; of Saxony 332; of Württemberg 150–151, 428–429, 446–447, 452–456, 458, 462

army bills (Imperial Military Law/septennate) 22, 73–78, 82, 108, 143–144, 147, 249–250, 282, 288–292, 341–342, 351, 373–374, 376–378, 432, 490n, 493–497, 505, 527–530, 532n, 551

Aschaffenburg 225

assassinations (or attempts) 104, 161–162, 321, 441–442

Athen 121n, 260

Australia 45n, 552

Austria-Hungary: emperor, see name index: Franz Joseph I; and German Empire 12, 17, 58, 65–66, 74–75, 94, 136–137, 178, 183, 204, 224, 283–284, 287–288, 352, 359–360, 389, 490, 511, 521, 531, 552, see also Dual Alliance, Triple Alliance; and Great Britain 15, 40, 43–44, 65–66, 76, 287; and Russia 52–53, 72, 75–76, 202, 285, 303–304, 507, 533; see also army and military affairs; Austro-Prussian War; Bohemia; Hungary

Austro-Prussian War 72, 386, 530

Babenhausen 454

Baden 4; chambers 216, 235, 239–243, 246–247, 250–253, 256–258; constitution 250–251, 253, 258; and German Empire 166, 222–223, 238, 240–241–242, 254–255, 258, 277, 415, 454, 468, see also German Empire: November Treaties, reserved rights; grand duke, see name index: Friedrich I; ministry 235, 246–247; religion and religious policy 234–235, 242–243, 247, 252; and Württemberg 450–451; see also army and military affairs

Baden-Baden 237

Balmoral 415–416

Baltic 90, 158, 177, 528–529

banks/stock exchange 51, 102–103, 202, 225–226, 291, 359, 363, 369, 372, 375, 382–383, 411, 470

Basle 238

Bautzen 341

Bavaria 4, 19, 224; and Austria 471, 499, 506–508; budget/finances 481–485, 516–518; chambers 215, 427, 481, 483–484, 489, 499, 503, 507–508, 516–518, 524, 527, 544–545, 550; concordat 503–504; constitution 499–500, 503–504, 513–514; diplomatic relations 509–510, 523–524; and France 471, 491–492, 510, 523; and German Empire 34, 55, 166, 215, 222, 352–353, 366, 427, 451, 468, 470, 473–478, 482–485, 489, 492–497, 506–509, 511, 519–532, 537–540, 544–545, 548–551; see also German Empire: November Treaties, reserved rights; king, see name index: Ludwig II; Otto; ministry 469, 476, 481–484, 488–489, 504–505, 519, 530; and Prussia 215, 225, 451, 468, 476–477, 509, 521–522, 530–531, 544, 548; regency 480–483, 488–489, 490–500; see also name index: Luitpold; religion and religious policy 23, 473, 482, 488–489, 493–497, 503–506, 511–516, 519, 542–543; see also army and military affairs

Beaumont, battle of 405

Belfort 384

Belgium 146n, 160, 224, 232, 322n, 365n, 389, 404n, 428

Berg, castle 19, 485–486

Berlin 16, 20, 27, 34, 65, 68–70, 89, 93, 100, 102, 104, 112, 117, 125–126, 131–134, 142–143, 180, 185, 195–197, 213, 230, 238, 254, 269, 272, 277, 279, 295, 306, 309, 321, 324, 327, 329, 346, 362, 367, 370, 374–375, 387–389, 395–396, 398, 406, 409–410, 413–414, 417, 445–447, 452, 455, 460, 470, 472, 473, 476, 484, 490, 495, 501, 508–509, 520, 535, 538–540, 549; British embassy 2–6, 8–17, 22, 38–39, 63, 64, 68, 86, 116, 124, 151–152, 199, 206, 212; Congress/Treaty of 54, 71–72; miners’ congress 389–390; West Africa Conference 15, 44n, 160n

Bielefeld 115

Bingen 224–225

Bismarck Archipelago 395

Blankenburg 145–146

Blaubeuren 432

Blue/White Books and state papers 15, 47–49, 159, 191, 194, 273, 414

Board of Trade 135, 208

Boers 46–47, 173, 179, 192, 410–411, 546–547

Bombay 59

Bonn 357

Brandenburg (Prussian provincial state) 113, 176, 388, 409; diet 130, 210n, 362n, 366–367, 524

Brazil 156

Bremen 34, 384

Breslau (Wrocław) 320–321, 408, 416

Bretten 241

Brunswick succession question 54–57, 216, 473–478

Brussels  9, 107n, 124, 135n, 160, 372

Budapest 76n, 183

Bulgaria, Bulgarian crisis 15–16, 19, 65–68, 70–73, 75–76, 226–227, 229–231, 233–234, 236, 285–287, 304, 350, 359, 490–491

Bund der Landwirte 186, 374n

Cameroon (German protectorate) 14, 45, 48, 50, 158, 275n, 336, 395

Cannstatt 461

Cape Colony 41, 170–173, 188, 200, 274, 410, 546, 552

Caroline Islands 495

Cassel 181, 223

Catholic Church, see Roman Catholics

Cayenne 198

censorship, see press

Charlottenburg 40, 327

Chemnitz 272, 279, 333–334, 337, 341, 345, 348

China 202–204, 208, 266, 396, 532

civil code/civil law 258, 383

clergy 137, 150, 235, 229, 242, 247, 277, 292, 431, 449, 459, 473n, 479–480, 488–489, 504–506, 531, 543, 550

