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基本説明
Examines the work of five prominent East-Central European historians in the nineteenth century, analyzing and contrasting their body of work, their promotion of a national culture, and the contributions they made to European historiography.
Full Description
Peripheral cultures have been largely absent from the European canon of historiography. Seeking to redress the balance, Monika Baár discusses the achievements of five East-Central European historians in the nineteenth century: Joachim Lelewel (Polish); Simonas Daukantas (Lithuanian); Franti&sek Palacký (Czech); Mihály Horváth (Hungarian) and Mihail Kogălniceanu (Romanian). Comparing their efforts to promote a unified vision of national culture in their respective countries, Baár illuminates the complexities of historical writing in the region in the nineteenth century.
Drawing on previously untranslated documents, Baár reconstructs the scholars' shared intellectual background and their nationalistic aims, arguing that historians on the European periphery made significant contributions to historical writing, and had far more in common with their Western and Central European contemporaries than has been previously assumed.
Contents
Introduction ; 1. Five Biographical Profiles ; 2. Romantic Historiography in the Service of Nation-building ; 3. Institutionalization and Professionalization ; 4. Intellectual Background ; 5. Language as Medium, Language as Message ; 6. National Antiquities ; 7. Feudalism ; 8. The Golden Age ; 9. Perceptions of others and attitudes to European civilization ; Conclusion ; Bibliography
