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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779804303321

Autore

Crossley Ceri

Titolo

French historians and romanticism : Thierry, Guizot, the Saint-Simonians, Quinet, Michelet / / eri Crossley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1993

ISBN

1-134-97667-4

1-134-97668-2

1-280-32767-7

0-203-16169-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 pages)

Disciplina

944/.0072

Soggetti

Historians - France - Attitudes

Romanticism - France

France Historiography

France History Revolution, 1789-1799 Influence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-280) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: history and the post-revolutionary context; Augustin Thierry (1795  1856) and the project of national history; Francois Guizot (1787  1874) and liberal history: the concept of civilisation; The historical vision of Saint-Simon (1760  1825) and the Saint-Simonians (1825  1832); Edgar Quinet (1803  1875): history, nature and religion; Jules Michelet (1798  1874): history as resurrection; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The French Revolution had a profound influence on perceptions of the past as well as setting the agenda for modern political culture. This book examines the ways in which the past was rediscovered, retrieved and represented in post-revolutionary France, concentrating upon the Restoration and the July Monarchy, the period which witnessed the promotion of history as a grand discourse of legitimation.