Writing on Austrian army: Literary legacy of Karl Gustav Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1777–1866)

This article describes the preserved literary works of prince Karl Gustav Honhenlohe-Langenburg (1777–1866), the man who lived in the age of Napoleonic wars and spent all his life in military service. It sets these works in the context of his life. They are divided into four categories: books of memoirs, philosophical works, letters and diaries, miscellaneous writings. Prince Hohenlohe’s work partly belongs to the genre of aristocratic memoirs and letters; though his philosophical treatises deal with other issues such as army punishment, the moral duties of a soldier or the role of the army in peacetime.