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Time's Witness - History in the Age of Romanticism (Hardcover): Rosemary Hill

Time's Witness - History in the Age of Romanticism (Hardcover)

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From the Wolfson Prize-winning author of God's Architect: Pugin and the Building of Romantic Britain Between the fall of the Bastille in 1789 and the opening of the Great Exhibition in 1851, history changed. The grand narratives of the Enlightenment, concerned with kings and statesmen, gave way to a new interest in the lives of ordinary people. Oral history, costume history, the history of food and furniture, of Gothic architecture, theatre and much else were explored as never before. Antiquarianism, the study of the material remains of the past, was not new, but now hundreds of men - and some women - became antiquaries and set about rediscovering their national history, in Britain, France and Germany. The Romantic age valued facts, but it also valued imagination and it brought both to the study of history. Among its achievements were the preservation of the Bayeux Tapestry, the analysis and dating of Gothic architecture, and the first publication of Beowulf. It dispelled old myths, and gave us new ones: Shakespeare's birthplace, clan tartans and the arrow in Harold's eye are among their legacies. From scholars to imposters the dozen or so antiquaries at the heart of this book show us history in the making.

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Imprint: Allen Lane
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: August 2021
Authors: Rosemary Hill
Dimensions: 240 x 162 x 38mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 416
ISBN-13: 978-1-84614-312-0
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > Theory & methods > Historiography
Books > Humanities > History > European history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > European history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > Theory & methods > Historiography
LSN: 1-84614-312-8
Barcode: 9781846143120

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