This work explores the early diplomatic career of Robert Morier,
the British Foreign Office's foremost expert on German affairs in
the period leading up to German unification in 1871. As the subject
of an intellectual biography, Morier provides valuable insights
into the effects of German events and ideas upon the changing
character of mid-Victorian liberalism. Morier is an important
figure in understanding the dynamics of Anglo-German relations
during this period, not only because of his unrivalled knowledge of
German affairs, but also because of his broad connections to
prominent liberal politicians and intellectuals in both countries.
Through Morier's career, Murray examines the general currents of
political, economic, and cultural change.
Murray addresses four main components of liberal thought under
debate during the mid-Victorian period: constitutionalism and
self-government; the problem of nationalism; free trade and
commercial treaties; and church-state relations in the aftermath of
the first Vatican Council. Robert Morier was forced to confront
each of these themes as they found concrete expression in German
events, engaging leading liberal intellectuals and politicians in
discussions over the future of both Germany and Britain. Thus,
Germany became an important source of debate among British liberals
regarding several fundamental aspects of their ideology, the most
prominent being the proper role of the state in a modern liberal
society.
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