Henry Thomas Buckle

History of Civilization in England - Volume 1

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Published separately in 1857 and 1861, these two volumes form the set of Buckle's ambitious but unfinished history of civilisation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 884
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. August 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 51mm
• Gewicht: 1223g
• ISBN-13: 9781108036436
• ISBN-10: 1108036430
• Artikelnr.: 34162394

Autorenporträt

Henry Thomas Buckle was an English historian, and a strong amateur chess player. He is sometimes called "the Father of Scientific History".

Inhaltsangabe

1. Statement of the resources for investigating history, and proofs of the
regularity of human actions. These actions are governed by mental and
physical laws: therefore both sets of laws must be studied, and there can
be no history without the natural sciences; 2. Influence exercised by
physical laws over the organization of society, and over the character of
individuals; 3. Examination of the method employed by metaphysicians for
discovering mental laws; 4. Mental laws are either moral or intellectual.
Comparison of moral and intellectual laws, and inquiry into the effect
produced by each on the progress of society; 5. Inquiry into the influence
exercised by religion, literature, and government; 6. Origin of history,
and state of historical literature during the middle ages; 7. Outline of
the history of the English intellectual from the middle of the sixteenth to
the end of the eighteenth century; 8. Outline of the history of the French
intellect from the middle of the sixteenth century to the accession to
power of Louis XIV; 9. History of the protective spirit, and comparison of
it in France and England; 10. The energy of the protective spirit in France
explains the failure of the Fronde. Comparison between the Fronde and the
contemporary English rebellion; 11. The protective spirit carried by Louis
XIV into literature. Examination of the consequences of this alliance
between the intellectual classes and the governing classes; 12. Death of
Louis XIV. Reaction against the protective spirit, and preparations for the
French Revolution; 13. State of historical literature in France from the
end of the sixteenth to the end of the eighteenth century; 14. Proximate
causes of the French Revolution after the middle of the eighteenth century.