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The Political Culture of the Sister Republics, 1794-1806 : France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Italy / ed. by Mart Rutjes, Joris Oddens, Erik Jacobs.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Intellectual and Political History ; 1Publisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (280 p.) : 5 halftonesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789089646064
  • 9789048522415
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 940.2/7
LOC classification:
  • JC421 .P648 2015
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Timeline of the Sister Republics (1794-1806) -- The political culture of the Sister Republics -- ‘The political passions of other nations’. National choices and the European order in the writings of Germaine de Staël -- 1. The transformation of republicanism -- The transformation of republicanism in the Sister Republics -- ‘Republic’ and ‘democracy’ in Dutch late eighteenth-century revolutionary discourse -- New wine in old wineskins. Republicanism in the Helvetic Republic -- 2. Political concepts and languages -- Revolutionary concepts and languages in the Sister Republics of the late 1790s -- Useful citizens. Citizenship and democracy in the Batavian Republic, 1795-1801 -- From rights to citizenship to the Helvetian indigénat. Political integration of citizens under the Helvetic Republic -- The battle over ‘democracy’ in Italian political thought during the revolutionary triennio, 1796-1799 -- 3. The invention of democratic parliamentary practices -- Parliamentary practices in the Sister Republics in the light of the French experience -- Making the most of national time. Accountability, transparency, and term limits in the first Dutch Parliament (1796-1797) -- The invention of democratic parliamentary practices in the Helvetic Republic. Some remarks -- The Neapolitan republican experiment of 1799. Legislation, balance of power, and the workings of democracy between theory and practice -- 4. Press, politics, and public opinion -- Censorship and press liberty in the Sister Republics. Some reflections -- 1798: A turning point? Censorship in the Batavian Republic -- Censorship and public opinion. Press and politics in the Helvetic Republic (1798-1803) -- Liberty of press and censorship in the first Cisalpine Republic -- 5. The Sister Republics and France -- Small nation, big sisters -- The national dimension in the Batavian Revolution. Political discussions, institutions, and constitutions -- The constitutional debate in the Helvetic Republic in 1800-1801. Between French influence and national self-government -- An unwelcome Sister Republic. Re-reading political relations between the Cisalpine Republic and the French Directory -- Bibliography -- List of contributors -- Notes -- Index
Summary: In this book, leading historians of the French, Batavian, Helvetic, Cisalpine, and Neapolitan revolutions bridge the gap between the historiographies of the so-called Sister Republics and explore political culture as a set of discourses or political practices. Parliamentary practices, the comparability of "universal" political concepts, late-eighteenth-century Republicanism, the relationship between press and politics, and the interaction between the Sister Republics and France are all examined from a comparative, transnational perspective.
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Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Timeline of the Sister Republics (1794-1806) -- The political culture of the Sister Republics -- ‘The political passions of other nations’. National choices and the European order in the writings of Germaine de Staël -- 1. The transformation of republicanism -- The transformation of republicanism in the Sister Republics -- ‘Republic’ and ‘democracy’ in Dutch late eighteenth-century revolutionary discourse -- New wine in old wineskins. Republicanism in the Helvetic Republic -- 2. Political concepts and languages -- Revolutionary concepts and languages in the Sister Republics of the late 1790s -- Useful citizens. Citizenship and democracy in the Batavian Republic, 1795-1801 -- From rights to citizenship to the Helvetian indigénat. Political integration of citizens under the Helvetic Republic -- The battle over ‘democracy’ in Italian political thought during the revolutionary triennio, 1796-1799 -- 3. The invention of democratic parliamentary practices -- Parliamentary practices in the Sister Republics in the light of the French experience -- Making the most of national time. Accountability, transparency, and term limits in the first Dutch Parliament (1796-1797) -- The invention of democratic parliamentary practices in the Helvetic Republic. Some remarks -- The Neapolitan republican experiment of 1799. Legislation, balance of power, and the workings of democracy between theory and practice -- 4. Press, politics, and public opinion -- Censorship and press liberty in the Sister Republics. Some reflections -- 1798: A turning point? Censorship in the Batavian Republic -- Censorship and public opinion. Press and politics in the Helvetic Republic (1798-1803) -- Liberty of press and censorship in the first Cisalpine Republic -- 5. The Sister Republics and France -- Small nation, big sisters -- The national dimension in the Batavian Revolution. Political discussions, institutions, and constitutions -- The constitutional debate in the Helvetic Republic in 1800-1801. Between French influence and national self-government -- An unwelcome Sister Republic. Re-reading political relations between the Cisalpine Republic and the French Directory -- Bibliography -- List of contributors -- Notes -- Index

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In this book, leading historians of the French, Batavian, Helvetic, Cisalpine, and Neapolitan revolutions bridge the gap between the historiographies of the so-called Sister Republics and explore political culture as a set of discourses or political practices. Parliamentary practices, the comparability of "universal" political concepts, late-eighteenth-century Republicanism, the relationship between press and politics, and the interaction between the Sister Republics and France are all examined from a comparative, transnational perspective.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022)

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