Professor Thomas Munck

  • Honorary Professorial Research Fellow (School of Humanities)

Research interests

My research interests focus on comparative European social, cultural and political history during the two centuries leading up to (and including) the French Revolution. I am currently completing a book on public opinion, political culture and print 1635-1795, with particular reference to France, Britain, Scandinavia, the Netherlands and the German-speaking parts of central Europe. It is a primarily about how print enhances political awareness in early modern Europe, and uses a comparative framework to look at dissemination, transmission and translation (or creative adaptation) across different language-communities. I am trying to throw new light on the early origins and dissemination of the Enlightenment in different cultural contexts within Europe, while raising questions about the many ways freedom of expression might be curtailed everywhere.

Both the book and my other current research projects use a large sample of texts published over a wide chronological span, including everything from substantive academic works through to pamphlets, journals and newspapers. I am particularly interested in the translation and adaptation of texts/ideas across several languages and through various printed media, up to and including the French Revolution. Visual material (including cartoons and engravings) also offers new insights.

In addition, I have a long-standing research interest in the musical culture of the early modern period, including musical performance practice, the design and making of musical instruments, and of course the transmission of musical manuscripts and publications. I participate in the performance of early music, as a member of the Squair Mile Consort of Viols.

Publications

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Number of items: 23.

2024

Mahlberg, G. and Munck, T. (Eds.) (2024) Ideas Across Borders: Translating Visions of Authority and Civil Society in Europe c.1600–1840. Routledge: London. ISBN 9781032343686

2020

Bowie, K. and Munck, T. (Eds.) (2020) Early Modern Political Petitioning and Public Engagement in Scotland, Britain and Scandinavia, c.1550-1795. Routledge. ISBN 9780367630003

Bowie, K. and Munck, T. (2020) Introduction. In: Bowie, K. and Munck, T. (eds.) Early Modern Political Petitioning and Public Engagement in Scotland, Britain and Scandinavia, c.1550-1795. Routledge: Abingdon. ISBN 9780367630003

2019

Munck, T. (2019) Conflict and Enlightenment: Print and Political Culture in Europe 1635-1795. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. ISBN 9780521878074

2018

Bowie, K. and Munck, T. (2018) Early modern political petitioning and public engagement in Scotland, Britain and Scandinavia, c. 1550–1795. Parliaments, Estates and Representation, 38(3), pp. 271-278. (doi: 10.1080/02606755.2018.1537072)

Munck, T. (2018) Petitions and legitimate engagement with power in absolutist Denmark 1660-1800. Parliaments, Estates and Representation, 38(3), pp. 378-391. (doi: 10.1080/02606755.2018.1532654)

2016

Munck, T. (2016) The Enlightenment as modernity: Jonathan Israel's interpretation across two decades. Reviews in History(2039), (doi: 10.14296/RiH/2014/2039)[Book Review]

2015

Munck, T. (2015) Music. In: Scott, H. (ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern European History, 1350-1750. Vol. 2: Cultures and Power. Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 111-140. ISBN 9780199597260

Munck, T. (2015) Public debate, politics and print: the late Enlightenment in Copenhagen during the years of the French Revolution 1786-1800. Historisk Tidsskrift, 114(2), pp. 323-351.

Munck, T. (2015) Ruth Hemstad, Like a herd of cattle: Parliamentary and public debates regarding the cession of Norway 1813-14 (Oslo, 2014). Scandinavica, 54(1), pp. 148-157. [Book Review]

2014

Munck, T. (2014) Political Communication and Political Culture in England, 1558–1688. by Barbara J. Shapiro. Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 45(2), pp. 226-227. (doi: 10.1162/JINH_r_00692)[Book Review]

2013

Munck, T. (2013) Democratic Enlightenment: Philosophy, Revolution and Human Rights 1750-1790, by Jonathan I. Israel. English Historical Review, 128(533), pp. 973-976. (doi: 10.1093/ehr/cet134)[Book Review]

Munck, T. (2013) The troubled reception of Thomas Paine in France, Germany, the Netherlands and Scandinavia. In: Newman, S.P. and Onuf, P. (eds.) Paine and Jefferson in the Age of Revolutions. Series: Jeffersonian America. University of Virginia Press: Charlottesville, VA, USA. ISBN 9780813934761

2012

Munck, T. (2012) The northern periphery: German cultural influences on the Danish-Norwegian kingdom during the Enlightenment. In: Evans, R.J.W. and Wilson, P.H. (eds.) The Holy Roman Empire 1495-1806: A European Perspective. Series: Brill's companions to European history. Brill: Leiden, The Netherlands, pp. 293-312. ISBN 9789004206830

