König Verses Kaiser

American schools, be it on the secondary or university level, rarely teach much German history. Unless a person is specifically studying the German language, the history of the German empire rarely gets much attention until a student starts studying the 20th century and gets into World War I and II.

Without a solid foundation from formal education, I found writing Empress Matilda of England, Hildegard von Bingen, and Katharina von Bora especially challenging. German culture and governme...