Juliane Engelhardt is associate professor at the University of Copenhagen. Her research centres on the intellectual and cultural history of the European Enlightenment. She has published in leading international journals such as Nations and Nationalism and Historische Zeitschrift, and is currently leading a research project on radical Protestantism.

• List of illustrations(1) IntroductionPatriotism in the age of EnlightenmentSetting the scene: the Danish composite monarchyPatriotism and enlightenment in the NorthHistoriographical overview: research in patriotism, the associational world and the public sphere(2) Associations as fields of democratic practiceAssociations in the long eighteenth centurySurvey of the patriotic societies in the Danish composite monarchyEconomic societiesSocieties for poor relief and philanthropySocieties for education and enlightenmentThe Royal Agricultural Society of DenmarkEarly Norwegian societiesDenmark and Schleswig–Holstein: two waves of activity International influencesCooperation with the absolute monarchyThe organisational structure of the patriotic societiesConclusion: associations as new forms of communities(3) Political ambitionsThe form of state and the form of governmentPatriotism as love for the paternal monarchContract theoryFreedom of speech and transparency in public affairsConclusion: the small society and the large society(4) Patriotism as economic reformVisions of economic growthEconomic protectionismManpower and raw materialsArguments for economic freedomDistribution of prizesSpinning schools: a wonderful remedy for rapid enlightenmentSpinning schools in the Danish composite monarchy and in Northern EuropeSpinning as moral reformConclusion: economy of time as a strategy for economic growth(5) Civilising the subjects of the stateGeneral enlightenmentEnlightenment for citizens and for human beingsLibraries and reading groupsSchoolsState reforms and private reformsConclusion: Enlightenment between emancipation and discipline(6) The limits of patriotism: forging a bourgeois identityCitizenshipPatriots and nobility: asceticism as a social distinctionDannekvinde: patriotic notions of republican motherhood Danish, Norwegian and German identity(7) Conclusion: the pragmatism of the Scandinavian EnlightenmentPatriotism and national identityBibliographyIndex

'Engelhardt’s monograph has paved the way to applying the lens of political economy to the complex connections between the Nordic and the European Enlightenments. This book will serve as a sturdy stepping stone for scholars undertaking further research on the Nordic Enlightenment.' Hyein Shin, History: Early View