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Fénelon's cuckoo: Andrew Michael Ramsay and Archbishop Fenelon

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posted on 2023-06-08, 16:35 authored by Andrew Mansfield
As a former associate of François Fénelon and the editor of his papers and works, Andrew Michael Ramsay was well placed to act as the Archbishop’s first biographer. While Ramsay’s 'Vie de Fénelon' (1723) became the template for nearly two hundred years of later biographers, the work reveals Ramsay’s manipulation of the political principles of Fénelon as he promoted a Jacobite restoration to the British throne. In conjunction with his earlier political works, Ramsay promulgated a vision of Fénelon’s political and spiritual ideas that were misleading. This chapter discusses Ramsay’s impact on the legacy of Fénelon and the motivations for his intervention.

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Publication status

  • Published

Publisher

Rodopi Press

Page range

73-93

Pages

393.0

Book title

Fenelon in the Enlightenment: traditions, adaptations, and variations

Place of publication

Amsterdam and New York

ISBN

9789042038172

Series

Internationale forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden literaturwissenschaft

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  • History Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Editors

Stefanie Stockhorst, Doohwan Ahn, Christoph Schmitt-Maaß

Legacy Posted Date

2014-01-06

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