Historians and Nationalism: East-Central Europe in the Nineteenth Century

Contents......Page 10
Introduction......Page 14
Lelewel......Page 32
Daukantas......Page 38
Palacký......Page 42
Horváth......Page 48
Kogalniceanu......Page 53
The democratization of historical writing......Page 59
Commitment and impartiality......Page 66
Romantic progressivism......Page 70
Self-congratulation versus emancipation......Page 74
The blueprint of national historiography......Page 77
Consolation and encouragement......Page 82
Conclusion: desiderata and fulfilments......Page 85
The transformation of historiographical standards......Page 88
Learned societies......Page 91
Universities......Page 97
Publication of primary sources......Page 102
Journals......Page 104
Auxiliary sciences......Page 108
Censorship......Page 109
Conclusion......Page 113
Enlightenment in national contexts......Page 116
Herder’s legacy......Page 122
The impact of the Scottish Enlightenment......Page 126
The Spätaufklärung in Göttingen......Page 131
Encounters with Nikolai Karamzin......Page 137
Contemporary resonances: the French liberal school......Page 141
Conclusion......Page 145
The fecundity of inferiority complexes......Page 149
Language as a bridge: in the service of unity......Page 154
Language as evergreen cowberry: representing continuity......Page 157
The unique language: antiquity and other virtues......Page 160
Enriching the national culture through translations......Page 165
The Lithuanian Robinson......Page 167
Promoting academic language in Hungary......Page 170
The birth of modern political language in Romania......Page 173
Towards creating ‘original’ scholarship......Page 176
Conclusion......Page 178
The interest in origins and early societies......Page 180
The vantage point: Tacitus......Page 185
Nordic antiquity......Page 187
Indo-European antiquity......Page 191
Putative Czech antiquity......Page 194
Roman antiquity......Page 199
Semi-Nomadic antiquity......Page 202
Conclusion......Page 206
The study of feudalism in historical scholarship......Page 209
Conquest and colonization......Page 213
The late arrival of feudalism and its illegitimate nature......Page 216
Humanitarianism, common sense and urban liberties......Page 218
Feudal institutions as national institutions......Page 222
Creating modern society: the emancipation of the peasantry......Page 224
Liberalism versus democracy......Page 228
Ways of change: reform versus revolution......Page 232
Conclusion......Page 234
The evolution of master narratives......Page 237
Virtue in the forest: pagan Lithuania......Page 239
Poland: a true republic......Page 244
The Czechs: a small nation’s contribution to liberty......Page 249
The Hungarian constitution and the spirit of liberalism......Page 255
Romania: united and independent......Page 261
Conclusion......Page 266
Images of the self and others......Page 269
External others: the neighbours......Page 272
Internal others: the Jews......Page 277
Internal others: the Jesuits......Page 283
Internal others: women......Page 286
Symbolic geography: East, West and their alternatives......Page 288
The Cyrano de Bergerac effect......Page 291
Negation and analogy: the nation’s mission......Page 295
Conclusion......Page 299
Conclusion......Page 302
Bibliography......Page 318
D......Page 348
H......Page 349
K......Page 350
M......Page 351
R......Page 352
Z......Page 353