Machine derived contents note: Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Part I. The Formation of a View: 1. The first decade -- 2. History in time of war -- 3. English history vis--̀‰vis the Bourbons (1815-1830) -- 4. The memoirs -- 5. William Smyth -- 6. Revolution and reform (1830-1832) -- 7. The French Revolution and the romantic movement in historiography -- 8. Carlyle and the French Revolution -- 9. Between 1830 and 1848 -- 10. Studies of Robespierre -- 11. John Wilson Croker -- Part II. The Waning of a Tradition: 12. The Revolution of 1848 -- 13. 1848-1870 -- 14. English history comes of age -- 15. Lord Acton -- 16. Conclusions -- Bibliographies -- Index
