Music and Culture in Eighteenth-Century Europe: A Source Book

1996 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 408
Author(s):  
Enrico Fubini ◽  
Wolfgang Freis ◽  
Lisa Gasbarrone ◽  
Michael Louis Leone
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Source Book

Review. Music and Culture in Eighteenth-Century Europe. A Source Book. Fubini, Enrico

1996 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-203
Author(s):  
S. WOLLENBERG
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Source Book

The Making of a Radical: The Case of James Burgh

1979 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla H. Hay
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
American Revolution ◽  
Source Book ◽  
Important Place ◽  
Church Of Scotland ◽  
Radical Reform ◽  
Parish Church ◽  
Magnum Opus ◽  
William Robertson ◽  
George Iii

During the decade before the American Revolution, the dissenting schoolmaster, James Burgh, became one of England's foremost propagandists for radical reform. All of the recent works on English radicalism and the ideological origins of the American Revolution recognize the important place of Burgh's magnum opus, the Political Disquisitions, in these movements. Burgh himself, however, has remained a shadowy figure. The process whereby he became a radical has not been explored; important nuances of his political philosophy are unknown; the scope of his radical actions are insufficiently appreciated; and the extent of his influence has not been fully evaluated. In short, there exist some rather incredible gaps in our understanding of the author of a work uniformly agreed to be the “standard source book for reform propagandists in the 1780's,” and “perhaps the most important political treatise which appeared in England in the first half of the reign of George III.” More importantly, in rectifying this situation it becomes obvious that Burgh's career raises some important questions about the character and development of late eighteenth-century English radicalism and suggests the need to qualify or modify certain current perceptions of that movement.One of eleven children, Burgh was born in late 1714 in the rural Scottish community of Madderty, Perthshire. His father Andrew was minister of the parish Church of Scotland. His mother Margaret was an aunt of the famous Scottish historian William Robertson. Although almost nothing is known of James's youth, his writing indicates that his childhood was happy and the force of his parents' example was considerable.

Masculinity, Militarism and Eighteenth-Century Culture, 1689–1815

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Banister
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century

Revising the Eighteenth-Century Novel

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilary Havens
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century

Godless Fictions in the Eighteenth Century

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Bryant Reeves
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century
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