1st Edition

The Political Culture of the Sister Republics, 1794-1806 France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Italy

Edited By Joris Oddens, Mart Rutjes, Erik Jacobs Copyright 2015
322 Pages
by Routledge

322 Pages
by Routledge

322 Pages
by Routledge

Leading historians of the French, Batavian, Helvetic, Cisalpine and Neapolitan revolutions bridge the gap between the historiographies of the so-called 'Sister' Republics. They explore political culture as a set of discourses or political practices. Parliamentary practices, the comparability of 'universal' political concepts, late-eighteenth century Republicanism, the relationship between press... Read more
Timeline of the Sister Republics (1794-1806), The political culture of the Sister republics, 'The political passions of other nations'. National choices and the European order in the writings of Germaine de Staƫl, 1. THE TRANSFORMATION OF REPUBLICANISM, 2. POLITICAL CONCEPTS AND LANGUAGES, 3. THE INVENTION OF DEMOCRATIC PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICES, 4. PRESS, POLITICS, AND PUBLIC OPINION, 5. THE SISTER REPUBLICS AND FRANCE, Bibliography, List of Contributors, Notes, Index

Biography

Dr. Joris Oddens is a researcher at the University of Amsterdam.
Dr Mart Rutjes is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Amsterdam.
Dr Erik Jacobs is a researcher at the University of Amsterdam.