The Political Culture of the Sister Republics, 1794-1806 : : France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Italy / / ed. by Mart Rutjes, Joris Oddens, Erik Jacobs.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2014
• MitwirkendeR: Arlettaz, Silvia,; Broussy, Antoine,; Burrows, Simon,; Crook, Malcolm,; De Francesco, Antonino,; Ferrari, Valeria,; Fontana, Biancamaria,; Holenstein, André,; Ihalainen, Pasi,; Jacobs, Erik,; Jainchill, Andrew,; Jourdan, Annie,; Lenci, Mauro,; Oddens, Joris,; Rutjes, Mart,; Serna, Pierre,; Velema, Wyger R. E.,; Visconti, Katia,; Weeber, Urte,; Würgler, Andreas,
• HerausgeberIn: Jacobs, Erik,; Oddens, Joris,; Rutjes, Mart,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Intellectual and Political History ; 1
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (280 p.) :; 5 halftones

In this book, leading historians of the French, Batavian, Helvetic, Cisalpine, and Neapolitan revolutions bridge the gap between the historiographies of the so-called Sister Republics and explore political culture as a set of discourses or political practices. Parliamentary practices, the comparability of "universal" political concepts, late-eighteenth-century Republicanism, the relationship between press and politics, and the interaction between the Sister Republics and France are all examined from a comparative, transnational perspective.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Timeline of the Sister Republics (1794-1806) -- The political culture of the Sister Republics -- ‘The political passions of other nations’. National choices and the European order in the writings of Germaine de Staël -- 1. The transformation of republicanism -- The transformation of republicanism in the Sister Republics -- ‘Republic’ and ‘democracy’ in Dutch late eighteenth-century revolutionary discourse -- New wine in old wineskins. Republicanism in the Helvetic Republic -- 2. Political concepts and languages -- Revolutionary concepts and languages in the Sister Republics of the late 1790s -- Useful citizens. Citizenship and democracy in the Batavian Republic, 1795-1801 -- From rights to citizenship to the Helvetian indigénat. Political integration of citizens under the Helvetic Republic -- The battle over ‘democracy’ in Italian political thought during the revolutionary triennio, 1796-1799 -- 3. The invention of democratic parliamentary practices -- Parliamentary practices in the Sister Republics in the light of the French experience -- Making the most of national time. Accountability, transparency, and term limits in the first Dutch Parliament (1796-1797) -- The invention of democratic parliamentary practices in the Helvetic Republic. Some remarks -- The Neapolitan republican experiment of 1799. Legislation, balance of power, and the workings of democracy between theory and practice -- 4. Press, politics, and public opinion -- Censorship and press liberty in the Sister Republics. Some reflections -- 1798: A turning point? Censorship in the Batavian Republic -- Censorship and public opinion. Press and politics in the Helvetic Republic (1798-1803) -- Liberty of press and censorship in the first Cisalpine Republic -- 5. The Sister Republics and France -- Small nation, big sisters -- The national dimension in the Batavian Revolution. Political discussions, institutions, and constitutions -- The constitutional debate in the Helvetic Republic in 1800-1801. Between French influence and national self-government -- An unwelcome Sister Republic. Re-reading political relations between the Cisalpine Republic and the French Directory -- Bibliography -- List of contributors -- Notes -- Index