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This book further qualifies the postcolonial thesis and shows its limits. To reach these goals, it links text analysis and political history on a global comparative scale. Focusing on imperial agents, their narratives of progress, and their political aims and strategies, it asks whether Enlightenment gave birth to a new colonialism between 1760 and 1820. Has Enlightenment provided the cultural and intellectual origins of modern colonialism? For decades, historians of political thought, philosophy, and literature have debated this question. On one side, many postcolonial authors believe that enlightened rationalism helped delegitimize non-European cultures. On the other side, some historians of ideas and literature are willing to defend at least some eighteenth-century philosophers whom they consider to have been “anti-colonialists”. Surprisingly enough, both sides have focused on literary and philosophical texts, but have rarely taken political and social practice into account.

Imperialism --- History. --- Imperialism. --- World politics. --- World history. --- Civilization-History. --- Intellectual life-History. --- Imperialism and Colonialism. --- Political History. --- World History, Global and Transnational History. --- Cultural History. --- Intellectual Studies. --- Universal history --- History --- Colonialism --- Global politics --- International politics --- Political history --- Political science --- World history --- Eastern question --- Geopolitics --- International organization --- International relations --- Empires --- Expansion (United States politics) --- Neocolonialism --- Anti-imperialist movements --- Caesarism --- Chauvinism and jingoism --- Militarism --- Civilization—History. --- Intellectual life—History.

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"À l'époque baroque, Dieu était considéré comme un acteur politique : les contemporains croyaient qu'il maîtrisait le destin des rois et de leurs sujets. Les princes cherchaient à gagner les faveurs célestes et à se présenter comme des favoris du Seigneur. Notamment, de nombreux princes catholiques vouèrent leur royaume ou principauté à la Vierge. Mais souvent ils se heurtaient à une contestation tant religieuse que politique. Tout le monde était loin de croire que le prince et sa politique plaisaient au Seigneur et à la Vierge. Cet ouvrage examine les imaginaires, actes rituels, projets et controverses politiques liés à cette atmosphère religieuse. Il se penche particulièrement sur le culte marial des princes catholiques et étudie comment les acteurs politiques envisageaient le pouvoir princier et les politiques étrangères sous l'influence de la culture de la Réforme catholique. Il explore notamment l'histoire du Voeu de Louis XIII, de la guerre de Trente Ans, du conflit entre la France et l'Espagne, de la Fronde et des aléas de la monarchie polonaise."--Page 4 of cover.

Religion et politique --- Christianisme et politique --- Contre-Réforme --- Études transculturelles --- History of Europe --- Christian church history --- anno 1600-1699 --- Church and state --- 261.7 <4> --- 261.7 <4> De Kerk en de burgerlijke macht: Kerk en Staat; godsdienstvrijheid; verdraagzaamheid; tolerantie:--theologische aspecten--Europa --- De Kerk en de burgerlijke macht: Kerk en Staat; godsdienstvrijheid; verdraagzaamheid; tolerantie:--theologische aspecten--Europa --- Catholic Church --- History --- Europe --- Politics and government --- Christianity and state --- Separation of church and state --- State and church --- State, The --- --Réforme catholique --- --Étude transculturelle --- --Europe --- --XVIIe s., --- Études transculturelles. --- Réforme catholique --- Étude transculturelle --- XVIIe s., 1601-1700

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This is the first comprehensive analysis of the royal and princely courts of Europe as important places of Enlightenment. The households of European rulers remained central to politics and culture throughout the eighteenth century, and few writers, artists, musicians, or scholars could succeed without establishing connections to ruling houses, noble families, or powerful courtiers. Covering case studies from Spain and France to Russia, and from Scandinavia and Britain to the Holy Roman Empire, the contributions of this volume examine how Enlightenment figures were integrated into the princely courts of the Ancien Régime, and what kinds of relationships they had with courtiers. Dangers and opportunities presented by proximity to court are discussed as well as the question of what rulers and courtiers gained from their interactions with Enlightenment men and women of letters. The book focusses on four areas: firstly, the impact of courtly patronage on Enlightenment discourses and the work as well as careers of Enlightenment writers; secondly, the court as an audience to be catered for by Enlightenment writers; thirdly, the function of Enlightenment narratives and discourses for the image-making of rulers and courtiers; and fourthly, the role the interaction of courtiers and Enlightenment writers played for the formulation of reform policies.

Enlightenment --- Courts and courtiers --- Literary patrons --- Art patronage --- Arts patronage --- Business patronage of the arts --- Corporations --- Maecenatism --- Patronage of art --- Art and industry --- Benefactors --- Court and courtiers --- Courtiers --- Kings and rulers --- Manners and customs --- Favorites, Royal --- Queens --- Aufklärung --- Eighteenth century --- Philosophy, Modern --- Rationalism --- History --- Europe --- Council of Europe countries --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Eurasia --- Social life and customs --- History. --- Court and courtiers. --- Intellectual life --- Civilization --- History of Europe --- anno 1700-1799 --- Cour et courtisans --- Mouvement des Lumières