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Zusatztext 'This work is an excellent summary of recent research on eighteenth-century Scandinavia! and its extensive bibliography is a useful blend of both Scandinavian and non-Scandinavian sources.' The Historian '... the authors of Scandinavia in the Age of Revolution provide to a wide audience a compounded set of exciting results from research inspired by methodological innovations in the last few decades within social history! the history of ideas and cultural history.' History of European Ideas Informationen zum Autor Pasi Ihalainen! University of Jyväskylä! Finland! Michael Bregnsbo! University of Southern Denmark! Denmark! Karin Sennefelt! Uppsala University! Sweden and Patrik Winton! Uppsala University! Sweden. Klappentext Illustrated throughout! this book introduces non-Scandinavian readers to developments in the Nordic countries during the late-eighteenth and early nineteenth-centuries and both complement and challenge research into the political cultures of Europe and America. Zusammenfassung Illustrated throughout, this book introduces non-Scandinavian readers to developments in the Nordic countries during the late-eighteenth and early nineteenth-centuries and both complement and challenge research into the political cultures of Europe and America. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Preface! Thomas Munck; General introduction! Pasi Ihalainen and Karen Sennefelt; Section I The Crisis and Renewal of Monarchy: The crisis and renewal of monarchy: introduction! Michael Bregnsbo; The monarchy in the Swedish age of liberty (1719-1772)! Jonas Nordin; The image of kingship in Sweden 1772-1809! Henrika Tandefelt; Struensee and the political culture of absolutism! Michael Bregnsbo; The great! the pages and the end of 18th century Danish court culture! Ulrik Langen; Postal censorship and the control of public sentiment in late absolutist Denmark! Sune Christian Pedersen. Section II The Transformation of Political Debate: The transformation of political debate: introduction! Pasi Ihalainen; Gradual reconsiderations of Lutheran conceptions of politics! Michael Bregnsbo and Pasi Ihalainen; Aristocratic notions of liberty and patriotism in the age of liberty! Charlotta Wolff; Freedom of the press and social equality in Sweden! 1766-1772! Marie-Christine Skuncke; The politics of publishing: freedom of the press in Denmark! 1770-1773! Henrik Horstbøll; The transformation of Danish monarchism in the age of enlightenment! Jeppe Nevers; Continuity and change in the language of politics at the Swedish Diet! 1769-1810! Pasi Ihalainen and Anders Sundin; Marriage! family and gender in Swedish political language! 1750-1820! Karin Hassan Jansson. Section III Commercial Interests and Politics in Scandinavia! 1730-1815: Commercial interests and politics in Scandinavia! 1730-1815; introduction! Patrik Winton; The politics of commerce in Sweden! 1730-1770! Patrik Winton; The Swedish Diet as a forum for gathering commercial and political information! Petri Karonen; Political practices among merchants in Denmark and Norway in the period of absolutism! Bård Frydenlund; Iceland under British protection during the Napoleonic wars! Anna Agnarsdóttir. Section IV The Shifting Boundaries of Political Participation: The shifting boundaries of political p ...
