Civilizing the English? The English histories of William of Malmesbury and David Hume.
This article has two inter-related arguments: first, that in terms of its themes and approaches William of Malmesbury's Deeds of the Kings of the English bears comparison with David Hume's History of England ; second, that in twelfth-century England the notion of a civilizing process, including the...
| Published in: | Historical Research Vol. 74; no. 183 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Feb2001
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| Summary: | This article has two inter-related arguments: first, that in terms of its themes and approaches William of Malmesbury's Deeds of the Kings of the English bears comparison with David Hume's History of England ; second, that in twelfth-century England the notion of a civilizing process, including the idea of socio-economic stages of development, was at least as prevalent as in 'early modern' England. |
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