A History of Historical Writing

x, 436 pp. CONTENTS: The Origins of Historical Writing; Historical Writing Among the Greeks and Romans; Early Christian Historical Writing; Historical Writing During the Middle Ages; Humanism and Historical Writing; Ecclesiastical Historical Writing During the Reformation and Counter-Reformation; The Rise of Social and Cultural History: The Era of Discovery and the Growth of Rationalism; Romanticism and the Philosophy of History; Historical Writing Under the Influence of Liberalism and Nationalism; The Rise of Critical Historical Scholarship; The World War: The Fall and Rise of Historical Scholarship; Broadening the Perspective and Interests of the Historian; The Rise of Kulturgeschichte: The History of Civilization and Culture; History and Sciences of Man; The New History and the Future of Historical Writing; Index.