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The Göttingen Seven ((ドイツ語:Göttinger Sieben)) were a group of seven professors from Göttingen. In 1837, they protested against the abolition or alteration of the constitution of the Kingdom of Hanover by Ernest Augustus and refused to swear an oath to the new king of Hanover.〔Suzanne L Marchand ''Down from Olympus: Archaeology and Philhellenism in Germany, 1750-1970''. Princeton University Press, 1996. ISBN 0-691-11478-1〕〔Margaret B. W. Tent ''The Prince of Mathematics: Carl Friedrich Gauss''. A K Peters, 2006. ISBN 1-56881-261-2〕 The company of seven was led by Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann,〔Fanny Lewald, Hanna Ballin Lewis ''A Year of Revolutions: Fanny Lewald's Recollections of 1848''. Berghahn Books, 1997. ISBN 1-57181-099-4〕 who himself was one of the key advocates of the unadulterated constitution. The other six were the Germanist brothers Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm (famed fairy tale and folk tale writers and storytellers, known together as the Brothers Grimm),〔Christa Jungnickel, Russell McCormmach ''Intellectual Mastery of Nature: Theoretical Physics from Ohm to Einstein''. University of Chicago Press, 1986. ISBN 0-226-41582-1〕 jurist Wilhelm Eduard Albrecht, historian Georg Gottfried Gervinus, physicist Wilhelm Eduard Weber, and theologian and orientalist Heinrich Georg August Ewald.〔 == Background == The constitution that Ernst Augustus opposed came into effect in 1833, while the King was still heir presumptive to the Hanoverian throne. Historian and politician Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann contested Ernest Augustus' plans to change the constitution to his liking, as Dahlman himself had contributed to the constitution's framing. Additionally, Dahlmann existed as the representative of the University of Göttingen, in the second chamber of the noble court.〔 The death of King William IV on June 20, 1837 had a great impact on Hanover's political positioning, relations, and union with the group of constitutional states in the German Confederation. With William's death, the personal union ended between Hanover and the United Kingdom, and William's brother (Ernest Augustus) took over as ruler of the kingdom of Hanover. Augustus' niece Victoria acceded to the throne of the United Kingdom, but could not inherit Hanover due to the provision of Salic Law in force in Hanover, which barred females from ruling. About one month after he succeeded to the throne, King Ernest addressed the matter of the Constitution. He stated that he was not bound by it, as his consent had not been asked to it. He also indicated that it would have been different, or perhaps even non-existent, had he been in power at the time of its composition. He declared that it was his aim and ambition to make the necessary changes to the constitution and rewrite it to reflect his values.〔Gregory A. Kimble, Michael Wertheimer, C. Alan Boneau, Charlotte White ''Portraits of pioneers in psychology''. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. ISBN 0-8058-2198-8〕 Hearing this, Dahlmann made an attempt to persuade his colleagues at the University of Göttingen senate to disapprove of the king's intent to change the constitution, and take some form of action. None of his over 40 different colleagues were willing to support Dahlmann's view and possibly cause public conflict or unrest during ongoing festivities of the 100th anniversary of the Georg-August University of Göttingen.〔Constance Reid ''Hilbert''. Springer, 1996. ISBN 0-387-94674-8.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Göttingen Seven」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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