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SUMMARY:'The cultural self-fashioning of Frederick the Great' - Prof. Tim 
 Blanning FBA\, Sidney Sussex College\, Cambridge
DTSTART:20151208T174500Z
DTEND:20151208T191500Z
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CONTACT:Graham Allen
DESCRIPTION:The impressive material assets Frederick inherited when he cam
 e to the throne of Prussia in 1740 were counter-balanced by the serious ps
 ychological damage inflicted by his father's astonishingly brutal regime. 
 This illustrated lecture will discuss how he then set about creating for h
 imself an environment in which he could recover his self-respect and expre
 ss his cultural and sexual preferences.
LOCATION:Gatsby Room\, Wolfson College
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