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History and the Enlightenment

Trevor-Roper, H. R. 1914-2003.

History and the Enlightenment [electronic resource] / Hugh Trevor-Roper ; [edited by John Robertson]. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2010. - xxvi, 314 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The historical philosophy of the Enlightenment -- The Scottish Enlightenment -- Pietro Giannone and Great Britain -- Dimitrie Cantemir's Ottoman history and its reception in England -- From deism to history: Conyers Middleton -- David Hume, historian -- The idea of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire -- 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 -- Lord Macaulay: the history of England -- Thomas Carlyle's historical philosophy -- Jacob Burckhardt.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Historiography.
Enlightenment--Influence.
History--Philosophy.
Historians.


Electronic books.

D13.2 / .T74 2010

907.2

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