Ancient constitutions and modern monarchy : historical writing and enlightened reform in Denmark-Norway 1730-1814 / by Håkon Evju.
"What was the role of historical thought and historical inquiry in debates over reform during the Enlightenment? In Ancient Constitutions and Modern Monarchy, Håkon Evju addresses this neglected issue by considering the case of eighteenth-century Denmark-Norway. He argues that historians contri...
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| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2019]
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| Series: | Studies in the history of political thought ;
v. 14. |
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Table of Contents:
- The politics of history in early-modern Denmark-Norway before ca. 1730
- The origins of government and the meaning of monarchy
- Northern antiquity and the writing of national history
- Feudal law and allodial liberty in Europe and the North
- The Dano-Norwegian economic predicament and the question of agricultural improvement
- The Norwegian past and the defence of Odelsretten in Norway
- The Danish past and the call for reforming the manorial economy in Denmark.