The Race of Time : : Three Lectures on Renaissance Historiography / / Hershel Baker.
Professor Baker recounts and analyses the relations of the English Renaissance historians to other writers of their time and to the historians of later ages. Supported and enlivened with a wealth of "ation from the historians themselves, their critics and their colleagues, The Race of Time illu...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016] ©1967 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Alexander Lectures
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (114 p.) |
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| Other title: | Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. The Truth of History -- 2. The Use of History -- 3. The Form of History -- Notes -- Backmatter |
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| Summary: | Professor Baker recounts and analyses the relations of the English Renaissance historians to other writers of their time and to the historians of later ages. Supported and enlivened with a wealth of "ation from the historians themselves, their critics and their colleagues, The Race of Time illuminates the problems of historiography in an age when academic freedom was always subservient to the national interest, to the sensitivity of rulers, to the prevalence of legends, and to the envy of contemporaries. |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9781442656482 9783110490947 |
| DOI: | 10.3138/9781442656482 |
| Access: | restricted access |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Hershel Baker. |