03173nam 2200613 a 450 991045171060332120210527005919.01-281-73537-X97866117353710-300-13795-810.12987/9780300137958(CKB)1000000000477755(EBL)3420362(OCoLC)923592564(SSID)ssj0000267134(PQKBManifestationID)11239412(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000267134(PQKBWorkID)10332769(PQKB)10865685(MiAaPQ)EBC3420362(DE-B1597)485602(OCoLC)1083593427(DE-B1597)9780300137958(Au-PeEL)EBL3420362(CaPaEBR)ebr10210245(CaONFJC)MIL173537(EXLCZ)99100000000047775519901204d1991 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrVersions of history from antiquity to the Enlightenment[electronic resource] /edited by Donald R. KelleyNew Haven Yale University Pressc19911 online resource (529 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-300-04775-4 0-300-04776-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 505-508) and index.Front matter --Contents --Preface --1. Introduction: Looking Backward --2. Greece --3. Rome --4. The Judeo-Christian Tradition --5. The Middle Ages --6. The Renaissance --7. The Reformation --8. The Science of History --9. The Enlightenment --10. Conclusion: Looking Forward --Select Bibliography --IndexThe problems, purposes, and methods of history writing have been the subject of debate for almost three millennia. Should history be political or philosophical? Is the writing of history an art or a science? What are the limitations of history? This book is an intriguing collection of views on these and other aspects of history writing by eminent Western historians from early Greece to the end of the eighteenth century. The book contains major texts from 112 historians, both well-known and neglected, ranging from the "mythistories" of Homer and Hesiod to the "reasoned" and "philosophical" accounts of Vico and Voltaire. These texts discuss, for example, theories of historical change, problems of anachronism, narrative, and gender, questions of origins, causation, and historical patterns, and historical criticism. Donald R. Kelley, who selected and arranged the writings, also provides essays and commentary that give background material on the themes of historiography and on the authors included in the bookHistoryPhilosophyElectronic books.HistoryPhilosophy.901Kelley Donald R.1931-153850MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451710603321Versions of history from antiquity to the Enlightenment2475515UNINA