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Lecture: "The GOTHA as a mirror of aristocratic history in the 19th and 20th centuries"

As part of the programme accompanying the Gotha Research Library's annual exhibition "ADEL MACHT STAAT. Der Gothaische Hofkalender von 1763 bis 1944", Dr Daniel Menning from the University of Tübingen will speak on Wednesday, 22 October on the topic of "Der GOTHA als Spiegel der Adelsgeschichte im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert" (The GOTHA as a mirror of aristocratic history in the 19th and 20th centuries). His lecture begins at 6.15 pm in the "Spiegelsaal" of the Research Library at Friedenstein Castle. All interested parties are cordially invited. Admission is free.

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The "GOTHA" is known to many as a genealogical handbook of the nobility in Germany. But how can it be located in the long arc of development of aristocratic history? According to the thesis of the lecture, the "GOTHA" can not only be read as a genealogical handbook, but can also be interpreted as a reaction to the developments and experiences of the nobility in the 19th and 20th centuries, just as it accompanied and reinforced new developments.

Dr Daniel Menning is one of the leading experts on the history of the nobility in the 18th to 20th centuries. He has published several editions and numerous, partly comparative publications on aristocratic families in south-west and north-east Germany.

At the end of the evening, the “Friends of the Gotha Research Library” association invites you to a small reception.

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