The History of England from the Accession of James II (Vol. 1-5) (eBook)

Thomas Babington Macaulay (Autor)

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2020
2401 Seiten
e-artnow (Verlag)
406-406638643-6 (EAN)

Infos

The History of England from the Accession of James II is the five-volume work by Lord Macaulay. It covers the 17-year period from 1685 to 1702, encompassing the reign of James II, the Glorious Revolution, the coregency of William III and Mary II, and up to William III's death. Macaulay's approach to writing the History was innovative for his period. He consciously fused the picturesque, dramatic style of classical historians such as Thucydides and Tacitus with the learned and factual approach of his 18th-century precursors such as Hume, following the plan laid out in his own 1828 "Essay on History".The History is famous for its brilliant ringing prose and for its confident, sometimes dogmatic, emphasis on a progressive model of British history. According to this view, England threw off superstition, autocracy and confusion to create a balanced constitution and a forward-looking culture combined with freedom of belief and expression.

Autor

Thomas Babington Macaulay(1800-1859) was a British historian and Whig politician. He wrote extensively as an essayist, on contemporary and historical sociopolitical subjects, and as a reviewer. His The History of England and its literary style has remained an object of praise since its publication, including subsequent to the widespread condemnation of its historical contentions which became popular in the 20th century.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.12.2020
• Verlagsort: Prague
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Neuzeit bis 1918
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
• Schlagworte: 17th-century england • 19th-Century Literature • A Song for the Dark Times • A Woman of No Importance • Battle of Brothers • British history • British Monarchy • Glorious Revolution • historical interpretation • historical narrative • Killing England • political upheaval • Princes at War • Progressive Ideology • rhetorical flourish • The Light Ages • The Serpent Sword • The Six Wives of Henry VIII • The Splendid and the Vile • Thunderstruck