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, Friedrich Schiller and Hegel.[6] Friedrich Klopstock was one of the contributors. The magazine had a liberal stance.[1] It ceased publication in 1858.[1]

References

  1. "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. 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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