390 Pages
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Routledge
388 Pages
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Routledge
390 Pages
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Routledge
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First published in 1964. Before the great war Sir Charles Firth used to give from time to time a course of lectures on Macaulay's History of England. When he undertook the preparation of an illustrated edition of that work, published 1913-15 in six volumes he began to revise his lectures in order to compile from them a commentary on the History. Unfortunately the task of revision was... Read more
INTRODUCTION I. THE GENESIS OF MACAULAY'S HISTORY II. MACAULAY'S CONCEPTION OF HISTORY III. MACAULAY'S METHOD IV. MACAULAY'S USE OF AUTHORITIES V. MACAULAY'S USE OF LITERATURE VI. MACAULAY'S THIRD CHAPTER VII. ARMY AND NAVY VIII. MACAULAY'S TREATMENT OF SCOTTISH HISTORY IX. MACAULAY'S TREATMENT OF IRISH HISTORY X. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS XI. MACAULAY'S ERRORS XII. MACAULAY'S CHARACTER OF JAMES II XIII. MACAULAY'S CHARACTER OF MARY XIV. MACAULAY'S CHARACTER OF WILLIAM III
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Sir Charles Harding Firth
