Dorinda Outram: 3 books
Four Fools in the Age of Reason
Laughter, Cruelty, and Power in Early Modern Germany
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2019
Unveiling the nearly lost world of the court fools of eighteenth-century Germany, Dorinda Outram shows that laughter was an essential instrument of power. Whether jovial or cruel, mirth altered social and political relations.
Outram takes us first to the court of Frederick William I of Prussia,...
by Dorinda Outram
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2019
What is the Enlightenment? A period rich with debates on the nature of man, truth and the place of God, with the international circulation of ideas, people and gold. But did the Enlightenment mean the same for men and women, for rich and poor, for Europeans and non-Europeans? In this fourth edition...
by Dorinda Outram
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2013
Debate over the meaning of 'Enlightenment' began in the eighteenth century and still continues to this day. This period saw the opening of arguments on the nature of man, truth, the place of God and the international circulation of ideas, people and gold. But did the Enlightenment mean the same for...