Fortunes of History: Historical Inquiry from Herder to HuizingaIn Fortunes of History Donald R. Kelley offers an authoritative examination of historical writing during the “long nineteenth century”—the years from the French Revolution to those just after the First World War. He provides a comprehensive analysis of the theories and practices of British, French, German, Italian, and American schools of historical thought, their principal figures, and their distinctive methods and self-understandings. Kelley treats the modern traditions of European world and national historiography from the Enlightenment to the “new histories” of the twentieth century, attending not only to major authors and schools but also to methods, scholarship, criticisms, controversies, ideological questions, and relations to other disciplines. |
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... took the ancient " pagan " heritage , scholarly tradition , and the " useful and beloved past " as ancillary to the primary goal of Enlightenment , which he identified with the " science of freedom " and " pursuit I 1 Enlightened History.
... took the ancient " pagan " heritage , scholarly tradition , and the " useful and beloved past " as ancillary to the primary goal of Enlightenment , which he identified with the " science of freedom " and " pursuit I 1 Enlightened History.
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... took the story of humanity from natural and poetic origins down to the age of philosophy.86 " History , ” he wrote , “ is itself a true philosophy , the most essen- tial link in that beautiful chain , which encompasses man's higher ...
... took the story of humanity from natural and poetic origins down to the age of philosophy.86 " History , ” he wrote , “ is itself a true philosophy , the most essen- tial link in that beautiful chain , which encompasses man's higher ...
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... took a wider view of the " world , " as in the case of Pölitz's handbook , published in 1805 and later editions , which treated the ages of myth ( Mythenalter ) before " the beginning of history " and which referred to the works not ...
... took a wider view of the " world , " as in the case of Pölitz's handbook , published in 1805 and later editions , which treated the ages of myth ( Mythenalter ) before " the beginning of history " and which referred to the works not ...
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... took a quite different view of enlightenment ( lumière , singular or plural ) . Theirs was more detached from religious concerns and closer to rationalism in the style of Descartes and Condillac , though with a later injection of ...
... took a quite different view of enlightenment ( lumière , singular or plural ) . Theirs was more detached from religious concerns and closer to rationalism in the style of Descartes and Condillac , though with a later injection of ...
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... took their place on the public stage recognized by historical writers . By 1789 , France had a long and rich tradition of historical studies . Medieval chronicles had been transformed under the influence of humanist scholarship and ...
... took their place on the public stage recognized by historical writers . By 1789 , France had a long and rich tradition of historical studies . Medieval chronicles had been transformed under the influence of humanist scholarship and ...
Contents
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5 German Impulses | 112 |
6 French Novelties | 141 |
7 German Ascendancy | 173 |
8 French Visions | 198 |
9 English Observances | 225 |
10 Beyond the Canon | 254 |
11 American Parallels | 280 |
12 New Histories | 304 |
Conclusion | 339 |
Notes | 347 |
Index | 411 |
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