Enlightenment at court : patrons, philosophes, and reformers in eighteenth-century Europe /: patrons, philosophes, and reformers in eighteenth-century Europe. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Thomas Biskup, Benjamin Marschke, Andreas Pecar, Damien Tricoire.
• Editors: Biskup, Thomas, 1971-; Marschke, Benjamin; Pečar, Andreas; Tricoire, Damien, 1981-
• Contents: List of illustrationsAcknowledgements Introduction: Court and EnlightenmentThomas Biskup, Benjamin Marschke, Andreas Pečar, Damien Tricoire Part one: Courtly PatronageDiderot the Courtier? Philosophers and the World of the Court in Enlightenment EuropeAndreas Pečar & Damien Tricoire Celebrity, Status, and Gender at the late Hanoverian Court: The Careers of Charles Burney (1726-1814) and Frances Burney (1752-1840)Clarissa Campbell Orr Part two: Public sphere'Hey France, Your Coffee is F***ing Off!' or How to interpret Unauthorized Literature in Late Ancien Régime France? Courtly Patronage and the So-Called 'Mairobert corpus' (1774-1777)Damien Tricoire Music, Taste, and Enlightenment Discourse at the Prussian Court. The Marpurg-Agricola Controversy over the Relative Merits of the French and Italian StylesTal Soker Part three: Self-representationWhat Makes Enlightenment Princes Enlightened? The Representation of Franz of Anhalt-Dessau and Frederick August of Anhalt-ZerbstPaul Beckus Enlightenment in Courtly Garden Art—Enlightenment Ideas and Anti-Court Sociability in the Sanspareil Rock Garden of Wilhelmine of BayreuthLuise Maslow Clemency in the Boudoir. Favoritism and Imperial Virtues at the Russian Court (1740s-1790s)Alexei Evstratov Fraternal Kingdom? Freemasonry at the Court of Gustav III of Sweden (1772-1792)Andreas Önnerfors Part four: Projects and reformsSovereignty and the Politics of Knowledge. Royal Society, Leibniz, Wolff, and Peter the Great's Academy of SciencesKirill Ospovat Continuity and Change in Courtly and Enlightenment Discourse on Education in Spain. Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos and the Moral Regeneration of the NobilityGijs Versteegen The King is Dead—Long Live the Enlightenment? Viennese Court Culture, Networks, and Enlightened Reforms in Periods of Transition (1765-1795)Simon Karstens BibliographyIndex.
• Publisher Details: Oxford : Voltaire Foundation
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 190.9033; Enlightenment; Literary patrons -- Europe -- History -- 18th century; Art patronage -- Europe -- History -- 18th century; Europe -- Kings and rulers -- Social life and customs -- 18th century
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781800856264
• Related ISBNs: 9781800855076
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