French Historians and Romanticism

French Historians and Romanticism

Taylor & Francis

Examines the way in which the past was rediscovered, retrieved and represented in post-revolutionary France, concentrating upon the Restoration and the July Monarchy. > The French Revolution had a profound influence on perceptions of the past as well as setting the agenda for modern political culture. This book examines the ways in which the past was rediscovered, retrieved and represented in post-revolutionary France, concentrating upon the Restoration and the July Monarchy, the period which witnessed the promotion of history as a grand discourse of legitimation. > 1. Introduction: History and the Post-revolutionary Context 2. Augustin Thierry (1795-1856) and the Project of National History 3. Francois Guizot (1787-1874) and the Liberal History: The Concept of Civilisation 4. The Historical Vision of Saint Simon (1760-1825) and the Saint-Simonians (1825-1832) 5. Edgar Quinet (1803-1875): History, Nature and Religion 6. Jules Michelet (1798-1874): History as Resurrection 7s

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