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Zusatztext [an] entertaining and illuminating volume of essays Informationen zum Autor G.A. Bremner works at School of Architecture, University of Edinburgh. Jonathan Conlin is at University of Southampton. Klappentext Freeman was an idiosyncratic and imaginative polymath who saw past and present as interwoven and had a gift for bringing history alive. A colourful and outspoken Victorian, he provides a historical context for current debates on multi-culturalism, race, and national identity. This volume fills an important gap in the history of Victorian thought. Zusammenfassung Freeman was an idiosyncratic and imaginative polymath who saw past and present as interwoven and had a gift for bringing history alive. A colourful and outspoken Victorian, he provides a historical context for current debates on multi-culturalism, race, and national identity. This volume fills an important gap in the history of Victorian thought. Inhaltsverzeichnis I Introduction 1: G. A. Bremner and Jonathan Conlin: 1066 And All That: E. A. Freeman and the Importance of Being Memorable II Faith in History 2: James Kirby: From Tractarian to Democrat: the Intellectual Formation of E. A. Freeman 3: Colm O'Siochru: 'Edward Semper Augustus': Freeman on Rome, the Papacy, and the Unity of History 4: Michael Ledger-Lomas: An Erastian Descent: History and Establishment in the Thought of Arthur Penrhyn Stanley and E.A. Freeman III Travelling through Time 5: William Aird: 'Seeing Things With Our Own Eyes': E. A. Freeman's Historical Travels 6: Jonathan Conlin: The Consolations of Amero-Teutonism: E. A. Freeman's Tour of the United States, 1881-2 7: William Kelley: Past History and Present Politics: E. A. Freeman and the Eastern Question IV The Fabric of History 8: Chris Miele: E. A. Freeman and the Culture of Gothic Revival 9: Christine Dade-Robertson: Architecture as Evidence: E. A. Freeman and Harold's Church 10: G.A. Bremner: E. A. Freeman and G. G. Scott: An Episode in the Influence of Ideas V Race and Empire 11: Theodore Koditschek: A Liberal Descent? E.A. Freeman's Invention of Racial Traditions 12: Duncan Bell: Alter Orbis: E. A. Freeman on Empire and Racial Destiny VI The Science of History 13: Judith Green: E. A. Freeman and his History of the Norman Conquest 14: Ian Hesketh: Fanatical Hatred or Brotherly Love? Rethinking E. A. Freeman's Feud with J. A. Froude 15: Herman Paul: Habits of Thought and Judgement: E. A. Freeman on Historical Methods VII Conclusion 16: H. S. Jones: Historical Mindedness and the World at Large: E. A. Freeman as Public Intellectual ...
