GENTZ, FRIEDRICH VON

frēˈdrĭkh fən gĕnts, 1764–1832, German conservative political theorist. Admirer of the English political system of checks and balances, Gentz was critical of the French Revolution. He translated (1793) Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France. He conducted a relentless polemical campaign against Napoleon I, advocating civic liberties and the rule of law against egalitarian autocracy and illegitimate imperialism. Prussian neutrality led him to move from Berlin to Vienna (1802), where he advised on Austrian foreign policy and (1812) became secretary to Metternich. A powerful figure in Austrian and European politics, he served as secretary-general of the Congresses of Vienna, Aachen, Laibach, Troppau, and Verona, supporting the old order against the new without exception: in the Balkans, Spain, and Latin America.

See his The French and American Revolutions Compared (tr. by J. Q. Adams, 1803, new ed. 1955). See also biography by P. R. Sweet (1941, repr. 1970); G. Mann, Secretary of Europe (tr. 1946, repr. 1970); study by P. F. Reiff (1912, repr. 1967).

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books on: Gentz Friedrich Von  - 153 results

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Heinrich von Kleist: The Ambiguity of Art and the Necessity of Form
Book by Hilda Meldrum Brown; Oxford University, 1998
Subjects: Kleist, Heinrich Von--1777-1811--Criticism And Interpretation
...go all ____________________ 124 To Friedrich von Gentz , 6 Feb. 1808, in Adam Mullers Lebenszeugnisse , ed...Vienna, 1966 , 390-2. 125 See Schmidt, Heinrich von Kleist , 234f. who argues persuasively for Kleists intense...
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Metternich, Reorganization and Nationality, 1813-1818: A Story of Foresight and Frustration in the Rebuilding of the Austrian Empire
Book by Arthur G. Haas; F. Steiner, 1963
Subjects: Austria--Nationality, Austria--Politics and government--1789-1815, Austria--Politics and government--1815-1848, Metternich, Clemens Wenzel Lothar--Furst von--1773-1859
...Edited by Ch. van Duerm. Brussels, 1899. GENTZ FRIEDRICH VON: Tagebucber von Friedrich von Gentz. Aus dem Nachlass Varnbagens von Ense...1813 his 1815, nach Aufzeichnungen von Friedrich von Gentz, nebst einem Anhang: "Briefwechsel zwischen...
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A Study in Austrian Intellectual History: From Late Baroque to Romanticism
Book by Robert A. Kann; Frederick A. Praeger, 1960
Subjects: Abraham A Sancta Clara--1644-1709, Austria--Civilization, Sonnenfels, Joseph Von--1733-1817
...Enlightenment, 165 , 166 , 194 , 246; Gentz and, 264 , 270 ; Josephinism and...XIV, 23 Gebler, Tobias Philipp von, 134 , 217 ; Lessing and, 238...230 Gentry, rural, 39 , 107 Gentz, Friedrich von, 217; economic doctrines of...
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The Lady of the Holy Alliance: The Life of Julie de Kreudener
Book by Ernest John Knapton; Columbia University Press, 1939
Subjects: Holy Alliance, Kreudener, Barbara Juliane--Freifrau Von--1764-1824
...22 , 103 Freystedt, Caroline von, 135 Fricker, Nicholas, alias of Joseph Schindler, 201 Friedrich, Pastor, 109 Gabriac, Count...monde, Les Krudener , 86 , 105 Gentz, Friedrich von, 161 , 162 Geoffroy, Saint...
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Hegel on Freedom and Authority
Book by Renato Cristi; University of Wales Press, 2005
Subjects: Authority, Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich--1770-1831,, Liberty
...140, 160, 175 Friedrich, Carl 174 Fries...David 24, 54, 153 Gentz, Friedrich 174 Giusti, Miguel...Haller, K. L. von 15, 16 Hamerow...Hardenberg, Prince F. von 8, 10, 11, 14...119, 182 Hayek, Friedrich 5, 35, 61, 129...
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The Conservative Face of a Radical Kantian in Prussia and Russia: The Case of Ludwig Heinrich Von Jakob (1759-1827)
Journal article by Franklin A. Walker; Germano-Slavica, 2002
Subjects: Ethics--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Kant, Immanuel--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Philosophy--Analysis
...whereby he became "von" Jakob, a matter in...and reprinted in Kant-Gentz-Rehberg, ed.Dieter...chosen the title because Friedrich IIs LAnti-Machiavel...Politz, "Ludwig Heinrich von Jakob," Zeitgenossen...72) Ludwig Heinrich von Jakob, Entwurf eines...
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Sidelights on the State of Sinology in Germany: Two Recent Festschriften with a Focus on Early and Early Imperial China: In Memoriam Dorothee Kehren (D. April 19, 2009)
Journal article by Lothar Von Falkenhausen; China Review International, Vol. 16, 2009
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Han-Zeit: Festschrift fur Hans Stumpfeldt aus Anlass Seines 65 (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews, Und Folge Nun Dem, Was Mein Herz Begehrt: Festschrift fur Ulrich Unger Zum 70 (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
...van Ess, Friedrich, Gassmann, Gentz, Giele, Lau...Herbert (58) Friedrich, Michael...7)(8) Gentz, Joachim...Mende, Erling von (39) Michael...Festschrift Friedrich Weller, zum 65. Geburtstag von seinen Freunden...
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"... Sed Victa Catoni": The Defeated Cause of Revolutions
Journal article by Etienne Tassin; Social Research, Vol. 74, 2007
Subjects: Arendt, Hannah--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Arendt, Hannah--Criticism and interpretation, Cato the Younger--Criticism and interpretation, Hungarian Revolution, 1956, Political theorists--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Political theorists--Criticism and interpretation, Revolutions--Analysis
...across Lucans phrase through Friedrich von Gentz, a friend of Rahel Varnhagen...confuse the disillusionment of Friedrich von Gentz, who was judging from the...Review of Paul R. Sweet, Friedrich von Gentz. Defender of the Old Order...
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Helena, Then Hell: Faust as Review and Anticipation of Modern Times
Journal article by Ulrich Gaier; Goethe Yearbook, Vol. 17, 2010
...the Germans, had written Gotz von Berllchlngen and Von deutscher Baukunst. Goethe had...is one of the main arguments of Friedrich Gentz against the dominant role of France...Europe. Gentz, friend of Wilhelm von Humboldt, Adam Muller, and Heinrich...
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Why Did Goethe Marry When He Did?
Journal article by Peter J. Schwartz; Goethe Yearbook, Vol. 15, 2008
...Napoleons court at Paris, Chancellor Friedrich von Muller, advocating the introduction...by the Privy Councilor Wilhelm von Wolzogen: "Ich weiB sehr wohl...first from the Austrian publicist Friedrich Gentz, next from the Jena jurist Johann...
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magazine articles on: Gentz Friedrich Von  - 4 results

