William Robertson and the Expansion of EmpireStewart J. Brown, Stewart Jay Brown Cambridge University Press, 13. 4. 1997 - Počet stran: 276 William Robertson (1721-1793) was a leading historical figure of the eighteenth-century Enlightenment. He was one of the triumvirate of historians, along with David Hume and Edward Gibbon, who profoundly shaped the European consciousness. William Robertson and the Expansion of Empire contains contributions from a number of distinguished historians and literary scholars who explore aspects of Robertson's intellectual achievements. Particular attention is paid to Robertson's treatment of the theme of empire and European expansion. |
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List of contributors page xi | 1 |
Enlightenment | 7 |
Robertsons letters and the life of writing | 36 |
an introduction to | 55 |
Robertsons place in the development of eighteenth | 74 |
Robertsonian Romanticism and realism | 92 |
The ideological significance of Robertsons History | 122 |
The reception of William Robertsons historical writings | 145 |
an episode in Enlightenment | 164 |
From savage to Scot via the French and | 196 |
ΙΟ Robertson and contemporary images of India | 210 |
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