Philosophic historiography in the eighteenth century in Britain and France

The subject of this thesis is the by now traditional grouping of certain innovative works of historiography produced in eighteenth-century Britain and France; namely the historical works of Voltaire, and the historical writings of the philosophes; and, in Britain, the histories of Hume, Robertson, a...

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Main Author: Brereton, Mary Catherine
Other Authors: Womersley, David
Published: University of Oxford 2007
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.496688