The abbé de Saint-Pierre and British pacifism

Literary/ Cultural Context Essay

Giulio Talini (University of Naples Federico II)

Ed. by Jenny Mander, University of Cambridge, Síofra Pierse, University College Dublin
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.04: French Writing and Culture: Eighteenth-Century and the Enlightenment, 1700-1800.
Vol. editors: Edward Forman (University of Bristol), Jenny Mander (University of Cambridge), Síofra Pierse (University College Dublin), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield)

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Political Philosophy

Dates

Date of occurrence 1713-1717

Places

France (Location)
United Kingdom (Involved)

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The last thirty years have seen increasing interest in the Norman political and economic thinker Charles-Irénée de Castel,

abbé

de Saint-Pierre (1658-1743). The main reason for this attention is to be found in his

Projet pour rendre la paix perpétuelle en Europe

[

Project

for Bringing about

Perpetual Peace in Europe]

, published in two volumes between 1713 – the year of the Treaty of Utrecht that ended the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) – and 1717. More specifically, Saint-Pierre’s relentless and life-long insistence on the need to surpass the balance of power system through the foundation of a powerful, sovereign European Diet has led historians to wonder where such a visionary proposal might have originated. As shown by scholars like Maria Grazia Bottaro Palumbo and…

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Citation: Talini, Giulio. "The abbé de Saint-Pierre and British pacifism". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 08 April 2021 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=19632, accessed 19 April 2024.]

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