Ancient constitutions and modern monarchy : : historical writing and enlightened reform in Denmark-Norway 1730-1814 / / Hakon 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 issue by considering the case of eighteenth-century Denmark-Norway. He argues that historians contributed crucially...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2019] |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in the History of Political Thought;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (331 pages). |
| Notes: | Revision of 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. |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Matter
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Author’s Note
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Ancient Constitutionalism in Dano-Norwegian Historical Writing
- The Politics of History in Early Modern Denmark–Norway before circa 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
- Ancient Constitutionalism in Debates over Agricultural Reforms in Norway and Denmark
- 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
- Conclusion
- Back Matter
- Primary Sources
- Secondary Literature
- Index.