Fénelon's cuckoo: Andrew Michael Ramsay and Archbishop Fenelon
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posted on 2023-06-08, 16:35authored byAndrew 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.
History
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
Department affiliated with
History Publications
Full text available
No
Peer reviewed?
Yes
Editors
Stefanie Stockhorst, Doohwan Ahn, Christoph Schmitt-Maaß