The Past and the Present Revisited

ISBN-13: 9780710211934 / Angielski / Miękka / 1987 / 456 str.

Lawrence Stone

Opis

This fascinating book describes an 'heroic phase' in the writing of history - the last thirty years.

Spis treści

Part 1 Historiography; Chapter 1 History and the social sciences in the twentieth century; Chapter 2 Prosopography; Chapter 3 The revival of narrative: reflections on a new old history; Part 2 The emergence of the modern world; Chapter 4 The Reformation; Chapter 5 Terrible times: the 1530s; Chapter 6 Revolution and reaction; Chapter 7 The crisis of the seventeenth century; Chapter 8 Magic, religion and reason; Chapter 9 Catholicism; Chapter 10 Puritanism; Chapter 11 Court and Country; Chapter 12 The new eighteenth century; Chapter 13 The Law; Chapter 14 The university; Chapter 15 Madness; Chapter 16 Homicide and violence; Chapter 17 Children and the family; Chapter 18 Love; Chapter 19 Sexuality; Chapter 20 Old age; Chapter 21 Death;

O autorze

Since 1963 Lawrence Stone has been Dodge Professor of History at Princeton University. He was Chairman of the Department of History from 1967 to 1970, and in 1968 was appointed Director of the newly-established Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies. Professor Stone is a member of the Editorial Board of Past and Present, and the author of numerous books, including The Crisis of the Aristocracy 1558–1641 (Oxford University Press), Family, Sex and Marriage in England 1500–1800 (Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Penguin) and The Causes of the English Revolution 1529–1642 (Routledge & Kegan Paul; Ark paperbacks).