Minerva (German magazine)

Minerva was a history and political magazine founded and edited by Johann Wilhelm von Archenholz.[1][2] Its full title was Minerva: Ein Journal historischen und politischen Inhalts.[1][3] The magazine was among the most significant history and political magazines published in the 1790s.[4]

The first two volumes were published in Berlin by J.T. Unger in 1792.[5] However, its headquarters was in Hamburg.[3] Minerva was widely read, including by such people as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller.[6] Friedrich Klopstock was one of the contributors. The magazine had a liberal stance.[1] It ceased publication in 1858.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Archenhol(t)z, Johann Wilhelm von (eigentlich Johann Daniel)". Deutsche Biographie (in German). Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  2. ↑ Karen Hagemann (30 March 2015). Revisiting Prussia's Wars against Napoleon. Cambridge University Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-521-19013-8. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  3. 1 2 Ragnhild Fiebig-von Hase; Ursula Lehmkuhl (1997). Enemy Images in American History. Berghahn Books. p. 110. ISBN 978-1-57181-031-1. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  4. ↑ Joseph Canning; Hermann Wellenreuther (1 January 2001). Britain and Germany Compared: Nationality, Society and Nobility in the Eighteenth Century. Wallstein Verlag. p. 80. ISBN 978-3-89244-444-2. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  5. ↑ Minerva. Ein journal historischen und politischen inhalts Retrieved 28 June 2012
  6. ↑ A. Susan Buck-Morss (2009), Hegel Haiti and Universal History (1st ed.), Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press
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