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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1112
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The New Volumes of the EncyclpÆedia Britannica
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1112
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1112
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Writers of the French Enlightenment
Author: Samia I. Spencer
Publisher: Dictionary of Literary Biograp
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 456
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Annotation Dedicated to making literature and its creators more accessible to students and interested readers, while satisfying the standards of librarians, teachers and scholars, the series systematically presents career biographies of writers from all eras and all genres through volumes dedicated to specific types of literature and time periods. Entries are written by experts in the field and include bibliographies and illustrations.
Publisher: Dictionary of Literary Biograp
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Annotation Dedicated to making literature and its creators more accessible to students and interested readers, while satisfying the standards of librarians, teachers and scholars, the series systematically presents career biographies of writers from all eras and all genres through volumes dedicated to specific types of literature and time periods. Entries are written by experts in the field and include bibliographies and illustrations.
The New Volumes of the Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1112
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1112
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Calvin Meets Voltaire
Author: Jennifer Powell McNutt
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317170105
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 378
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In 1754, Voltaire, one of the most famous and provocative writers of the period, moved to the city of Geneva. Little time passed before he instigated conflict with the clergy and city as he publicly maligned the memory of John Calvin, promoted the culture of the French theater, and incited political unrest within Genevan society. Conflict with the clergy reached a fever pitch in 1757 when Jean d’Alembert published the article ’Genève’ for the Encyclopédie. Much to the consternation of the clergy, his article both castigated Calvin and depicted his clerical legacy as Socinian. Since then, little has been resolved over the theological position of Calvin’s clerical legacy while much has been made of their declining significance in Genevan life during the Enlightenment era. Based upon a decade of research on the sources at Geneva’s Archives d'État and Bibliothèque de Genève, this book provides the first comprehensive monograph devoted to Geneva’s Enlightenment clergy. Examination of the social, political, theological, and cultural encounter of the Reformation with the Enlightenment in the figurative meeting of Calvin and Voltaire brings to light the life, work, and thought of Geneva’s eighteenth-century clergy. In addition to examination of the convergence with the philosophes, prosopographical research uncovers clerical demographics at work. Furthermore, the nature of clerical involvement in Genevan society and periods of political unrest are considered along with the discovery of a ’Reasonable Calvinism’ at work in the public preaching and liturgy of Genevan worship. This research moves Geneva’s narrative beyond a simplistic paradigm of ’decline’ and secularization, offers further evidence for a revisionist understanding of the Enlightenment’s engagement with religion, and locates Geneva’s clergy squarely in the newly emerging category of the ’Religious Enlightenment.’ Finally, the significance of French policy from the Revocat
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317170105
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
In 1754, Voltaire, one of the most famous and provocative writers of the period, moved to the city of Geneva. Little time passed before he instigated conflict with the clergy and city as he publicly maligned the memory of John Calvin, promoted the culture of the French theater, and incited political unrest within Genevan society. Conflict with the clergy reached a fever pitch in 1757 when Jean d’Alembert published the article ’Genève’ for the Encyclopédie. Much to the consternation of the clergy, his article both castigated Calvin and depicted his clerical legacy as Socinian. Since then, little has been resolved over the theological position of Calvin’s clerical legacy while much has been made of their declining significance in Genevan life during the Enlightenment era. Based upon a decade of research on the sources at Geneva’s Archives d'État and Bibliothèque de Genève, this book provides the first comprehensive monograph devoted to Geneva’s Enlightenment clergy. Examination of the social, political, theological, and cultural encounter of the Reformation with the Enlightenment in the figurative meeting of Calvin and Voltaire brings to light the life, work, and thought of Geneva’s eighteenth-century clergy. In addition to examination of the convergence with the philosophes, prosopographical research uncovers clerical demographics at work. Furthermore, the nature of clerical involvement in Genevan society and periods of political unrest are considered along with the discovery of a ’Reasonable Calvinism’ at work in the public preaching and liturgy of Genevan worship. This research moves Geneva’s narrative beyond a simplistic paradigm of ’decline’ and secularization, offers further evidence for a revisionist understanding of the Enlightenment’s engagement with religion, and locates Geneva’s clergy squarely in the newly emerging category of the ’Religious Enlightenment.’ Finally, the significance of French policy from the Revocat
Lettres écrites de la montagne
Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Category : Calvinism
Languages : fr
Pages : 376
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Category : Calvinism
Languages : fr
Pages : 376
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The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropaedia : Knowledge in depth
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1070
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1070
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The New Volumes of the Encyclopædia Britannica
Author: Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1098
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1098
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A Biographical Dictionary of French Censors, 1742-1789: A-B
Author: William Hanley
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Category : Censorship
Languages : en
Pages : 426
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Category : Censorship
Languages : en
Pages : 426
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The New Encyclopædia Britannica: Macropædia : Knowledge in depth
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1064
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V.1-12 Micropaedia: Ready reference -- V.13-29 Macropaedia: Knowledge in depth -- V.[30] Propaedia: Outline of knowledge -- V.[31] Index, A-K -- V.[32] Index, L-Z.
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1064
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V.1-12 Micropaedia: Ready reference -- V.13-29 Macropaedia: Knowledge in depth -- V.[30] Propaedia: Outline of knowledge -- V.[31] Index, A-K -- V.[32] Index, L-Z.
Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century
Author: Theodore Besterman
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Category : Eighteenth century
Languages : en
Pages : 444
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Category : Eighteenth century
Languages : en
Pages : 444
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