 
 
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Napoleon - the Myth
Magazine article by A.D. Harvey; History Today, Vol. 48, January 1998
Subjects: Emperors--Influence, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French--Influence
...policies. The German publicist Friedrich Gentz, for example, had described Bonaparte...The German writer Gustay Graf von Schlabrendorf compared him to the...letteratura, 1977); Paul R. Sweet Friedrich von Gentz: defender of the old order (University...
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The Age of Insubordination
Magazine article by Emma Rothschild; Foreign Policy, Summer 2000
Subjects: History, Modern--Terminology, Nineteenth century--History, World politics--Terminology
...eventually collapse." For the German political writer Friedrich von Gentz, in 1802, the great question for the 19th century...sovereignties is in decay. The prospect of revolution was for Gentz and Leopardi a problem of the past. So was the prospect...
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Napoleon the Kingmaker
Magazine article by Philip Mansel; History Today, Vol. 48, March 1998
Subjects: Europe--History, Monarchy--France, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French--Evaluation
...included the great writer Madame de Stael; Baron von Stein the Prussian reformer; Baron von Armfelt, a confidante of Alexander I; Count...later called `the Secretary of Europe, Friedrich von Gentz. They helped push Austria to attack the Napoleonic...
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Saadi of Shiraz: The 13th Century Persian Poet of Compassionate Wisdom
Magazine article by Rasoul Sorkhabi; World and I, Vol. 24, June 2009
Subjects: Poets--Biography, Saadi--Biography
...translated into German by Johann Friedrich Ochsenbach (Tubingen, 1635). In 1651, George Gentz (Gentius) brought out in...Jones and Johann Gottfired von Herder. Adam Oelschlager...German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe who used some of Saadis...


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encyclopedia articles on: Gentz Friedrich Von  - 2 results

 
 
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Gentz, Friedrich Von
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GENTZ, FRIEDRICH VON fre drikh f n gents, 1764 1832, German conservative political theorist. Admirer of the English political system of checks and balances, Gentz was critical of the French Revolution. He translated (1793) Burkes...
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Metternich, Clemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar, FÜrst Von
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of the Austrian statesman Wenzel von Kaunitz. She brought Metternich...when he succeeded Johann Philipp von Stadion as foreign minister (1809...prince. His brilliant assistant was Friedrich von Gentz . The Metternich system depended...


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