2011

Munck, T. (2011) Enlightenment. In: Doyle, W. (ed.) The Oxford handbook of the Ancien Regime. Series: Oxford Handbooks in History. Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 431-447. ISBN 9780199291205

Munck, T. (2011) Preface. In: Ihalainen, P. (ed.) Scandinavia in the age of revolution : Nordic political cultures, 1740-1820. Ashgate: Farnham, Surrey, xvii-xxi. ISBN 9781409400196

2010

Munck, T. (2010) Eighteenth-century review journals and the internationalization of the European book market. International History Review, 32(3), pp. 415-435. (doi: 10.1080/07075332.2010.507343)

2008

Munck, T. (2008) Enlightened thought, its critics and competitors. In: Wilson, P.H. (ed.) A Companion to Eighteenth-Century Europe. Series: Blackwell Companions to European History. Blackwell: Malden, USA. ISBN 9781405139472

Munck, T. (2008) Translating Enlightenment: European influences and Danish perceptions of identity in the press in the later 18th century. In: Haakonssen, K. and Horstbøll, H. (eds.) Northern Antiquities and National Identities: Perceptions of Denmark and the North in the Eighteenth Century: Symposium Held in Copenhagen, August 2005. Series: Historisk-filosofiske meddelelser (101). Royal Danish Academy of Sciences: Copenhagen, Denmark, pp. 227-250. ISBN 9788773043349

2007

Munck, T. (2007) Keeping the peace: 'good police' and civic order in 18th-century Copenhagen. Scandinavian Journal of History, 32(1), pp. 38-62. (doi: 10.1080/03468750601159980)

2005

Munck, T. (2005) Seventeenth-Century Europe: State, Conflict and the Social Order in Europe 1598-1700. Series: History of Europe. Palgrave Macmillan: Houndmills. ISBN 9781403936196

2004

Munck, T. (2004) Literacy, educational reform and the use of print in eighteenth-century Denmark. European History Quarterly, 34(3), pp. 275-303. (doi: 10.1177/0265691404044140)

2001

Munck, T. (2001) Society. In: Bergin, J. (ed.) The Seventeenth Century: Europe 1598-1715. Series: Short Oxford history of Europe. Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 50-79. ISBN 0198731671

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Number of items: 23.

Articles

Bowie, K. and Munck, T. (2018) Early modern political petitioning and public engagement in Scotland, Britain and Scandinavia, c. 1550–1795. Parliaments, Estates and Representation, 38(3), pp. 271-278. (doi: 10.1080/02606755.2018.1537072)

Munck, T. (2018) Petitions and legitimate engagement with power in absolutist Denmark 1660-1800. Parliaments, Estates and Representation, 38(3), pp. 378-391. (doi: 10.1080/02606755.2018.1532654)

Munck, T. (2015) Public debate, politics and print: the late Enlightenment in Copenhagen during the years of the French Revolution 1786-1800. Historisk Tidsskrift, 114(2), pp. 323-351.

Munck, T. (2010) Eighteenth-century review journals and the internationalization of the European book market. International History Review, 32(3), pp. 415-435. (doi: 10.1080/07075332.2010.507343)

Munck, T. (2007) Keeping the peace: 'good police' and civic order in 18th-century Copenhagen. Scandinavian Journal of History, 32(1), pp. 38-62. (doi: 10.1080/03468750601159980)

Munck, T. (2004) Literacy, educational reform and the use of print in eighteenth-century Denmark. European History Quarterly, 34(3), pp. 275-303. (doi: 10.1177/0265691404044140)

Books

Munck, T. (2019) Conflict and Enlightenment: Print and Political Culture in Europe 1635-1795. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. ISBN 9780521878074

Munck, T. (2005) Seventeenth-Century Europe: State, Conflict and the Social Order in Europe 1598-1700. Series: History of Europe. Palgrave Macmillan: Houndmills. ISBN 9781403936196

Book Sections

Bowie, K. and Munck, T. (2020) Introduction. In: Bowie, K. and Munck, T. (eds.) Early Modern Political Petitioning and Public Engagement in Scotland, Britain and Scandinavia, c.1550-1795. Routledge: Abingdon. ISBN 9780367630003

Munck, T. (2015) Music. In: Scott, H. (ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern European History, 1350-1750. Vol. 2: Cultures and Power. Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 111-140. ISBN 9780199597260

