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Date issue
editThe article mentions a contest held by Augustus II the Strong in 1648, but Augustus was born in 1670 and died in 1733. --gribeco (talk) 16:21, 30 May 2010 (UTC)
- Unfortunately we need someone with access to the book. I can't see page xxiii online. --Trevj (talk) 09:35, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
Blackmore's book (p. xxiii) does not give a date for the contest in Dresden, and (erroneously, I believe) gives Augustus the Strong's year of birth as 1694 (died 1733). Tim Blanning (The Pursuit of Glory, p. 403) has the following: "in the course of 1747, Augustus III, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, had 414 foxes, 281 hares, 39 badgers, and 9 wild cats tossed to death." Different year, different Augustus, different totals. Otherwise, oddly similar. I would like to know what the primary sources are that these two statements are based on. ˜˜˜˜ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rbhardy3rd (talk • contribs) 00:56, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
Intent?
editWas the intention to kill the animal? Or was that just an unfortunate side effect? Some clarity on the general purpose of the sport would be advantageous to this article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.233.207.225 (talk) 06:12, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
Liked this line
editMy favourite line in this article is "the sport was especially popular as an activity for mixed couples", lol. Jamesinderbyshire (talk) 21:05, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
Addition to quote
editAn editor, User:Simulcron added a clause to a quote. The original was
[Pufendorf] commented that it was remarkable to see the emperor having "small boys and fools as comrades, [which] was to my eyes a little alien from the imperial gravity."
Simulcron's addition (shown bolded) was:
[Pufendorf] commented that it was remarkable to see the emperor having "small boys and fools as comrades, [which] was to my eyes a little alien from the imperial gravity and by the nature of the act made evident that he was just as small."
User 141.154.56.107 reverted this, which fine if its not in the sources or (per WP:BRD) if he just didn't like the change. So my question is:
- ) Is the added part of the quote in the sources, and
- ) if so, do we want to use it?
The refs for the paragraph (don't know which one has the quotation) are:
- Jeroen Frans Jozef Duindam. Vienna and Versailles: the courts of Europe's dynastic rivals, 1550–1780, p. 147. Cambridge University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-521-82262-9
- Tim Blanning. The Pursuit of Glory: Europe 1648-1815, p. 403.
- Allen Lane, 2007. ISBN 0-7139-9087-2
I can't read them, but maybe someone here can check. If the addition's legit, I'd say leave it in. Herostratus (talk) 08:44, 10 December 2022 (UTC)