Minerva (German magazine)

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Minerva was a history and political magazine founded and edited by Johann Wilhelm von Archenholz. [1] [2] Its full title was Minerva: Ein Journal historischen und politischen Inhalts. [1] [3] The magazine was among the most significant history and political magazines published in the 1790s. [4]

The first two volumes were published in Berlin by J.T. Unger in 1792. [5] However, its headquarters was in Hamburg. [3] Minerva was widely read, including by such people as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Friedrich Schiller and Hegel. [6] Friedrich Klopstock was one of the contributors, [1] as was Ernst Raupach, who published "Laßt die Todten ruhen", one of the earliest vampire stories, in Minerva. [7] The magazine had a liberal stance. It ceased publication in 1858. [1]

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