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Marking the 50th anniversary of the publication of E.P. Thompson's The Making of the English Working Class, essays explore the wide range of his career and role as a political activist.
E.P. Thompson and English radicalism celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of The Making of the English Working Class, one of the most influential history books of the last fifty years, and demonstrates the present day relevance of Thomnpson's historical, political and polemical w…
"George Grote's (1794-1871) extensive publications on ancient Greek history and philosophy remain landmarks in the history of classical scholarship. Since the late 20th century, lively interest in the works of Grote has seen his profile revived and his ongoing significance highl…
It has long been established that the crisis of 1066 generated a florescence of historical writing in the first half of the twelfth century. Emily A. Winkler presents a new perspective on previously unqueried matters, investigating how historians' individual motivations and assu…
Hugh Trevor-Roper: A Portrait of an Historian
Hugh Trevor-Roper was one of the most gifted historians of the 20th century. His scholarly interests ranged widely, from the Puritan Revolution to the Scottish Enlightenment. Yet he was also fascinated by the events of his own lifetime and wrote widely on issues of espionage and…
Acknowledgements -- List of contributors -- The life -- The writings. Introduction / Blair Worden. Part 1 Seventeenth-century revolutions : The "general crisis of the Seventeenth Century" / John Elliott -- The Puritan revolution / Blair Worden -- Three foreigners: the philosophe…
Hugh Trevor-Roper: the historian
"Hugh Trevor-Roper was one of the most gifted historians of the twentieth century. His scholarly interests ranged widely - from the Puritan Revolution to the Scottish Enlightenment. Yet he was also fascinated by the events of his own lifetime and wrote widely on issues of espion…
Hugh Trevor-Roper: a portrait of an historian
Hugh Trevor-Roper: the historian
An intelligent, well-informed and important piece of work... Well-articulated and clearly and fluently written... a particularly worthy addition to the growing literature on William and on twelfth-century historiography.' Rod Thomson, Professor of Medieval History and Senior Res…
A new approach to a vital historical source of the twelfth century, examining its author's ethical purpose in its creation.