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1 Online-Ressource (249 p)
ISBN:
9781526111258
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Studies in Early Modern European History MUP
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This book examines the political works of Andrew Michael Ramsay (1683-1743) within the context of early eighteenth-century British and French political thought. In the first monograph on Ramsay in English for over sixty years, the author uses Ramsay to engage in a broader evaluation of the political theory in the two countries and the exchange between them. At the beginning of the eighteenth century, Britain and France were on divergent political paths. Yet in the first three decades of that century, the growing impetus of mixed government in Britain influenced the political theory of its long
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Ideas of monarchical reform: Fénelon, Jacobitism and the political works of the Chevalier Ramsay -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Note on the text -- Introduction -- 1. Division and unity I: revolution and party -- 2. Division and unity II: fear and corruption -- 3. The political principles of Fénelon -- 4. The reign of Louis XIV: absolute monarchy -- 5. Confronting the legacy of Louis XIV: government reform and Britain -- 6. Ramsay and his associations -- 7. A mythical conversation: an Essay and a Vie
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8. A mythical education: Ramsay's Cyrus and Plan -- Conclusion -- Select bibliography -- Index
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ISBN 9781526111258
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ISBN 9780719088377
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Mansfield, Andrew Ideas of Monarchical Reform : Fénelon, Jacobitism, and the political works of the Chevalier Ramsay Oxford : Manchester University Press,c2016
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Englisch
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