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The Soul of Commerce: Credit, Property, and Politics in Leipzig, 1750-1840

Book information

Publisher
BRILL
Year
2005
ISBN
9789047416012, 0391041428
DOI
10.1163/9789047416012
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3093291 bytes)
Series
Studies in Central European Histories
Volume
34
Edition
1
Pages
248\262
Orientation
yes
Paginated
no
Scanned
portrait
Time added
2023-12-06 01:34:04

Description

This volume provides a new interpretation of the social and cultural context that shaped German political reforms from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth century. Focusing on Electoral Saxony, the analysis demonstrates how the commercial city of Leipzig shaped the Saxon Enlightenment and then had a powerful influence on reforming the territorial state. The study presents extensive archival research to develop a careful account of Leipzig’s social and political history and then argues persuasively that the city played a catalytic role in the introduction of a Saxon constitutional monarchy after 1830. The volume emphasizes the role of pre-modern urban political and legal norms in shaping the first liberal reforms in nineteenth-century Germany.

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