Abstract
Abstract The second chapter (‘An Unfinished History’) describes the construction of a canon of ‘European historians’ in the eighteenth century, as well as an enlightened narrative of European history. The chapter, moreover, will demonstrate how this historical narrative and the notion of ‘modern Europe’ was adapted by the French revolutionary Nicolas Bonneville in 1789 for revolutionary purposes, showing the political malleability and politicization of enlightened historiography in the revolutionary decade. The chapter will point to the similarities between the interpretation of European history by revolutionaries and counter-revolutionaries alike, for instance related to the ideas of European freedom, pluralism, or moral and spiritual regeneration.
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