From Enlightenment to Romanticism: Anthology, Part 1This is the first of two anthologies designed to accompany the Open University course From Enlightenment to Romanticism, an interdisciplinary exploration of the changes and transitions in European culture between 1780 and 1830. sources on the death of the Old Regime, the Napoleonic phenomenon, slavery, religion and reform. Each selection is accompanied by a detailed introduction explaining the context and siginficance of the sources.Extracts in the anthology stimulate questions rather than provide reassuring answers and offer insights into the major events, movements and personaities of the time. |
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Page 84
July 1791 I am sure that Your Majesty will have learned of the unheard - of
attempt to arrest the King of France , the Queen , my sister , and the royal family ,
with as much surprise and indignation as myself , and that your feelings cannot
differ ...
July 1791 I am sure that Your Majesty will have learned of the unheard - of
attempt to arrest the King of France , the Queen , my sister , and the royal family ,
with as much surprise and indignation as myself , and that your feelings cannot
differ ...
Page 120
26 Never forget , he told him , that , whatever position my policy and the interest
of my empire may place you in , your first duty is to me , your second is to France .
All your other duties , even those to the peoples whom I may entrust to you ...
26 Never forget , he told him , that , whatever position my policy and the interest
of my empire may place you in , your first duty is to me , your second is to France .
All your other duties , even those to the peoples whom I may entrust to you ...
Page 121
At the beginning of the Revolution , France was honoured by a host of illustrious
names ; and one of the main characteristics of an enlightened age is to have
many outstanding men , while finding with difficulty one man superior to all the
rest .
At the beginning of the Revolution , France was honoured by a host of illustrious
names ; and one of the main characteristics of an enlightened age is to have
many outstanding men , while finding with difficulty one man superior to all the
rest .
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Contents
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Don Giovanni | 3 |
Faith and death in the late Enlightenment | 17 |
David Hume Of Suicide | 24 |
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| Title | From Enlightenment to Romanticism: Anthology, Part 1 A 207 From Enlightenment to Romanticism: Anthology, Ian L. Donnachie |
| Editors | Ian L. Donnachie, Carmen Lavin |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Manchester University Press, 2003 |
| ISBN | 0719066700, 9780719066702 |
| Length | 307 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Europe / General Philosophy / History & Surveys / General |
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