Ernst Brandes (3 October 1758 – 13 May 1810) was a

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ian lawyer, official, writer, and scholar. Brandes witnessed the

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as a journalist. Influenced by

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, he is regarded by commentators as a voice of

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and

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political views during the

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. His 1787 treatise ''Ueber die Weiber'' argued against the emerging

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notion of the

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Works

* ''Ueber die Weiber'' (Leipzig, 1787)

References

Bibliography

* Carl Haase: ''Ernst Brandes in den Jahren 1805 und 1806. Fünf Briefe an den Grafen Münster.'' In: ''Niedersächsisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte (NsJbLG).'' 34, 1962, S. 194 * Walter Richter: ''Der Esperance- und ZN-Orden'', in: Einst und Jetzt. Jahrbuch 1974 des Vereins für corpsstudentische Geschichtsforschung, S. 30-54 {{DEFAULTSORT:Brandes, Ernst 1758 births 1810 deaths German male journalists German journalists Jurists from Hanover Writers from Hanover German male writers Members of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities