The common good : N.F.S. Grundtvig as politician and contemporary historian / Edward Broadbridge, translator and editor ; Ove Korsgaard, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Broadbridge, Edward, editor.

Korsgaard, Ove, 1942- editor.

Series:

Grundtvig, N. F. S. (Nicolai Frederik Severin), 1783-1872. Selections. English. 2011. Works.

N.F.S. Grundtvig, works in English

N.F.S. Grundtvig: Works in English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lutheran Church.

Grundtvig, N. F. S. (Nicolai Frederik Severin), 1783-1872.

Grundtvig, N. F. S.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource.)

Edition:

1

Place of Publication:

Aarhus N, Denmark : Aarhus University Press, [2019]

Summary:

Of the five books in the series 'N.F.S. Grundtvig. Works in English', this fourth volume on Grundtvig as a politician and contemporary historian is perhaps the most surprising. Grundtvig is best known globally as the founding father of the 'People's High School', with his emphasis on lifelong learning and the living word in interactive conversation. In Denmark his next greatest achievement is his hymn-writing and song-writing.Few think of Grundtvig as a politician. In public discourse he is linked to Nordic mythology and church matters, rather than to parliamentary democracy or contemporary history. However, Grundtvig was a historian and a politician. His historical interests were the driving force of his entry into public politics, as is demonstrated by the texts in this volume. The present volume also presents his opposition to slavery and his support for women's emancipation.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Colophon

Contents

Illustrations

Foreword

Translator's Note

Notes on Contributors

Snapshot: The European Spring of 1848

N. F. S. Grundtvig and his Time (Ove Korsgaard)

I. Within Living Memory: Lectures On Contemporary History

Revolution or Evolution (Ove Korsgaard)

1. Denmark, the Most Fortunate Land in the World

2. The Danish and the French Revolutions

3. The Reign of Terror in France

4. The English Attacks on Denmark

5. Denmark and the Congress of Vienna

6. Germany and the German Spirit

7. Europe's Voyages to America

8. The Struggle of the Modern Greeks

9. England as a Model

10. England's Industry and the Coming Revolution

11. The Steam Engine and Mjolnir

12. The Nordic Spirit in England

13. My Poetic Homecoming (extract)

14. The People's Council and the People's Voice

II. Freedom and the People: Grundtvig's Political Views, 1830-48

The Groundswell for Change (Ove Korsgaard)

A. Forms of State and Governance

15. Political Observations on Rebellion, and on Denmark and Holstein (1831)

I & IV

16. The King and the People (1839)

17. Letter to Queen Caroline Amalie (1844)

B. Freedom of Spirit and Body

18a. Elizabeth Fry and the Quakers (1841)

18b. George Fox and the Quakers (1845)

19. Religious Freedom and Bodily Freedom (1845)

C. Freedom for Slaves

20. Haiti and the Negro Question (1838)

21a. Draft of Letter on Slavery (1839)

21b. Speech on Slavery to the Danish Society (1845, extract)

21c. Brief Interjection on Slavery in the Constitutional Assembly (1848)

III. The Democratic Constitution And Other Questions: Grundtvig's Political Involvement, 1848-64

From Monarchy to Democracy (Ove Korsgaard)

A. The Constitution and the People 22. 'Of the people' is our watchword (1848)

23. On the Concept of 'Basic Law' and the State Constitution in Denmark (1848)

24. Why does N. F. S. Grundtvig want to be in Parliament? (1848)

25. Constitution Day 5th June (1854)

B. The National Question

26. Speech to the Schleswig Aid Society (1848)

27. The Kingdom of Denmark and the Duchy of Schleswig or South Jutland (1848)

28a. Letter to Johan and Svend Grundtvig (1849)

28b. Letter to Johan Grundtvig (1850)

29. Parliamentary Speech on the Constitution (1855) 30. Parliamentary Speech on the Danish Border and Rødding

People's High School (1857) C. The Peasant Farmers' Situation

31. A Time of Transition in Denmark (1849)

32. The Lords of the Manor and the Peasant Farmers (1849)

D. The Women's Cause

33a. Clara Raphael (1851)

33b. Clara Raphael (1851), poem

33c. Speech to the Danish Society (extract)

33c. Speech to the Danish Society (1855, extract)

IV. The War In 1864 And The Revision Of The Constitution: Grundtvig's Political Views And Involvement, 1864-72

War Against Denmark (Ove Korsgaard)

A. The Defeat to Germany 34. Letter of Consolation to Denmark (1864) extract.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9788771848663

8771848665

OCLC:

1313359876