What Was History?: The Art of History in Early Modern Europe

by Grafton, Anthony
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From the late fifteenth century onwards, scholars across Europe began to write books about how to read and evaluate histories. These pioneering works grew from complex early-modern debates about law, religion, and classical scholarship. Anthony Grafton's book is based on his Trevelyan Lectures of 2005, and it proves to be a powerful and imaginative exploration of some central themes in the history of European ideas. Grafton explains why so many of these works were written, why they attained so much insight - and why, in the centuries that followed, most scholars gradually forgot that they had existed. Elegant and accessible, What was History? is a deliberate evocation of E. H. Carr's celebrated Trevelyan Lectures on What is History?
  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Grafton, Anthony
  • ISBN: 9781107606159
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.40 x 0.70
  • Number Of Pages: 330
  • Publication Year: 2012
Language: English

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