The British and the Grand Tour (Routledge Revivals)

Jeremy Black (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

288 Seiten

2010
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-60976-0 (ISBN)

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First published in 1985, this is a scholarly analysis of the Grand Tour, undertaken by young men in the eighteenth century to complete their education - a tour usually to France, Italy and Switzerland, and sometimes encompassing Germany.

First published in 1985, this is a history of the Grand Tour, undertaken by young men in the eighteenth century to complete their education - a tour usually to France, Italy and Switzerland, and sometimes encompassing Germany. Rather than being another popular treatment of the theme, this is a scholarly analysis of the motives, purposes, activities and achievements of those who made the Grand Tour.

The book considers to what extent the Grand Tour did fulfil its theoretical educational function, or whether travellers merely parroted the observations of their guidebooks. It also indicates the importance of the Grand Tour in introducing foreign customs into Britain and extending the cosmopolitanism of the European upper classes.

Jeremy Black

1. Numbers, Routes and Destinations 2. Transport 3. Accomodation, Food and Drink 4. War, Disputes, Accidents and Crime 5. Love, Sex, Gambling and Drinking 6. Health and Death 7. Cost and Finance 8. Social and Political Reflections 9. Religion 10. The Arts 11. The Debate over the Grand Tour: Conclusions

Erscheint lt. Verlag	11.10.2010
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Revivals
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	690 g
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Europa
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
ISBN-10	0-415-60976-3 / 0415609763
ISBN-13	978-0-415-60976-0 / 9780415609760
Zustand	Neuware