Coblence (Koblenz) 224

Coburg 4, 6, 148

Cologne 115, 175, 321, 342, 396, 479, 534

colonies: British colonial interests 10, 13–16, 37, 42, 45–48, 86, 158–161, 168–169, 171–173, 179–184, 187–198, 200, 203, 273–275, 319–320, 336, 390–391, 426, 502, 518, see also Afghanistan, Amatongaland, Cape Colony, Congo, Egypt, New Guinea, Niger navigation, Samoa, Somaliland, South African Republic, South-West Africa Company, Zanzibar; commercial interests 34–36, 168–169, 173, 188–189, 335–336, 411; French colonial interests 42–43, 46–47, 158–159, 161, 199, 203, 390, 532, see also Siam; German colonial interests 10, 13–16, 34–37, 40–47, 49–50, 158–161, 168–173, 179–182, 187, 196–200, 203, 211, 273–275, 318–320, 335–336, 356, 363, 390–391, 393, 395, 414, 470, 521, 541, 546–547, 551–552, see also Angra Pequena, Bismarck Archipelago, Cameroon, Congo, Delagoa Bay, Deutscher Kolonialverein, East Africa, German South West Africa, Gesellschaft für deutsche Kolonisation, New Guinea, Samoa, Togo, Zanzibar

commerce/commercial treaties (see trade and commerce)

Congo 319; Anglo-Congolese agreement 160–161, 390, 541

conservatives 67, 108–110, 113, 119–120, 137–138, 146–147, 162–164, 167, 174–176, 210, 216, 252–253, 256–257, 266, 276–277, 288–289, 292, 304–305, 309, 311–312, 314–316, 318, 320, 333–334, 340, 342–343, 345, 354, 358–359, 361–363, 369, 373, 379, 384, 386, 396–397, 406, 414–415, 425, 449, 459, 472, 483, 551–552; see also parties: agrarian party; Deutschkonservative Partei; Freikonservative Partei

Constance (Konstanz) 238

Constantinople 66, 72–73, 121, 287, 350, 407n, 416n

constitutionalism/constitutional conflicts 24, 250, 253, 255, 289, 326, 356, 362, 368, 374, 377, 382, 394–395, 409, 469; see also Baden; Bavaria; German Empire; Prussia; Württemberg

Copenhagen 93, 153–154; congress 26, 280

Corea 50

Cowes 402, 413n

Crimean War 193, 418

currency/bimetallism 103, 346–347, 363, 370–372, 382

customs, customs’ laws, duties and tariffs 26, 135–137, 300–301, 340, 358–360, 363, 374–375, 382, 384; see also commercial treaties; free trade; protectionism

Customs Union (Zollverein) 317–318, 384

Damaraland 182

Danube 304

Danzig (Dansk) 90–91, 158

Dar es Salaam 187

Dardanelles 69, 170

Darmstadt 223, 226, 229, 233–234, 248, 254, 259, 261–262; British mission 4–6, 8–9, 11–12, 18–19, 26, 249, 443; see also Hesse-Darmstadt

Delagoa Bay 170–171n, 179n–181, 189n, 194, 396

democrats 24, 89, 97, 137, 167, 174–175, 232, 241, 246, 252–253, 256–258, 267–268, 332, 356, 365, 380, 387, 390–391, 396, 425, 430, 433, 437, 460–461, 472, 531–532, 537–538; see also parties, Deutsche Volkspartei

Denmark 54, 93n, 107, 154, 178, 364

Deutscher Kolonialverein 34–35

diplomatic practice and protocol 2–3, 18–20, 24, 37–40, 90–91, 116–117, 125, 127, 132, 151–152, 154, 179, 191, 245, 265, 273, 286, 299–300, 375–376, 392, 414, 429, 440–443, 445, 450–452, 497–498, 523–524

Dresden 3, 154, 274, 277, 294, 299–300, 302, 307, 314, 316, 322, 330–331, 333, 341, 347–348, 359–360, 369–370, 372, 377, 380–381, 385, 394–396, 403, 409–410, 415; British mission 4, 6–7, 11–12, 25–26, 418

Dual Alliance 65n, 202, 265, 284, 303, 313, 506–507

East Africa 14, 179–184, 187, 196–198

East Prussia (Prussian provincial state) 26, 57–58, 110, 163, 167, 374–375, 409

‘Eastern Question’ 12, 58, 65–66, 70–73, 76–77, 183, 200–201, 350

Eastern Rumelia 66, 70n, 226n

Egypt 3, 16, 43–44, 47n–49, 59, 66, 117, 182, 266, 296, 311n, 319n, 426, 524

Ehingen 432

Elbe 206–207, 314, 417; navigation act 318

Elberfeld 175

Elbing 116

elections 23, 70, 78–79, 113, 120, 123, 128, 131, 147–148, 174–175, 215–217, 221–223, 232–233, 239, 241–243, 245–247, 250–251, 253, 256–257, 271–273, 288–289, 291–292, 320–321, 332–335, 340–343, 378–379, 424–425, 431–432, 444–445, 454, 458–462, 472–473, 489, 493–495, 516, 528, 532; see also franchise

