Virtue, learning, and the Scottish Enlightenment : ideas of scholarship in early modern history /

"Virtue, Learning and The Scottish Enlightenment is the latest contribution to a growing reassessment of the moral and intellectual foundations of modern Europe, challenging head-on a number of deeply-rooted assumptions about the basis of both Scottish culture and the Enlightenment. It argues t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Allan, David
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©1993.
Temas:
1700-1799
Geistesgeschichte 1740-1800
Historiography > Scotland > History > 18th century.
Philosophy, Scottish > 18th century.
Enlightenment > Scotland.
Philosophie écossaise > 18e siècle.
Siècle des Lumières > Écosse.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Enlightenment.
Historiography.
Intellectual life.
Philosophy, Scottish.
Aufklärung
Verlichting (cultuurgeschiedenis)
Calvinisme.
Humanisme (cultuurgeschiedenis)
Geschiedschrijving.
Geestesgeschiedenis.
Scotland > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Écosse > Vie intellectuelle > 18e siècle.
Scotland.
Schottland
Culture > History
Scotland
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: 'Fable and Falshood': The Historiographical Context
  • pt. 1. Early Modern Scholarship 1550-1740. Ch. 1. 'Mighty Heroes in Learning': Calvinism and the Humanist Historian. Ch. 2. "The 'Honest Science': Reconstructing Virtue in an Historical Audience
  • pt. 2. The Enlightenment in Scotland 1740-1800. Ch. 3. Enlightened Identity and the Rhetoric of Intention. Ch. 4. Historians and Orators: The Rise and Fall of Scholarly Virtue. Ch. 5. 'Signs of the Times': The End of the Enlightenment?

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