The Writing of History and the Study of Law (Variorum Collected Studies)

This second volume of essays by Professor Kelley takes the study of history as its starting point, then extends explorations into adjacent fields of legal, political, and social thought to confront some of the larger questions of the modern human sciences. The first group of papers examine the historiography of the Protestant Reformation and then of the Romantic and Victorian periods; the last section focuses on the legal tradition and its interpretation in relation to social and cultural, as well as historical thought, in the period from the Renaissance to the French Revolution. Throughout, the author’s interest is to analyse how people at different times have viewed their past - and reconstructed and utilised it in the service of their present concerns. Cover Series Half Title Title Copyright Contents Introduction Acknowledgements Part One: Early Modern History I Humanism and History II Tacitus Noster: The Germania in the Renaissance and Reformation III Johann Sleidan and the Origins of History as a Profession IV History as a Calling: The Case of La Popelinière V Martyrs, Myths, and the Massacre: The Background of St Bartholomew VI History and the Encyclopedia Part Two: Modern History VII Ancient Verses on New Ideas: Legal Tradition and the French Historical School VIII Mythistory in the Age of Ranke IX Robert Flint, Historian of Ideas X The Science of Anthropology: An Essay on the Very Old Marx Part Three: History and the Law XI "Second Nature": The Idea of Custom in European Law, Society, and Culture XII Civil Science in the Renaissance: The Problem of Interpretation XIII Jurisconsultus Perfectus: The Lawyer as Renaissance Man XIV Men of Law and the French Revolution Index Humanism And History -- Tacitus Noster: The Germania In The Renaissance And Reformation -- Johann Sleidan And The Origins Of History As A Profession -- History As A Calling: The Case Of La Popelinière -- Martyrs, Myths, And The Massacre: The Background Of St. Bartholomew -- History And The Encyclopedia -- Ancient Verses On New Ideas: Legal Tradition And The French Historical School -- Mythistory In The Age Of Ranke -- Robert Flint, Historian Of Ideas -- The Science Of Anthropology: An Essay On The Very Old Marx -- Second Nature: The Idea Of Custom In European Law, Society, And Culture -- Civil Science In The Renaissance: The Problem Of Interpretation -- Jurisconsultus Perfectus: The Lawyer As Renaissance Man -- Men Of Law And The French Revolution. Donald R. Kelley. This Second Selection Of Articles Continues ... 'history, Law And The Human Sciences' (variorum, 1981) -- P. [vii] Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This collection of essays takes the study of history as a starting point, and extends the exploration into adjacent fields of legal, political, and social thought - confronting some of the larger questions of the modern human sciences, and issues of intellectual, cultural, and political history.