Cultures of Power in Europe during the Long Eighteenth Century

Cultures of Power in Europe during the Long Eighteenth Century
by Hamish Scott (Editor), Brendan Simms (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1st edition (5 July 2007)
Language: English
Hardcover: 400 pages
ISBN-10: 0521842271
ISBN-13: 9780521842273
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Book Description
This volume seeks to get behind the surface of political events and to identify the forces which shaped politics and culture from 1680 to 1840 in Germany, France and Great Britain. The contributors, all leading specialists in the field, explore critically how ‘culture’, defined in the widest sense, was exploited during the ‘long eighteenth century’ to buttress authority in all its forms and how politics infused culture. Individual essays explore topics ranging from the military culture of Central Europe through the political culture of Germany, France and Great Britain, music, court intrigue and diplomatic practice, religious conflict and political ideas, the role of the Enlightenment, to the very new dispensations which prevailed during and after the French Revolution and the Napoleonic watershed. The book will be essential reading for all scholars of eighteenth-century European history.