The Feud of the Jutlandic Proprietors: Protesting Reform and Facing the Public in Late Eighteenth-Century Denmark

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Within triumphalist histories of Denmark, the so-called reform era in the late eighteenth-century is hailed as the height of enlightened absolutism, when the ideal of an opinion-driven monarchy was realized. This article explores how different conceptions of the public sphere emerged in the wake of late eighteenth-century reforms. Specifically, it shows how the idea of a rational and uniform public held by many political elites was continuously contested by rising social movements during this period. Converging around the issue of reform, these tensions produced new dynamics in political culture and new ways of utilizing the public sphere.

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