Elm 225

emigration 35, 210–211

England, see Great Britain

Estonia 528–529

Eton 354

exhibitions 133, 142–143, 516, 518

Federal Council (Bundesrat) 22, 33–34, 55, 57, 61–62, 144, 166, 177, 209, 214, 238, 255, 267–268, 370, 372, 394, 427, 453, 467–468, 474–475, 477–478, 522, 524, 527, 534, 540, 544–545, 550–551

Finland 382

Flushing 40

fortifications/fortresses 69, 150, 231

France 27, 155, 183; domestic affairs 89–90; and Germany/German affairs 6, 12, 15, 17, 46–47, 49, 64–65, 72, 74–76, 81–84, 86–94, 129, 133–135, 142, 150, 154, 161–162, 178–179, 205, 207–208, 244–245, 265, 279, 282–283, 290–291, 296–297, 350, 361, 364, 375–376, 389, 396, 401, 432, 463, 471, 491–492, 521, 532–533, 537, 552, see also Alsace-Lorraine, Franco-Prussian War, Sedan; and Great Britain 16, 40, 43–44, 46–47, 72, 170, 291, 296, 320, 322, 360–361, 369, 396, 402, 490, 532–533, 541; and Russia 20, 65, 94, 134–135, 140, 153–154, 157, 170, 202–203, 205, 361, 364, 379, 490; see also army and military affairs; colonies

franchise/electoral laws 247, 250–251, 253, 257–258, 288–289, 332–333, 415, 431–433, 445, 449, 456–457, 495

Franconia 549

Franco-Prussian War 2n, 9, 112n, 114, 134n, 177, 278n, 315n, 322, 376, 386, 392, 406n

Frankfurt am Main 34, 221–225, 227–228n, 232–233, 248, 470, 481, 536; treaty of 88

Frankfurt an der Oder 106

free trade 50, 356, 359–360, 365

Freiberg 341

Freiburg im Breisgau 235, 237, 242

Freising 514

French Revolution 354, 366n

Friedberg 232

Friedrichshafen 437, 447

Friedrichsruh 108, 125n, 128, 132–133, 176–177, 254n, 324, 355–356, 363, 384, 386, 417, 484n

Fuchsmühl 538

Gabon 198

Gemünden 225

German Confederation 4, 9, 24, 74, 449n

German Empire: budget and finances 64, 241, 258, 338, 458, 468; civil and criminal procedure, see also army and military affairs, German military criminal procedure 258, 382; constitution 55, 97, 143, 148, 153, 382–383, 394, 468–469, 474–478, 520, 537, 540, 545, 548; criminal/penal code 278–280, 378, 400, 537–539; diplomatic representation 154–156, 160, 165; emperor, see name index: Wilhelm I, Friedrich III Wilhelm II; foreign policy 50–54, 64, 71–75, 77–78, 94–95, 103, 106–107, 127–129, 172, 265, 273, 327, 349–350, 353; see also Austria-Hungary, Dual Alliance, France, Great Britain, League of Three Emperors, Reinsurance Treaty, Russia; imperial government and chancellor 16–17, 20, 33–34, 122, 125, 132, 138–142, 146, 148, 164–168, 209–211, 213–214, 217, 267–268, 325–326, 343–344, 355, 364, 367–368, 371, 377–378, 392–394, 397–398, 400, 467–469, 540, see also name index: Bismarck, Caprivi, Hohenlohe; imperial government/new course 14, 17, 20, 355, 363–364, 373, 385, 388–389, 397n; November Treaties of 1870 34, 446, 454–456, 458, 462; reserved rights of Baden, Bavaria, and Württemberg 34, 382, 451, 454, 456, 474, 478, 531, 551; unity of/patriotism 21–22, 26, 34, 62, 79–80, 96–98, 105, 110, 144, 150, 153, 176, 210, 248, 254, 274–277, 289–290, 293–295, 297–298, 306–307, 313–315, 324, 326, 330, 355, 357, 360, 364, 383, 401, 404–405, 410–413, 429, 439, 468, 474, 507–508, 511, 519, 522–523, 526, 529, 530–531, 537, 540, 548–549; see also army and military affairs; colonies; Federal Council; navy; Reichstag; social legislation

German South-West Africa (Namibia) 14, 168–169, 196, 198–200, 211

Gesellschaft für deutsche Kolonisation 13, 34

Gießen 243

Görlitz 145

Gotha, congress and programme 279

Grange River 41

Gravelotte, battle of 405

Great Britain: consular services 35n, 48n, 71n, 90–91, 227–228, 237, 336; diplomatic representation and missions 2–12, 37–40, 63, 155, 249, 418–419, 440–445, 509–510, 523–524, see also Berlin, Dresden, Munich, Stuttgart; and Germany 1–27, 37–44, 46–50, 63, 65–66, 69–69, 72, 84–86, 99–102, 105–106, 111, 114–119, 121, 127, 148–149, 169–173, 178, 183–184, 188–195, 199–201, 205, 208, 212–213, 224, 266, 273–274, 277–278, 283–284, 286–288, 291, 295, 298–300, 308–309, 311–313, 315–317, 319–320, 322, 326–328, 336–337, 353, 356–357, 360–361, 368–370, 386–387, 389–390, 401–402, 409–414, 423–426, 490–492, 532–533, 552, see also Anglophobia, Heligoland-Zanzibar Treaty; government/domestic affairs and politics 85, 121, 144–145, 283–284, 287, 345, 368–369, 378, 386–387, 401–402, 406, 501–502; military attaché 86, 91–93, 116–117, 144–145, 149–150; queen, see name index: Victoria; subjects in Germany 69–70, 228n, 277–278, 299–300, 411–412, 423–424, 497; see also army and military affairs; colonies; Ireland

