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Conceptions of England and its Constitution in Nineteenth-Century French Political Thought

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

J. R. Jennings
J. R. Jennings
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University College, Swansea
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References to England abound in nineteenth-century French political thought and what interested French writers about England varied enormously. English education, agriculture, religion, morals, national character, social structure: all figured in their writings. Very few failed to take note of England's rapid industrial growth and commercial power. England, in the words of Eugène Buret, was ‘le pays privilégié pour les études sociales’. Few Frenchmen, however, developed an enthusiastic admiration for English philosophy in this period. Yet there was one prevailing and predominant theme in French writings about England.

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The Historical Journal , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , March 1986 , pp. 65 - 85
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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