A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library (1905) Panorama, 1905

Identifier: historyofallnati14wrig (find matches) title: a history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library year: 1905 (1900s) authors: wright, john henry, 1852-1908 subjects: world history publisher: (philadelphia, new york: lea brothers & company contributing library: university of california libraries digitizing sponsor: internet archive view left page: book viewer view right page: book viewer about this book: catalog entry view all images: all images from book click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text appearing before images: ance, and a persecutingspirit on the part of the clergy; the repression of all public enter-tainments and amusements, even the most innocent, as well as ofthe free expression of opinion, whether in speech or avriting. Under christians son and successor, frederick v. (1746-1766),the painfully repressed reform movement asserted itself victoriously. Frederick was, without possessing pre-eminent abilities, a moderate,well-meaning, conscientious man, who tried to follow the course ofenlightened absolutism advocated by voltaire and pursued by fred-erick ii. He abolished serfdom in all the royal demesnes, patronizedevery sort of material and intellectual industry among his people,founded academies and poor-houses, and lowered the taxes. Hemade a hanoverian, count johann hartwig von bernstoi-ff, his primeminister. The coarse temperament of the danes bernstorff tried tomollify by attracting german scholars and poets to the capital. Inthis way he brought klopstock to copenhagen, where he resided text appearing between source images: %^r;^4-y~£iiuj- ^ t^a^i^ti i /^*t*:^<^v/*<*c • y t yi^^y<^t-£/i v ^illvcrukk^l- from william hogarths series cfrom a copper-plate engraving htetory of alt xalion^, vol. A/l. , parie si. Text appearing after images: o^-üfto^cwplate in) c pictures, marriage ä la mode. G! ^-uiä gtrard scotin (born lg90j. Cl^tn^^i^ cü/ of t^^ar-cju-m^ma^jr^tn^ f/:f^ denmark and sweden. 317 eleven years, as well as johann cramer, equally celebrated as ascholar, a preacher, and a poet. Under such influences denmarkbegan a career of culture. Frederick v. Entered the more heartily intobernstorffs views, as he was a scion of the house of oldenburg,and preferred to regard himself as a german prince. And besidesthe hanoverian bernstorff, he possessed in adam gottlob vonmoltke, of mecklenburg, a most trusted and efficient counsellor. Under such excellent guidance the prospects for denmark werecheering,— doubly cheering as compared with those of sweden. The death of the childless king frederick i. (1751) had resultedonly in the weakening of the royal authority in this kingdom. When, in the person of adolphus frederick, the house of holstein-gottorp ascended the throne, that sovereign had to pledge liimselfnot on. Date: 1905.