The Genesis of German Conservatism / / Klaus Epstein.
Although Conservative parties did not exist in Germany until after the Napoleonic Wars, there did emerge, around 1770, traceable organized political activity and intellectual currents of a clearly Conservative character. The author argues that this movement developed as a response to the challenge o...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015] ©1966 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- PART ONE: THE ORIGINS OF CONSERVATISM (tO 1790)
- Chapter 1. The Enlightenment, the Constellation of Social Forces, and the Rise of Conservatism
- Chapter 2. Masons, llluminati, and Rosicrucians
- Chapter 3. Religious Controversies
- Chapter 4. Social Controversies
- Chapter 5. Political Controversies
- Chapter 6. Justus Moser: Portrait of a Prerevolutionary Conservative
- PAET TWO: THE CHALLENGE OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND NAPOLEON (1790-1806)
- Chapter 7. Prussia from Frederick the Great to Frederick William III
- Chapter 8. The Habsburg Monarchy from Maria Theresia to Francis II
- Chapter 9. The Challenge of the French Revolution
- Chapter 10. The Conspiracy Theory of the Revolution
- Chapter 11. Rehberg and the Hannoverian School
- Chapter 12. The Napoleonic Revolution in Germany: The End of the Ecclesiastical States and the Imperial Knights
- Chapter 13. The Napoleonic Revolution in Germany: The End of the Imperial Cities and the Final Agony of the Empire
- Chapter 14. Conclusion and Prospectus
- Bibliographical Essay
- Index