Munck, T. (2013) The troubled reception of Thomas Paine in France, Germany, the Netherlands and Scandinavia. In: Newman, S.P. and Onuf, P. (eds.) Paine and Jefferson in the Age of Revolutions. Series: Jeffersonian America. University of Virginia Press: Charlottesville, VA, USA. ISBN 9780813934761

Munck, T. (2012) The northern periphery: German cultural influences on the Danish-Norwegian kingdom during the Enlightenment. In: Evans, R.J.W. and Wilson, P.H. (eds.) The Holy Roman Empire 1495-1806: A European Perspective. Series: Brill's companions to European history. Brill: Leiden, The Netherlands, pp. 293-312. ISBN 9789004206830

Munck, T. (2011) Enlightenment. In: Doyle, W. (ed.) The Oxford handbook of the Ancien Regime. Series: Oxford Handbooks in History. Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 431-447. ISBN 9780199291205

Munck, T. (2011) Preface. In: Ihalainen, P. (ed.) Scandinavia in the age of revolution : Nordic political cultures, 1740-1820. Ashgate: Farnham, Surrey, xvii-xxi. ISBN 9781409400196

Munck, T. (2008) Enlightened thought, its critics and competitors. In: Wilson, P.H. (ed.) A Companion to Eighteenth-Century Europe. Series: Blackwell Companions to European History. Blackwell: Malden, USA. ISBN 9781405139472

Munck, T. (2008) Translating Enlightenment: European influences and Danish perceptions of identity in the press in the later 18th century. In: Haakonssen, K. and Horstbøll, H. (eds.) Northern Antiquities and National Identities: Perceptions of Denmark and the North in the Eighteenth Century: Symposium Held in Copenhagen, August 2005. Series: Historisk-filosofiske meddelelser (101). Royal Danish Academy of Sciences: Copenhagen, Denmark, pp. 227-250. ISBN 9788773043349

Munck, T. (2001) Society. In: Bergin, J. (ed.) The Seventeenth Century: Europe 1598-1715. Series: Short Oxford history of Europe. Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 50-79. ISBN 0198731671

Book Reviews

Munck, T. (2016) The Enlightenment as modernity: Jonathan Israel's interpretation across two decades. Reviews in History(2039), (doi: 10.14296/RiH/2014/2039)[Book Review]

Munck, T. (2015) Ruth Hemstad, Like a herd of cattle: Parliamentary and public debates regarding the cession of Norway 1813-14 (Oslo, 2014). Scandinavica, 54(1), pp. 148-157. [Book Review]

Munck, T. (2014) Political Communication and Political Culture in England, 1558–1688. by Barbara J. Shapiro. Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 45(2), pp. 226-227. (doi: 10.1162/JINH_r_00692)[Book Review]

Munck, T. (2013) Democratic Enlightenment: Philosophy, Revolution and Human Rights 1750-1790, by Jonathan I. Israel. English Historical Review, 128(533), pp. 973-976. (doi: 10.1093/ehr/cet134)[Book Review]

Edited Books

Mahlberg, G. and Munck, T. (Eds.) (2024) Ideas Across Borders: Translating Visions of Authority and Civil Society in Europe c.1600–1840. Routledge: London. ISBN 9781032343686

Bowie, K. and Munck, T. (Eds.) (2020) Early Modern Political Petitioning and Public Engagement in Scotland, Britain and Scandinavia, c.1550-1795. Routledge. ISBN 9780367630003

This list was generated on Sat Apr 20 09:41:40 2024 BST.

Grants

I have held research grants awarded by the Carnegie Trust and by the British Academy.  I was visiting Senior Fellow at the Herzog August Bibliothek in Wolfenbuttel (Germany) during the summer of 2014, and am pursuing further collaborations within two networks of historians of print in Germany and Norway.

Supervision

In recent years I have supervised a number of students to successful completion of PhD theses.  Past and current subjects include:

  • Migrant identities in revolutionary Paris;
  • reading, print and communication in the European Enlightenment across national boundaries, including the late Enlightenment in Scotland and the German lands;
  • political culture, censorship, translation and the dissemination of print in Europe before 1800. 

I am now also co-supervising more inter-disciplinary research on the history of early printing and the use of books in Europe, in collaboration with GU Library Special Collections staff.

Teaching

Various team-taught courses at levels 1-2

At Honours, I am responsible for 'Print, Propaganda and Subversion in Europe 1630-1800', 'Rich and Poor in the Age of Enlightenment', and have in the past taught a History Special Subject on 'The French Revolution 1787-95'.

I co-teach a PGT course on ‘Tom Paine as an enlightenment Revolutionary’, and run the Early Modern Work-in-Progress research seminar for PhD students and staff.


Thomas Munck