Dr Kasper Risbjerg Eskildsen (Roskilde University, Denmark)
At the end of the 19th century, German historical scholarship had grown to great prominence. Academics around the world imitated their German colleagues. Intellectuals described historical scholarship as a foundation of the modern worldview. To many, the modern age was an ‘age of history’. This book investigates how German historical scholarship acquired this status. Modern Historiography in the Making begins with the early Enlightenment, when scholars embraced the study of the past as a modernizing project, undermining dogmatic systems of belief and promoting progressive ideals, such a...
At the end of the 19th century, German historical scholarship had grown to great prominence. Academics around the world imitated their German colleagu...
