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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| Format: | eBook |
| 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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| Summary: | "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 contributed crucially to the rethinking of Dano-Norwegian absolutism in the face of a shift towards commercial society. Their vision of an ancient Nordic constitution helped recast the monarchy as moderate and influenced debates over agricultural improvements in Denmark and Norway. In an innovative comparative analysis, Evju demonstrates how notions of a common political past were used differently in the two kingdoms, yet in both, such appeals to tradition were vital in controversies over monarchical reform politics during the Enlightenment"-- |
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| Item Description: | Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universitetet i Oslo, 2014, titled Ancient constitutions and modern monarchy : historical writing and enlightened reform in Denmark-Norway, c. 1730-1814. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (321 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004394063 9004394060 |
| ISSN: | 1873-6548 ; |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 09, 2019) |