The Victorians and the Stuart Heritage: Interpretations of a Discordant Past by

Description: The Victorians and the Stuart Heritage by Timothy Lang This 1995 book explores how a group of nineteenth-century British historians came to terms with one of the formative periods in their nations past - the seventeenth century. Included are well-known figures such as Macaulay and Carlyle, who are of interest to literary scholars as well as to historians, and more specialized writers such as Henry Hallam and S. R. Gardiner. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This 1995 book explores what the Victorians said about the Stuart past, with particular emphasis on changing interpretations of Cromwell and the Puritans. It analyses in detail the historical writings of Henry Hallam, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Thomas Carlyle and Samuel Rawson Gardiner, placing them in a context that stresses the importance of religious controversy for the nineteenth century. The book argues that the Victorians found the Stuart past problematic because they perceived a connection between the religious disputes of the seventeenth century and the sectarian discord of their own age. Cromwell and the Puritans became an acceptable part of the national past only as the English state lost its Anglican exclusiveness. The tendency to accommodate Cromwell and the Puritans, particularly in the work of Gardiner, thus reflected a process of nation building that sought to remove sectarian divisions and which reached its climax as the Victorian age came to its close. Table of Contents Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: politics, religion and history: David Hume and the Victorian debate; 1. Henry Hallam and early nineteenth-century Whiggism; 2. Thomas Babington Macaulay and Victorian religious controversy; 3. Puritanism and the ideology of dissent; 4. Samuel Rawson Gardiner and the search for national consensus; 5. Cromwell and the late Victorians; Epilogue: beyond the Victorians; Index. Review "...a perceptive and nuanced study of the manner in which successive generations of nineteenth-century historians interpreted the Puritan Revolution...[a] richly textured intellectual history." American Historical Review "...he [Lang] charts a course through a broad sea of biographical, intellectual, and historical particulars from the seventeenth through late nineteenth centuries without losing his readers attention...a useful addition to any undergraduate librarys history collection." Dorothy-Bundy Potter, History "This remains a valuable scholarly study, showing how one period of the past used another more distant past to forge its own identity." Doris Goldstein, Albion "Lang can congratulate himself on having added a stimulating and informative study to the historiography of Victorian historiography. He reminds us of the manner in which the preoccupations of an eras leaders appeal to the past for legitimation. Such studies become hazardous only if they imply-as Langs does not-that all works of history are equally condemned tp present-mindedness and if they deny that products of the painstaking as well as empathetic scholarship of earlier centuries may retain permanent value as foundation stones on which successors may build." Walter L. Arnstein, Victorian Studies Promotional An exploration of how leading Victorian historians interpreted the Stuart past and the era of Cromwell, first published in 1995. Review Quote "This remains a valuable scholarly study, showing how one period of the past used another more distant past to forge its own identity." Doris Goldstein, Albion Promotional "Headline" An exploration of how leading Victorian historians interpreted the Stuart past and the era of Cromwell, first published in 1995. Description for Bookstore This 1995 book explores how a group of nineteenth-century British historians came to terms with one of the formative periods in their nations past - the seventeenth century. Included are well-known figures such as Macaulay and Carlyle, who are of interest to literary scholars as well as to historians, and more specialized writers such as Henry Hallam and S. R. Gardiner. Description for Library This 1995 book explores how a group of nineteenth-century British historians came to terms with one of the formative periods in their nations past - the seventeenth century. Included are well-known figures such as Macaulay and Carlyle, who are of interest to literary scholars as well as to historians, and more specialized writers such as Henry Hallam and S. R. Gardiner. Details ISBN0521026253 Author Timothy Lang Short Title VICTORIANS & THE STUART HERITA Pages 248 Publisher Cambridge University Press Language English ISBN-10 0521026253 ISBN-13 9780521026253 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 941.060 Year 2006 Imprint Cambridge University Press Subtitle Interpretations of a Discordant Past Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Edition 1st Affiliation Dickinson College, Pennsylvania DOI 10.1604/9780521026253 UK Release Date 2006-04-27 AU Release Date 2006-04-27 NZ Release Date 2006-04-27 Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises Publication Date 2006-04-27 Alternative 9780511521423 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:91381260;

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