The Role of Ireland in the Life of Leopold Von Ranke (1795-1886) [electronic resource] : The Historian and Historical Truth

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boldt, Andreas D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--Historiography.

Historiography.

Ireland--Historiography.

Ranke, Leopold von, 1795-1886.

Ireland.

Great Britain.

Ranke, Leopold von.

Local Subjects:

Great Britain--Historiography.

Historiography.

Ireland--Historiography.

Ranke, Leopold von, 1795-1886.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

The Role of Ireland in the Life of Leopold Von Ranke (1795-1886)

Role of Ireland in the Life of Leopold Von Ranke

Place of Publication:

Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book investigates Leopold von Ranke's concept of objectivity by looking at his private life and how it influenced his historical writing, primarily in regards to his marriage, examining his treatment of Irish history as contrasted with his account of English history. His wedding to Clarissa Graves, an Irish woman, in 1843 not only changed his whole life, it also influenced the writing of his books. Hundreds of spontaneous letters of Clarissa to her relatives in England and Ireland contain details of contacts, meetings, information on documents that were copied in archives, descriptions of

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Family Background of Leopold Ranke and Clarissa Graves before 1843; The Ranke family; The Graves family; Chapter 2: The Ranke family (1843-86); Marriage and life in Berlin 1843-47; Revolution and personal losses 1848-53; Establishment of the Ranke salon 1854-64; Ranke's trip to England and Ireland 1865; German Unification and death of Clarissa von Ranke 1866-71; The relationship between the Rankes and Graves after 1871

Chapter 3: The writing of Ranke's History of EnglandChapter 4: Irish History in Ranke's History of England; Ranke's History of England; The writing of Irish history in the context of English history; Ranke's writing of Irish history in two other works: History of the Popes and Universal History; Chapter 5: Ranke's use of language and sources; Chapter 6: Ranke's treatment of Irish history compared with that of Macaulay, Froude and Lecky; Macaulay: History of England; Froude: The English in Ireland; Lecky: History of Ireland; The writing of Irish history; Conclusion; Appendices

Appendix 1: Marginalia and annotations in books from Ranke's LibraryAppendix 2: Bibliography of books in Ranke's private library dealing with English or Irish history; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-7734-1202-6

OCLC:

799764542