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Herbert Butterfield and the Interpretation of History

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  • © 2005

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Authors:
  1. Keith C. Sewell

    1. Department of History, Dordt College, USA

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Part of the book series: Studies in Modern History (SMH)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Keith C. Sewell
    Pages 1-15

  3. The Romantic Imagination

    • Keith C. Sewell
    Pages 16-29

  4. Butterfield’s Critique of the Whig Interpretation

    • Keith C. Sewell
    Pages 30-47

  5. Butterfield’s Critique of Acton

    • Keith C. Sewell
    Pages 48-62

  6. Machiavelli and the English Tradition

    • Keith C. Sewell
    Pages 63-80

  7. Expository Historiography

    • Keith C. Sewell
    Pages 81-93

  8. Providence

    • Keith C. Sewell
    Pages 94-111

  9. Technical History

    • Keith C. Sewell
    Pages 112-129

  10. Butterfield’s Critique of Interpretations

    • Keith C. Sewell
    Pages 130-147

  11. The Three Ways or Levels of History

    • Keith C. Sewell
    Pages 148-164

  12. The Wiles Lectures

    • Keith C. Sewell
    Pages 165-180

  13. Butterfield’s Critique of Namier

    • Keith C. Sewell
    Pages 181-197

  14. Challenges and Resolutions

    • Keith C. Sewell
    Pages 198-212

  15. Conclusions

    • Keith C. Sewell
    Pages 213-216

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 217-280
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About this book

This book examines successive stages in the development of the thought of Sir Herbert Butterfield in relation to fundamental issues in the science of history. In a carefully nuanced way it lays bare the unspoken motivations and hidden tensions in Butterfield's debate with himself and with a host of contemporary historians in the period between 1924-79.

Reviews

'...intensely relevant to reflection about the historical discipline and the humanities in general... It deftly handles the twists and turns in Butterfield's emerging overall conception' - Professor Harry Van Dyke, Redeemer University College, Ontario, Canada

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of History, Dordt College, USA

    Keith C. Sewell

About the author

KEITH SEWELL was born in London in 1944. Since 1969 he has lived in Australia or New Zealand. He has taught history for Deakin University and Presbyterian Ladies' College, Victoria, Australia. He moved to the USA in 1998 and is currently Professor of History at Dordt College, Sioux Center, Iowa. He is married with two sons.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Herbert Butterfield and the Interpretation of History

  • Authors: Keith C. Sewell

  • Series Title: Studies in Modern History

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230000933

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2005

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-3928-9Published: 13 January 2005

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-51978-1Published: 01 January 2005

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-00093-3Published: 13 January 2005

  • Series ISSN: 2946-2053

  • Series E-ISSN: 2946-2061

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 280

  • Topics: European History, Modern History, Historiography and Method

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