CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2014
| Author | Campbell, Alexander Morrison |
|---|---|
| Title | Civility, Politics, and Enlightenment: British Travellers and their Thoughts on Hungary, 1790-1848 |
| Summary | From 1790 to 1848 five British Bourgeois gentlemen: Robert Townson, William Hunter, Richard Bright, John Paget and Andrew Paton, visited Hungary and wrote travelogues about their experiences there. These five British travellers presented an image of Hungary’s economic situation, political structure and society to their audience. Studying travelogues raises questions about what historians can learn from them. The main problem that this thesis investigates is if there is a continuity of ideas in British travelogues by comparing their views of Hungary’s economic, political and social development, connecting them to ideas of civil society, the public sphere and the Enlightenment. The research methods used throughout this thesis included locating: archival records, travelogues, British periodicals and secondary sources. The archival records were sourced from the British National Archive. Travelogues were sourced from the online database, Hathi digital trust. British Periodicals were also sourced from Hathi digital trust. The secondary source material was located via the digital data base J-Stor and the Central European University’s Library. This thesis came to the conclusion that there are themes connecting the travelogues about ideas of civil society, the public sphere, and the Enlightenment. By focusing on the economy, politics, and social reform, this thesis drew connections between the travelogues from 1790 to 1848 by comparing their views on these topics to each other. Consequently it shows that there is a common idea or thought which connected these travelogues in their descriptions of Hungary, based on ideas of civil society, the public sphere and the Enlightenment. |
| Supervisor | Kontler, Laszlo; Janowski, Maciej |
| Department | History MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2014/campbell_alexander.pdf |
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