History and the Enlightenment
1st Edition
Published on 29. June 2010
352 pages
978-0-300-16840-2 (ISBN)
Description
Arguably the leading British historian of his generation, Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914 2003) is most celebrated and admired as the author of essays. This volume brings together some of the most original and radical writings of his career many hitherto inaccessible, one never before published, all demonstrating his piercing intellect, urbane wit, and gift for elegant, vivid narrative. This collection focuses on the writing and understanding of history in the eighteenth century and on the great historians and the intellectual context that inspired or provoked their writings. It combines incisive discussion of such figures as Gibbon, Hume, and Carlyle with broad sweeps of analysis and explication. Essays on the Scottish Enlightenment and the Romantic movement are balanced by intimate portraits of lesser-known historians whose significance Trevor-Roper took particular delight in revealing."
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Editor's Introduction
- Editorial Note
- Acknowledgments
- The Historical Philosophy of
- the Enlightenment
- The Scottish Enlightenment
- Pietro Giannone and Great Britain
- From Deism to History: Conyers Middleton
- David Hume, Historian
- Gibbon and the Publication of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 1776-1976
- Gibbon's Last Project
- The Romantic Movement and the Study of History
- Thomas Carlyle's Historical Philosophy
- Jacob Burckhardt
- Appendix: A Guide to Later Scholarship
- Notes
- Index
