Abbé Raynal
Biographic Data
| ID | 5627388 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Abbé Raynal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Abbé |
| FAMILY NAME | Raynal |
| SIGNATURE | RAYNAL A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Translator to the Public
The literary fame of Abbe Raynal is now established in every kingdom of Europe. English blood, so often shed in Europe by English hands, irrigates America in its turn, and the civil war is embarked in. The principles, which were indebted for their birth to Europe, and particularly to England, had been transplanted in America by philosophy. In Europe, the people are too much agitated to allow to this part of the world the enjoyment of constant pea…
A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies
First published in 1777, Abbe Guillaume Thomas Francois Raynal (1713-96) was a French Philosopher, historian and priest. On leaving his parish in Paris, he devoted himself to writing and the society of philosophes. He produced a number of historical works, including this famous history of the European colonies (part of which some modern scholars attribute to Diderot). This is Volume five of a collection of six volumes of his work Settlements and …
Account of the French Settlements in North-America, continued
The English considered the possession as an equivalent for all that the French had loft by the treaty of Utrecht, and not being entirely reconciled to them, strongly opposed their being allowed to people and fortify it. The French to recover their former losses people and fortify Cape-Breton; and establish considerable fisheries. France first turned Charles V. views towards North-America, to which was invited by the similarity of foil and climate…
Book XVII
The reports made by the successful navigators on their return to Europe, concerning the temperature of the climate, the fertility of the foil, and the disposition of the inhabitants, encouraged the society to proceed. The northern nations, that had successively invaded the southern provinces of Europe, had found there the feeds of that new religion, amidst the ruins of an empire that was shaken on all fides. Hudson&s;s bay always has been and is …
Book XIX
Trade carried on between persons of the most opposite secte, has lessened that religious hatred which was the cause of their divisions. Separated by deserts, without any communication of trade or voyages, they had only a present and immediate interest to fettle. The right system of politics if there were any politics at a time when arts, literature, and commerce had not yet opened a communication among people, should have been, for the princes to…
Book XVIII
The mind dwells with pleasure on this part of modern history, and feels some kind of compensation for the disgust, horror, or melancholy, which the whole of it, but particularly the account of the European settlements in America inspires. When the Europeans first came into the country, they found nothing but wood for building and iron mines. If ever despotism, superstition, or war should plunge Europe again into that state of barbarism out of whi…
Voyages, Settlements, Wars, and Trade of the French in the East-Indies
A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies
First published in 1777, Abbe Guillaume Thomas Francois Raynal (1713-96) was a French Philosopher, historian and priest. On leaving his parish in Paris, he devoted himself to writing and the society of philosophes. He produced a number of historical works, including this famous history of the European colonies (part of which some modern scholars attribute to Diderot). This is Volume two of a collection of six volumes of his work Settlements and T…
A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies
First published in 1777, Abbe Guillaume Thomas Francois Raynal (1713-96) was a French Philosopher, historian and priest. On leaving his parish in Paris, he devoted himself to writing and the society of philosophes. He produced a number of historical works, including this famous history of the European colonies (part of which some modern scholars attribute to Diderot). This is Volume five of a collection of six volumes of his work Settlements and …
Account of the French Settlements in North-America, continued
The English considered the possession as an equivalent for all that the French had loft by the treaty of Utrecht, and not being entirely reconciled to them, strongly opposed their being allowed to people and fortify it. The French to recover their former losses people and fortify Cape-Breton; and establish considerable fisheries. France first turned Charles V. views towards North-America, to which was invited by the similarity of foil and climate…
Book XVII
The reports made by the successful navigators on their return to Europe, concerning the temperature of the climate, the fertility of the foil, and the disposition of the inhabitants, encouraged the society to proceed. The northern nations, that had successively invaded the southern provinces of Europe, had found there the feeds of that new religion, amidst the ruins of an empire that was shaken on all fides. Hudson&s;s bay always has been and is …
Book XIX
Trade carried on between persons of the most opposite secte, has lessened that religious hatred which was the cause of their divisions. Separated by deserts, without any communication of trade or voyages, they had only a present and immediate interest to fettle. The right system of politics if there were any politics at a time when arts, literature, and commerce had not yet opened a communication among people, should have been, for the princes to…
Book XVIII
The mind dwells with pleasure on this part of modern history, and feels some kind of compensation for the disgust, horror, or melancholy, which the whole of it, but particularly the account of the European settlements in America inspires. When the Europeans first came into the country, they found nothing but wood for building and iron mines. If ever despotism, superstition, or war should plunge Europe again into that state of barbarism out of whi…
Voyages, Settlements, Wars, and Trade of the French in the East-Indies
A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies
First published in 1777, Abbe Guillaume Thomas Francois Raynal (1713-96) was a French Philosopher, historian and priest. On leaving his parish in Paris, he devoted himself to writing and the society of philosophes. He produced a number of historical works, including this famous history of the European colonies (part of which some modern scholars attribute to Diderot). This is Volume two of a collection of six volumes of his work Settlements and T…
The Translator to the Public
The literary fame of Abbe Raynal is now established in every kingdom of Europe. English blood, so often shed in Europe by English hands, irrigates America in its turn, and the civil war is embarked in. The principles, which were indebted for their birth to Europe, and particularly to England, had been transplanted in America by philosophy. In Europe, the people are too much agitated to allow to this part of the world the enjoyment of constant pea…
A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies
First published in 1777, Abbe Guillaume Thomas Francois Raynal (1713-96) was a French Philosopher, historian and priest. On leaving his parish in Paris, he devoted himself to writing and the society of philosophes. He produced a number of historical works, including this famous history of the European colonies (part of which some modern scholars attribute to Diderot). This is Volume five of a collection of six volumes of his work Settlements and …
History (5 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Human settlement (4 works) · Ethnology (3 works) · Legal Cases and Commentary (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · West indies (3 works) · Caribbean history, culture, and politics (2 works)