Greece 143, 210n, 260, 284, 296, 463n

Guelph fund 285, 478; see also press and journalism, inspired and semi-official press

Guelphs, see Hanover, claims to sovereignty

Halle 345, 358

Hamburg 97, 178, 187, 206–207, 216n, 269, 272, 317–318, 324, 342, 384, 400, 417, 552

Hanover (city) 186

Hanover (Prussian provincial state)  107, 109–110, 131n, 285n, 366; claims to sovereignty/Guelph party 55–57, 79, 216n, 364, 477–478

Harrow 354

Heidelberg 221–222, 237, 242, 248, 250

Heilbronn 432

Heligoland-Zanzibar Treaty 184, 393n, 518

Hesse-Darmstadt (Grand Duchy): chambers 255–256; and German Empire 221–223, 232–233, 241–242, 526; grand duke, see name index: Ludwig IV; Oberhessen 221n, 243; and Prussia 223–226; religion and religious policy 228–229; and Russia 259–262; see also army and military affairs

Hohenschwangau 485–486

Holland, see Netherlands

Holy See, the (Vatican) 79–80, 137–138, 229, 239, 479–480, 493–497, 503–506, 512–515, 528, 543; pope, see name index: Leo XIII; see also Roman Catholics

Homburg 143n, 227

Hungary 290, 382; see also Austria-Hungary

Iceland 382

India 19, 58–59, 260, 346, 353, 361, 372, 380, 552

industry/factories 125–126, 142, 145, 207–208, 222–223, 282, 278, 330, 334–335, 339–340, 346, 348, 356, 359, 365, 374–375, 382–383, 385, 388–390, 403–404, 411, 435, 449, 473, 552

Ireland/Irish Home Rule 23, 85, 283, 298–300, 345n, 381–382, 387, 501

Isle of Wight 392, 413

Italy/Italians 6, 15, 17, 40, 44, 65, 94, 128–129, 136, 140–141, 154–155, 178, 204, 224, 435–436, 447, 531, 533, 543; and Great Britain 15, 77, 93, 103, 155, 155, 172, 320, 379, 406, 410; see also Triple Alliance

Japan 204n, 208n, 396

Jena 526

Jesuits 216, 364, 515, 534–535

Johannesburg 194

judicature and legal practice 83–84, 86–89, 112, 278–281, 337, 358, 369–370, 382, 398, 406, 423–424, 441, 501–502; see also army and military affairs, German military criminal procedure; German Empire, civil and criminal procedure

Jugenheim 230

Karlsruhe 237, 240, 254, 258, 261–262, 428

Kehlheim 527, 549

Khatorum (Sudan) 44

Kiel 36, 161–162, 177–178, 180, 212, 214

Kiel Canal (Kaiser Wilhelm-Kanal) 177–179, 215, 400–401

Kilwa Kisiwani 180

Kirchheim 441

Kissingen 66n, 248, 453, 526

Königgrätz/Sadová, battle of 330, 386

Königsberg 91, 162

Kronstadt 153, 360

Kulturkampf 12, 23, 79–80, 137–138, 147, 252, 480, 504, 528, 535; see also May Laws

La Spezia 380

Lake Constance 234, 239

Lake Edward (Rutanzige Nyanza) 160

Lake Starnberg 19, 485–486

Lake Tanganyika 160

League of the Three Emperors 65

Leipzig 84, 86–89, 112, 244, 269–270, 272, 274, 315, 330, 334, 341, 348, 353, 358, 394–395, 406, 410–412, 414–415; state of siege 269, 272

Levant 552

liberals/liberalism 24, 26, 67, 109–110, 113, 122–123, 165, 167, 175, 242, 267, 335, 361, 372, 379, 384–385, 396, 397, 460, 479–480, 483, 485, 488–489, 503–504, 520, 539, 545; see also parties: Deutsche Fortschrittspartei; Deutsche Freisinnige Partei; Nationalliberale Partei

Limbach 337

Lisbon 35n–36

Liverpool 417

Livonia 528–529

London 12–13, 15, 23, 36, 51–52, 68n, 85, 133n, 135n, 160, 168n, 169, 171n, 180, 188, 193, 194n, 199n, 269, 275, 291n, 295n, 298n, 312, 322, 327, 344, 399, 401–404, 409–410, 412–414, 418n; convention 172, 190–191

Lorenzo Marques 179–180

Lübeck 158

Ludwigsburg 151, 441

Macedonia 236

Madagascar 396

Magdeburg 97

Mainau, palace 234, 239

Mainz (Mayence) 225, 228–229, 233, 242, 243

Manchester 272, 334, 337, 345

Mannheim 237, 241, 248

Marmora, sea of 39

Mars-la-Tour 330

May Day demonstrations 23, 125–126, 344–348

May Laws (Falk laws) 78–80, 229, 473, 479–480, 494, 535

Mediterranean 15, 42, 48n, 77n, 379n–380, 533

Mergentheim 432, 461

Metz 150, 376, 392

Mexico 552

monarchy/dynastic relations 84–86, 96–97, 99–102, 105–106, 110–111, 113, 117–119, 163–164, 186, 293–294, 297–298, 304–308, 312, 323–324, 328–329, 331–332, 381, 428–429, 434, 435–440, 442, 461, 469–470, 473–478, 480–487, 497–500, 508–509, 537, 539–541

