Enlightenment at court : patrons, philosophes, and reformers in eighteenth-century Europe / edited by Thomas Biskup, Benjamin Marschke, Andreas Pečar, and Damien Tricoire.

"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 with...

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