Andrae Morellet, 1727-1819, In The Republic Of Letters And The French Revolution Hardcover 1st Edition

Jeffrey Merrick

Andre Morellet (1727-1819), a representative but neglected figure of the eighteenth-century republic of letters, contributed to the "Encyclopedie" and collaborated with royal ministers. He frequented Parisian salons and supported liberty of conscience and commerce. He not only participated in the campaign to reform the Ancien Regime but also witnessed and documented its destruction during the 1790s. Morellet's life and works provide a splendid case study for the reconsideration of perennial questions about the Enlightenment and the Revolution."

0820424943

9780820424941

English

Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W

01-Aug-95

252

The Editors: Jeffrey Merrick, an associate professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, received his Ph.D. from Yale University. He has published "The Desacralization of the French Monarchy in the Eighteenth Century" and articles on early modern French political culture.Dorothy Medlin, Professor Emerita of French at Winthrop University, received her Ph.D. from Tulane University. She has published "The Verbal Art of Jean-Francois Regnard" as well as articles about Morellet, and has edited Morellet's letters in three volumes.The Contributors: Jeffrey Merrick, Robert Darnton, Daniel Gordon, Eugenio Di Rienzo, Dorothy Medlin"

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