Moscow 548

Moselle 224

Mozambique 197–198

Munich 370, 439, 441, 451–452, 467, 472, 482, 484, 486–487, 494, 497–499, 508–509, 512, 515, 518, 522, 535–536, 538–539, 542–543; British Mission 2, 4–9, 11–12, 17, 19, 23, 248, 440–441, 443, 497–498, 502, 509–510, 523–524

navy/German maritime power 36, 90–91, 116, 156, 177–180, 208, 210, 212, 319, 400–401, 410, 463, 502, 551–552

navy bill 214–215

Netherlands 178, 180, 479n, 546–547

New Guinea 14, 42, 45, 47, 336, 395–396

New Zealand 541

Newcastle 272

newspapers, see press

Nice 438

Niger navigation 158–159

Nile 44n, 160n, 182

nobility/aristocracy 108–109, 119–120, 162–164, 297, 308, 347, 365, 369, 375, 387–388, 394, 397, 409, 430–431, 433, 437–438, 449, 460, 531–532, 535–536, 550

northern Germany 269, 316, 377, 454, 471, 499, 521–523, 527, 536

Norway 382

Nuremberg 325

Obock 198

Offenbach 223, 232

Offenburg 249

Old Catholic Church/movement 488, 504, 513–514, 516

Oschatz 332

Ötlingen 441

Ottoman Empire 52–53, 65–66, 69, 72–73, 121, 178, 200–201, 231, 236, 284n, 311n, 326, 350, 380, 407, 416, 463n; see also Bulgaria; ‘Eastern Question’; Eastern Rumelia; Egypt

Paderborn 479–480

Palatinate (Pfalz) 222, 248, 526

Panjdeh district 51

Paris 9–10, 27, 68n, 81–83, 89–90, 102, 116, 127n, 131, 133–135, 142–143, 153, 165, 199, 296–297, 321–322n, 380, 390n, 402, 438, 471, 482, 491n, 523, 533; international monetary conference 370; International Workers’ Congress 344, 347n; La Commune 334, 376

parties: agrarian party 163, 167, 174, 176, 186, 196, 208, 214, 301, 347, 359, 363, 365, 371–372, 374–375, 384, 388, 394, 409, 531; Christlich-Soziale Arbeiterpartei 333; Deutsche Fortschrittspartei 33n, 221–222, 241, 266, 333–334, 362, 364, 425, 472; Deutsche Freisinnige Partei 33, 109, 324, 221, 267, 273, 288, 292, 299, 309–310, 316, 334, 342–343, 351, 362, 365, 379, 385, 387, 391, 425, 432, 444, 467–468; Deutsche/ Württembergische Volkspartei 425, 432, 444, 457–462; Deutschkonservative Partei 108–109, 119; Freikonservative Partei/Reichspartei 67, 108n, 365, 392, 395, 432; Kartell der Ordnungsparteien 108–110, 120, 175, 272, 316–317, 333–334, 341–342, 363, 378–379, 444; Nationalliberale Partei 33n, 67, 107–109, 174–175, 216, 221–223, 232–233, 241–242, 246, 248, 250–253, 255–258, 266, 272, 279, 288–289, 293, 295, 309, 312, 315, 320, 333, 340, 342, 354, 359, 363, 365, 373, 380, 387, 390–391, 393, 395, 403, 406, 425, 432, 444, 448–449, 457, 460, 472, 493, 516, 527, 551–552; Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands/ Sozialistische Arbeiterpartei Deutschlands, see socialists; Zentrumspartei 62, 79–80, 142, 147–148, 175, 204, 233, 235, 239, 241, 246–247, 252–253, 255–257, 288, 364, 373, 400, 425, 432, 444, 457–462, 472–473, 481–483, 493–497, 513–517, 527–528, 530, 549–550, 551, see also ultramontanes; see also conservatives; democrats; liberals

peasantry/farmers 70n, 148, 150, 208, 211, 225, 243, 243, 277, 301, 359–360, 373–375, 388, 531–532, 535, 549–550; see also agriculture

Pemba 184

Persia 59–60, 260–261

Pfaffenhofen 549

Pillnitz 314

Poland/Polish party 26, 57–58, 61–63, 79, 138, 260, 363–364, 373n, 507n

police and prisons 57–58, 83–84, 86–87, 111–112, 125–127n, 146, 161–162, 185–186, 199, 209n, 238n, 269–271, 278–281, 296, 333, 337, 348, 356, 358, 363–364, 369n, 395, 397, 423–424, 438, 441–442, 487, 498, 516–517, 543

