Historians Reconsidered: Michelet
W.F. Knapp reappraises a great historian of nineteenth century France.
Historiography
The Writing of History in China
Raymond Dawson reflects on 2,000 years of historical composition in China, beginning with Ssu-ma Ch’ien.
Historians Reconsidered: H.G. Wells
Christopher Dawson profiles the historical writing of "the last of the encyclopaedists".
Plain History and Metahistory
Max Beloff's letter addresses previous articles by Alan Bullock.
Historians Reconsidered: Froude
Sheldon van Auken on the great English historian of the Reformation.
The Problem of Metahistory
Christopher Dawson attempts to rebut the arguments previously made by Alan Bullock
Historians Reconsidered Part III: Macauley
Michael Howard introduces the most popular historian in Victorian England.
The Historian’s Purpose: History and Metahistory
Alan Bullock ruminates on the role of historians in Western society.
Theodor Mommsen, Historian of Rome, 1817-1903
Michael Grant introduces a nineteenth century historian of Rome whose work is still authoritative and valid.
Historians Reconsidered: Clarendon and the Civil War
A leading actor in the civil war, Clarendon in his History offered an interpretation of the causes of the conflict which has been much debated by later historians, as Christopher Hill discusses here.