Count Leopold I Berchtold and His Contacts
with Great Britain as a Source of Inspiration
for His Philanthropic Activities
Count Leopold I Berchtold and His Contacts
with Great Britain as a Source of Inspiration
for His Philanthropic Activities
Author(s): Filip BinderSubject(s): Regional Geography, Historical Geography, Diplomatic history, Ethnohistory, History of ideas, Local History / Microhistory, Political history, 18th Century
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Ústav pro českou literaturu
Keywords: Philanthropism; Enlightenment; Great Britain
Summary/Abstract: This paper deals with the British contacts made by Count Leopold I Berchtold (1759–1809), a prominentphilanthropist from the Czech lands, as well as examining how these contacts influenced his activitiesand the spread of scientific knowledge to the Czech lands and presenting a rather unusual kind of culturaltransfer between Britain and the Habsburg Monarchy involving philanthropism and medical science.The paper is based on the analysis of the sources stored in the Moravian Provincial Archive in Brnorelating to Leopold’s life as well as on the analysis of some of his writings.
Journal: Cornova
- Issue Year: 14/2024
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 49-63
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English