Pomerania (Prussian provincial state) 301, 364n, 374, 388

Portsmouth 360

Portugal 170, 178–182, 189, 197–198

Posen (Poznań) 137

Posen (Prussian provincial state) 57–58, 61

postage/postal services 522, 531n

Potsdam 37–40, 121n, 141n, 164, 185, 206, 310, 445n

press and journalism 17–18, 22, 24, 39, 55–56, 63, 65, 69, 87, 94–102, 107, 114–115, 127, 129–130, 148, 167, 179, 189–196, 209, 213–214, 230, 232–233, 244, 249–250, 261, 265–266, 285, 295–297, 317, 321–324, 337, 341–342, 354–357, 378, 380, 395–396, 401–403, 409–410, 435, 439, 451, 470, 473–474, 479–483, 488–489, 493, 500–502, 507, 511, 519–527, 529, 532, 545–546; inspired and semi-official press (‘reptile press’) 35, 48, 56, 63, 67, 82, 85, 97–99, 102–103, 111, 129–131, 205, 230, 276, 285, 288–289, 290–292, 296, 298, 304, 309, 315–317, 321, 325–328, 335, 342, 344, 353, 355–356, 359, 364, 393–394, 396–397, 403, 407, 471, 490; regulation of/censorship 112, 185, 269, 292, 367, 406, 408, 524–525, 538 Allgemeine Zeitung 129, 470, 496–497, 518, 521, 523–524, 526, 532–533, 546, 548, 551; Augsburger Postzeitung 496; Bayerischer Kurier 533, 535, 539; Das Bayerische Vaterland 530, 538; Der Beobachter 437, 448–449, 460, 526; Berliner Börsen-Courier 97, 103; Berliner Politische Nachrichten 111; Berliner Rundschau 182; Berliner Tageblatt 403; Cape Times 37; Conservative Correspondenz 96, 322; Daily Chronicle 361; Daily News 290, 361; Daily Telegraph 69–70, 195–196; Deutsche Rundschau 315; Deutscher Reichsanzeiger und Königlich Preußischer Staatsanzeiger 33, 108, 119, 136, 152, 201, 215, 467–468; Deutsches Tageblatt 96; Deutsches Volksblatt 460; Dresdner Anzeiger 275, 293, 296, 309, 312–313, 315, 322–323, 325, 330, 333, 359, 365, 372, 380, 390–391, 393, 395, 403, 405, 417; Dresdner Journal 276, 288–289, 291, 315–316, 327–328, 360–361, 377, 393, 396–397, 403, 407–408, 416; Dresdner Nachrichten 265, 273, 276, 287, 291, 296, 307, 309–310, 312–313, 321, 325, 335–336, 355, 359, 366, 369, 372, 388, 392–393, 403; Dresdner Zeitung 292, 309, 326–326, 356, 385, 393, 404, 410, 416–417; Le Figaro 396, 438, 471; Frankfurter Zeitung 246, 390, 539; Fränkische Tagespost 535; Freisinnige Zeitung 97; Fremden-Blatt 482; Germania 97; The Globe 417, 541; Die Grenzboten 308, 315, 394, 396, 410; Hamburger Nachrichten 129–130, 133, 201, 324–325, 327–328, 403; Hannoverscher Courier 97; Justice 269; Karlsruher Zeitung 261–262; Kölnische Zeitung 63, 97, 102–103, 114–115, 214, 275, 285, 290, 315, 403, 471, 479, 501, 527; Leipziger Tageblatt 393; Leipziger Zeitung 353; Münchner Fremdenblatt 482, 494; Münchner Neueste Nachrichten 435–437, 439, 482, 491, 493–494, 516–517, 525, 529, 540, 546; Münchner Post 536; Die Nation 322n, 387, 391, 410; National Zeitung 63, 66–67, 96, 100, 148–149, 161, 403, 417; Nationalliberale Korrespondenz 275, 296, 380, 417; Neue Freie Presse 482, 547–548; Neue Preußische Zeitung/Kreuzzeitung 108–109, 119, 162–164, 168–169, 171, 180, 530; Neues Tagblatt 424; Nineteenth Century 396; Le Nord 107; Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung 36–37, 48, 56–57, 79, 85, 88–89, 97–98, 113, 128, 130, 141, 198–199, 208, 230, 438, 491, 496; Novoye Vremya 126n, 350n, 529n; The Observer 408; Pall Mall Gazette 25, 190; Politische Korrespondenz 100; Post 89, 97, 107, 285; Preußische Jahrbücher 185; Reichsbote 148; Sächsische Arbeiterzeitung 356, 358–360; Saturday Review 380; Schwäbischer Merkur 460; Shipping Telegraph 417; Der Sozialdemokrat 270, 280; The Spectator 399–401n, 409; Staatsanzeiger für Württemberg 437, 439; The Standard 36, 169, 193, 296, 311, 396, 402–403, 408–410, 541; The Times 50, 115, 148, 180, 193–194, 409; To-day 269; Vorwärts 145–146, 280, 406; Vossische Zeitung 161, 391, 403–404

Pretoria 170n, 181, 189; convention 190–191

protectionism 147, 358–359, 363, 365, 371, 388, 404, 473; see also customs; parties, agrarian party

Protestants/Lutherans 229, 252, 320n, 325n, 343, 437, 441–442, 459–460, 474, 506, 542

Prussia: and Austria 57–58; chambers 50, 60–62, 78–79, 108, 113, 131, 137–138, 176, 216, 288, 310, 312, 320–321, 374, 427; constitution 163, 374; and German Empire 34, 55, 56, 61–63, 96–97, 163–164, 167, 176, 277, 303–305, 367, 375, 467, 537, 549–550, see also Prussian supremacy; king, see name index: Wilhelm I; Friedrich III, Wilhelm II; ministry 61–62, 108–109, 138–140, 166–167, 177, 185–186; provinces, see Brandenburg, East Prussia, Hanover, Pomerania, Posen, Rhine Province, Silesia, Westphalia, West Prussia; religion and religious policy 96–97, 137–139, 142, 352, 479–480, see also May Laws; Kulturkampf; and Russia 57–58, 427; see also army and military affairs

