Michael Johann Borch's Meeting with Voltaire: a Page from Latvia's European Cultural History

Humanities and Social Sciences 2013
Kaspars Kļaviņš

The article is devoted to the unknown letters of Michael Johann Borch (1753-1810), the promoter of the ideas of the Enlightenment of the 18th century, an active member of the Order of Malta, a traveller, collector, writer and politician, and the owner of Varakļāni Manor. These letters are stored in the V. Stefanyk National Academic Library of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences in Lviv.

Keywords
Michael Johann Borch, Voltaire, Enlightenment, European identity, Inflanty

Kļaviņš, K. Michael Johann Borch's Meeting with Voltaire: a Page from Latvia's European Cultural History. Humanities and Social Sciences, 2013, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp.31-40. ISSN 1022-4483.

Publication language
English (en)