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This book is an extended version of the Wiles lectures given at the Queen's University, Belfast, in 1954. It illustrates the rise, scope, methods and objectives of the history of historiography. The topics selected for discussion give a general outline of the modern historical movement from the mid-eighteenth century to the contribution of Lord Acton in the late nineteenth century.Butterfield, Herbert is the author of 'Man on His Past', published 1969 under ISBN 9780521095679 and ISBN 0521095670.
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