Prussian supremacy 12, 22, 26, 306–308, 312, 368, 451, 474–477

public opinion/popular feeling 14, 18, 44, 67–68, 74–78, 148, 150, 157, 172–173, 193–194, 210, 282, 290, 298, 301–302, 317, 344, 355–357, 372–373, 378–379, 390, 394, 398, 430, 432, 454, 456, 460, 471, 479, 491–492, 501, 508, 525, 527–528, 548

Punjab, the 359

railways 40, 59–60, 90, 93, 126, 136, 140, 170–171n, 181, 189, 196n, 206, 223–226, 230, 238, 241, 248, 301, 309, 328, 348, 357, 359, 375, 382–383, 399, 423, 428, 461, 469, 501n, 508, 531n

Redemptorists 515–516, 534

Regen 549

Reichstag 22, 24, 33–34, 49–50, 59–60–62, 66–67, 73–75, 77–78, 80, 82, 87–89, 97, 108, 113, 120, 123, 131, 136n, 141, 143–144, 147–148, 157, 165–167, 174–176, 178, 180, 185–186, 194–195, 203–211, 214–216, 221–222, 232–233, 241–243, 250n, 254n–256, 258, 267–268, 270–274, 279–280, 288–289, 290n, 292, 300, 302n–303, 312–315, 340–343, 345, 347, 349, 351, 364n–365, 369n, 371, 374–375, 377–379, 382–383, 386–388, 391–392, 394–395n, 397, 399, 410, 424–425, 427, 431–432, 444–445, 448, 453n, 472–473, 481, 490, 493–497, 507, 521n, 524, 529–532, 538–540, 549–551

Reinsurance Treaty (1887) 201–206

religion and religious policy, see Baden; Bavaria; Hesse-Darmstadt; Prussia Hesse-Darmstadt; Kulturkampf; May Laws; Protestants; Roman Catholics

republicanism 137, 231, 270n, 333, 369

revolutionary movements 223, 230n, 255, 266, 289n, 321, 340, 348, 448, 474, 542, 544; revolution of 1848 244, 362, 390; see also anarchism; French Revolution; Paris Commune

Rhine Province (Prussian provincial state) 97

Rhine river 223–225, 232, 258

Rio de Janeiro 156

Roman Catholics/Roman Catholic Church 78–80, 97, 113, 148, 167, 228–229, 235, 473, 479–480, 488–489, 511–516, 519, 534–535, 542–543, 550; see also Kulturkampf; May Laws; parties, Zentrumspartei; Holy See; Jesuits; Redemptorists; ultramontanes

Romania 143, 147, 178

Rome 8, 79, 154–155, 204, 370, 406, 479, 482, 495–496, 512, 514, 543; see also Holy See

Rüdesheim 224

Rumania 359

Russia 155, 203, 230–231, 233–234; and German Empire 6, 12, 15–16, 18–19, 65–68, 70–71, 90, 93–95, 105, 120–121, 127, 132–133, 154, 178, 183–185, 201–207, 231, 259–262, 265, 285–286, 303–304, 350, 353, 359, 361, 401, 416, 490–491, 507, 521, 528–529, 533, see also Hesse-Darmstadt, Prussia, Reinsurance Treaty, Saxony, Württemberg; and Great Britain 43–44, 50–54, 75–76, 154, 170, 260–261, 284, 287–288, 320, 327, 353, 360–361, 369, 396, 402, 415–416, 491, 521, 541; and Ottoman Empire 69, 72–73, 416; trade and commerce 102–103, 135–136, 147, 156–158, 202, 208, 290, 359, 372, 386–388, 393, 531, 552; tsar, see name index: Alexander III; Nicholas II; see also army and military affairs; Austria; ‘Eastern Question’; France; League of the Three Emperors

Russo-German Extradition Treaty 427–428

Ruvuma River 198

St Petersburg 8–10, 51–52, 57, 65–66, 71, 82, 92, 95n, 102n, 184, 450

Samoa 50, 170, 182, 396, 541

San Remo 305n, 508

Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, succession to ducal throne 6, 19–20, 148–150, 152–153, 295, 474

Saxony: and Austria 352; chambers 266–267, 269–270, 302, 332–334, 338–339, 383, 414–415; and German Empire 21, 33, 74–76, 82, 166, 267–268, 274–274, 291–294, 297–298, 303, 306–308, 313–316, 328–332, 340, 344, 349, 352–353, 366–367, 372–377, 381–383, 388, 398, 410, 456, 467–468, 475, 477, 509; and Great Britain 4, 277–278, 299–300, 380, 387, 414, 418; king, see name index: Albert; ministry 376–377, 398–399; and Prussia 297–298, 320, 352, 386; and Russia 352–353; see also army and military affairs

schools and education 108, 138–139, 142, 229, 236, 247–248, 254, 292, 295, 330, 353–355, 367, 393, 405–406, 457–458, 461, 480, 504–506, 542; see also: students; universities

