Commentary on Macaulay's History of England / Edition 1

by Sir Charles Harding Firth

Overview

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 interrupted during the war and never resumed except to publish two articles, on Macaulay's Third Chapter1 and Macaulay's Treatment of Scottish History,2 which form chapters vi and viii of this book. Collated in this volume are these works and also commentary whose object is not merely to criticise the statements made by Macaulay and the point of view adopted by him, but also to show the extent to which his conclusions had been invalidated or confirmed by later writers who had devoted their attention to particular parts of his subject, or by the new documentary materials published during the last sixty years.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780714614755
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/27/1964
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	388
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Sir Charles Harding Firth

Table of Contents

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