Enlightenment and Revolution

1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-7546-0682-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 234 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 514 g

Over the last fifty years few historians have made such an outstanding contribution to the study of eighteenth-century Europe as Norman Hampson. He has written many books and numerous articles dealing with the Enlightenment and Revolutionary France, while teaching at the Universities of Manchester, Newcastle and York. Through his writing and teaching, not to mention his role in the Society for the Study of French History for which he was the founding President, he has exerted a profound influence over a generation of scholars. It is to celebrate these lasting achievements that Enlightenment and Revolution has been assembled. Taking a broad cultural and intellectual approach, this collection of essays contains contributions by fellow scholars of eighteenth-century Europe, who write on topics relating to the Enlightenment and the French Revolution, and who have known him as colleague, supervisor or friend. Covering such seemingly diverse subjects as science and army reform, French interest in China, Atlantic slavery and the links between Voltaire and Hume, and prefaced by an appraisal of the man as well as the historian, these essays are linked by themes and approaches that bear the hallmark of Norman Hampson's influence. However, Enlightenment and Revolution is not simply an appreciation of his work; the essays explore new themes in the history of the period and re-examine some of the more familiar aspects of Enlightenment and Revolution. As such, they provide a fitting tribute to the spirit and writings of Norman Hampson.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Crook, Malcolm

Doyle, William

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Introduction: The life and opinions of Norman Hampson, William Doyle; The writings of Norman Hampson; Voltaire and Hume, Haydn Mason; Enlightenment, science and army reform in 18th-century France, Alan Forrest; Louis XVI and the public sphere, Tim Blanning; Henri-Léonard Bertin and the fate of the Bourbon monarchy: the 'Chinese connection', Gwynne Lewis; The 'political reveries' of Alexander Jardine, (1739?-99), Jane Rendall; Partners in revolution: Louise de Kéralio and François Robert, editors of the Mercure National, 1789-91, Leigh Whaley; Reason, revolution and religion: Grégoire and the search for reconciliation, James McMillan; Ideas of the future in the French Revolution, Marisa Linton; 'A ferocious and misled multitude': elite perceptions of popular action from Rousseau to Robespierre, David Andress; 'England expects.': trading in liberty in the age of Trafalgar, Peter Jones; The Haitian Revolution and the world of Atlantic slavery, James Walvin; Index.