Schwerin 120

Schwetzingen 237

Sedan, battle of/Sedan day 21, 240, 278–279, 329–330, 404–406

Serbia 110, 147, 226, 359

Siam 380, 532, 541

Silesia (Prussian provincial state) 61

Skierniewice (Three Emperors’ Meeting) 52

Slavs/Pan-Slavism 67–68, 286

social legislation 121–123, 255, 335, 339–340, 343–345, 348–349, 353, 389, 531

socialism/socialists 12, 23, 50, 66–67, 125–126, 130, 138, 145–147, 174–175, 178, 185, 206–208, 210, 216, 223, 232–233, 241–242, 246, 252–253, 255–256, 266–273, 333–335, 341–346, 354, 356, 359–360, 364, 378–380, 390, 392, 397, 406, 409, 414–415, 425, 432, 444–445, 569–461, 472–473, 485, 526–527, 532, 535–536, 539, 542–545

Sofia 70, 230, 236, 350

Somaliland (British protectorate) 198

South African Republic 10, 15, 46–47, 171–173, 179–182, 188–195; Jameson Raid/Kruger telegram 15, 188, 190, 192–194, 409–414, 545–547

South Sea 50

South-West Africa Company Ltd. 168–169, 336

southern Germany 39, 150, 207, 221–222, 224, 248, 381n, 451, 454n, 456, 470, 473–474, 476–477, 521–523, 525–526, 536–537, 539

Spain 147n, 178, 286, 495

Stettin 97, 406

Stollberg 334

Strasbourg 83–84, 164, 231, 376, 392

Strehlen 328

strikes 8, 23, 206–207, 269, 336–337, 346–349, 417

students 236, 357–358, 398, 479, 516–517

Stuttgart 272, 423, 428–429, 432, 434–438, 441, 449, 452, 455, 461–462, 477; British mission 4–9, 440–445

Styrum 112

Suez Canal 396

Sweden 178, 552

Switzerland 160, 165, 224, 237–238, 240

taxation and imposts 22, 51, 88, 241n, 253, 258, 301, 333, 338–339, 358n, 366, 373, 382–383, 386, 433, 452–453, 461, 481, 492, 531n

Tehran 60

telegraph and telegrams 11, 15, 18, 36n, 37n, 39–40, 50–51, 53, 58, 80n–81, 89, 140, 153, 156, 161–162, 174, 179, 181, 188–190, 192–196, 206, 209n, 210n, 213, 230, 234, 262, 274–275, 290, 382, 410, 412–413, 494n, 508–509, 523, 542, 546

Thuringia 526

Togo/Togoland 14, 170, 182, 187, 273n, 275n, 336

Toulon 153–154, 379n–381

trade and commerce 35, 44n, 57, 59–60, 94, 102, 116, 172–173, 181, 187, 198, 207–208, 224, 243, 274, 298, 317–318, 343, 356, 411, 435, 449, 469, 492, 501–502, 532, 551–552; commercial treaties 88, 136–137, 142–143, 146–147, 156–158, 163–164, 207n, 360, 365–366, 374, 386–388, 393, 502, 531, 548; see also banks; colonies; customs; industry; free trade; protectionism; currency

Transvaal Republic, see South African Republic

Triple Alliance 15, 17, 94, 127–129, 140, 155, 327, 368–369, 379–380, 410, 533, 541

Tübingen 432

Turkey, see Ottoman Empire

Tyrol 482

Überlingen 240

Ukraine 359

Ulm 441

ultramontanes 23, 234, 239, 242, 247, 256–257, 457, 461, 474, 480–483, 488–489, 493, 496, 504–506, 511, 517–519, 526–528, 530–532, 534–535, 545, 549; see parties: Zentrumspartei

United States of America/Americans 6, 35, 116, 136, 170, 178, 299–300, 349n, 406, 411, 436–438, 552

universities and professors 185–186, 199, 252, 309, 323, 330, 352, 357–358, 361–363, 390, 410, 414, 479, 502, 514, 516–517, 538, 543, 545

Varzin (Warcino) 132

Vatican, the, see Holy See

Venezuela 313

Venice 524

Versailles 8, 134, 294, 454–456; see also German Empire, November Treaties

Vienna 10, 68n, 92, 100n, 137n, 183, 204, 233, 248, 287, 352, 384, 393n, 450, 482, 547; Congress 448–449n

Vosges 177

Walvis Bay 173

Warmbad 196

Warsaw 384

Waterloo 376

Weinheim 257

West Prussia (Prussian provincial state) 163, 167, 374–375

Westphalia (Prussian provincial state) 148, 331

Wiesbaden 110, 259, 262

working and lower classes (labour question) 121–123, 125–126, 145, 206–207, 255, 270, 320n, 336–337, 339–340, 343–349n, 382, 389, 404n, 417, 448, 461, 528, 542–543; see also social legislation

Württemberg: and Austria 450; and Bavaria 435, 437, 450–452; chambers 426–427, 428–433, 441, 448–449, 454, 456–462; constitution 24, 429–433, 448–449, 456–457, 462; diplomatic relations 440–445, 447, 450–452, 452, 454–455, see also Stuttgart, British mission; and France 435, 438, 447; and German Empire 33, 166, 222, 428–429, 434, 436, 439, 445–447, 460, 468, 475, 477, 537, see also German Empire: reserved rights, November Treaties; and Prussia 446–447, 450, 452–456, 531; and Russia 428, 450; king, see name index: Karl I; Wilhelm II; ministry 426–427, 435, 437–440, 452–454, 459–461; religion and religious policy 426, 437, 442, 474; Woodcock affair 435–440; see also army and military affairs

Wyden, Congress 280

Zanzibar 184, 187, 200, 313, 318, 335–336; see also Heligoland-Zanzibar Treaty

Zittau 341

Zulu Kingdom 46–47

Zwickau 341