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The role of Ireland in the life of Leopold Von Ranke (1795-1886) : the historian and historical truth /
This book investigates Leopold von Ranke's concept of objectivity by looking at his private life and how it influenced his historical writing, primarily in regards to his marriage, examining his treatment of Irish history as contrasted with his account of English history. His wedding to Clariss...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lewiston :
Edwin Mellen Press,
2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Family Background of Leopold Ranke and Clarissa Graves before 1843; The Ranke family; The Graves family; Chapter 2: The Ranke family (1843-86); Marriage and life in Berlin 1843-47; Revolution and personal losses 1848-53; Establishment of the Ranke salon 1854-64; Ranke's trip to England and Ireland 1865; German Unification and death of Clarissa von Ranke 1866-71; The relationship between the Rankes and Graves after 1871.
- Chapter 3: The writing of Ranke's History of EnglandChapter 4: Irish History in Ranke's History of England; Ranke's History of England; The writing of Irish history in the context of English history; Ranke's writing of Irish history in two other works: History of the Popes and Universal History; Chapter 5: Ranke's use of language and sources; Chapter 6: Ranke's treatment of Irish history compared with that of Macaulay, Froude and Lecky; Macaulay: History of England; Froude: The English in Ireland; Lecky: History of Ireland; The writing of Irish history; Conclusion; Appendices.
- Appendix 1: Marginalia and annotations in books from Ranke's LibraryAppendix 2: Bibliography of books in Ranke's private library dealing with English or Irish history.