Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction. Racial Time -- Chapter 1. The English Teutonic Circle -- Chapter 2. Roman Decline and Teutonic Rejuvenation: The Racial German and English Gemeinschaft of Scholars (1850-90) -- Chapter 3. Racial History: The Convergence of Race and Periodization -- Chapter 4. The Unique Historical Periodization of E. A. Freeman -- Chapter 5. Teutonism and Romanism: James Bryce's Holy Roman Empire -- Chapter 6. The Illusion of Finality: Bury and the Unity of the East -- Epilogue. Values and Interests -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments
Summary
Oded Y. Steinberg argues that historical periodization converged with racial, national, and religious themes to inform the historical perception of influential English and German scholars during the second half of the nineteenth century