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 82
I therefore declare , in the name of my constituents and on my own behalf , that
the decree of 27 November of the Assembly , which has called itself national , is
an impious and criminal attempt on the authority and liberty of the Gallican
Church ...
I therefore declare , in the name of my constituents and on my own behalf , that
the decree of 27 November of the Assembly , which has called itself national , is
an impious and criminal attempt on the authority and liberty of the Gallican
Church ...
Page 212
I should almost have been starved had it not been for the kindness of a black
man called Anthony , and his wife , who had brought their own victuals , and
shared them with me . When we went ashore at the Grand Quay , the captain sent
me to ...
I should almost have been starved had it not been for the kindness of a black
man called Anthony , and his wife , who had brought their own victuals , and
shared them with me . When we went ashore at the Grand Quay , the captain sent
me to ...
Page 214
Mr D — had a slave called old Daniel , whom he used to treat in the most cruel
manner . Poor Daniel was lame in the hip , and could not keep up with the rest of
the slaves ; and our master would order him to be stripped and laid down on the ...
Mr D — had a slave called old Daniel , whom he used to treat in the most cruel
manner . Poor Daniel was lame in the hip , and could not keep up with the rest of
the slaves ; and our master would order him to be stripped and laid down on the ...
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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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