Part 1. Greece -- Part 2. Rome -- Part 3. Christendom -- Part 4. The revival of secular history -- 5. Studying the past
Summary
"The book also aims to change our perceptions of the main turning points in the history of history. It dispels persistent myths, such as that the ancient historians wrote only contemporary history and had a purely cyclical view of time, that the eighteenth century lacked understanding of the past and that the critical study of sources began only with Ranke in the nineteenth century. The ideas that historians have had about both their own times and their civilization emerge freshly and often unexpectedly. "--Website
Notes
Includes index
Bibliography
Bibliography: pages 520-536
Notes
Long listed for the Cundill Prize in Historical Literature, 2009
