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  • Chapter 3 - Weimar Court and Society

  • from Part I - Life and Times
  • Edited by Charlotte Lee, University of Cambridge
  • Book:
    Goethe in Context
    Published online:
    16 May 2024
    Print publication:
    23 May 2024, pp 30-38

  • Summary

    Chapter 3 explains the development of the court and society of Weimar, from the strategic decisions taken by Anna Amalia during her regency to the influence of her son, Carl August. The chapter considers the different forms of sociability that were cultivated, alongside the roles of particular institutions in the life of Weimar, above all the theatre and the university at nearby Jena. It addresses the paradox of a society that was at once conservative and progressive, a tension which was also reflected in Goethe’s own career in the town.