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- Title
Economic and Confessional Relationships in 18th Century Travel Writing from the Rhine.
- Authors
Nebgen, Christoph
- Abstract
For the enlightened community in the 18th century in Germany, travel writing was an important medium for sharing "empiric" data and facts about the different parts of the "Holy Empire." Starting with the publications of Friedrich Nicolay in 1783, observations on different religious behaviour was an important influence on the economy. For example, Catholicism was said to be a major factor for the economic backwardness of the South. For the majority of enlightened travellers of the 18th century, the industrial protestant regions like northern Germany, or at a European level the Netherlands and England, were the embodiment of the economic development of a modern state.
- Subjects
GERMANY; PROTESTANT-Catholic relations; LITERARY criticism; TRAVELERS' writings; GERMAN authors; GERMAN economy; CATHOLIC Church; PROTESTANTS; GERMANY description &; travel; HISTORY of Rhineland, Germany; EIGHTEENTH century; HISTORY; CATHOLIC Church history
- Publication
Historical Social Research, 2017, Vol 42, Issue 2, p158
- ISSN
0172-6404
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12759/hsr.42.2017.2.158-169