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Writing history in the community of St Cuthbert, c.700-1130 : from Bede to Symeon of Durham
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ISBN: 1787448673 1903153948 Year: 2020 Publisher: York : York University Press,


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Newton and the origin of civilization
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ISBN: 128385127X 1400845181 9781400845187 9781283851275 9780691154787 0691154783 Year: 2013 Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press,

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Isaac Newton's Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended, published in 1728, one year after the great man's death, unleashed a storm of controversy. And for good reason. The book presents a drastically revised timeline for ancient civilizations, contracting Greek history by five hundred years and Egypt's by a millennium. Newton and the Origin of Civilization tells the story of how one of the most celebrated figures in the history of mathematics, optics, and mechanics came to apply his unique ways of thinking to problems of history, theology, and mythology, and of how his radical ideas produced an uproar that reverberated in Europe's learned circles throughout the eighteenth century and beyond. Jed Buchwald and Mordechai Feingold reveal the manner in which Newton strove for nearly half a century to rectify universal history by reading ancient texts through the lens of astronomy, and to create a tight theoretical system for interpreting the evolution of civilization on the basis of population dynamics. It was during Newton's earliest years at Cambridge that he developed the core of his singular method for generating and working with trustworthy knowledge, which he applied to his study of the past with the same rigor he brought to his work in physics and mathematics. Drawing extensively on Newton's unpublished papers and a host of other primary sources, Buchwald and Feingold reconcile Isaac Newton the rational scientist with Newton the natural philosopher, alchemist, theologian, and chronologist of ancient history.

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Public opinion --- Civilization, Ancient --- Chronology, Historical --- Philosophers --- Scientists --- Opinion, Public --- Perception, Public --- Popular opinion --- Public perception --- Public perceptions --- Judgment --- Social psychology --- Attitude (Psychology) --- Focus groups --- Reputation --- Ancient civilization --- Annals --- Dates (Chronology) --- Historical chronology --- History --- World history --- Philosophy. --- Newton, Isaac, --- Public opinion. --- Europe --- Intellectual life --- Philosophy --- Newton, Izaak, --- Niu-tun, --- Nʹi︠u︡ton, Isaak, --- Niutun, Yisake, --- Niyu̇ton, Isak, --- Nyuṭon, Ayzaḳ, --- Nyuṭon, Ayziḳ, --- ניוטאן, אייזאק, --- ניוטון, אייזק --- ניוטון, אייזיק --- 牛頓, --- 牛頓, 伊萨克, --- Vie intellectuelle --- Sciences et civilisation --- Science and civilization --- Histoire. --- History. --- Newton, Isaac --- Physicists --- Physiciens --- Philosophes --- Chronologie historique --- Civilisation ancienne --- Opinion publique --- Biography. --- Biographie --- Histoire --- Philosophie --- Aegyptiaca of Manetho. --- Antonio Conti. --- Arthur Bedford. --- Bible. --- Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms. --- Church history. --- Etienne Souciet. --- France. --- Genesis. --- Greek idolatry. --- HookeЈevelius controversy. --- Isaac Newton. --- Jean Du Temps. --- Johannes Hevelius. --- John Senex. --- Marmor Parium. --- Original of Monarchies. --- Persika of Ctesias of Cnidus. --- Robert Hooke. --- Royal dispensation. --- Scripture. --- The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms. --- Trinity College. --- Trojan War. --- alchemist. --- alchemy. --- ancient civilization. --- ancient empires. --- ancient history. --- ancient prophecies. --- anti-Trinitarianism. --- antiquity. --- astronomical chronology. --- astronomical data. --- astronomical tools. --- astronomy. --- calculation. --- cardinal points. --- chronological studies. --- chronologist. --- chronology. --- civilization. --- evolution. --- globes. --- heresy. --- heretic. --- historical knowledge. --- historical texts. --- holy orders. --- learning. --- mathematics. --- measurement. --- mechanics. --- monarchy. --- natural knowledge. --- natural philosopher. --- nineteenth century. --- optics. --- ordination. --- perception. --- population dynamics. --- population growth. --- population. --- publication. --- radical ideas. --- science. --- scientists. --- seventeenth century. --- theologian. --- theology. --- words.

Romancing the past : the rise of vernacular prose historiography in thirteenth-century France
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ISBN: 0520077105 0520089359 0520915569 0585231192 9780520915565 9780585231198 9780520077102 9780520089358 Year: 1993 Volume: 23 Publisher: Berkeley, California : University of California Press,

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In a poststructuralist study of thirteenth-century French historical texts, Gabrielle Spiegel investigates the reasons for the rise of French vernacular prose historiography at this particular time. She argues that the vernacular prose histories that have until now been regarded as royalist were actually products of the aristocracy, reflecting its anxiety as it faced social and economic change and political threats from the monarchy.

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Fiction --- History as a science --- Old French literature --- anno 1200-1299 --- France --- -French prose literature --- French prose literature --- -Romances --- -Literature and history --- Historiography --- -History and literature --- History and poetry --- Poetry and history --- Historical criticism --- History --- Chivalric romances --- Chivalry --- Courtly romances --- French romances --- Medieval romances --- Romances, French --- Romans courtois --- History and criticism --- Roman influences --- Authorship --- Criticism --- Rome --- Pʻŭrangsŭ --- Frankrig --- Francja --- Frant︠s︡ii︠a︡ --- Prantsusmaa --- Francia (Republic) --- Tsarfat --- Tsorfat --- Franḳraykh --- Frankreich --- Fa-kuo --- Faguo --- Франция --- French Republic --- République française --- Peurancih --- Frankryk --- Franse Republiek --- Francland --- Frencisc Cynewīse --- فرنسا --- Faransā --- Franza --- Republica Franzesa --- Gallia (Republic) --- Hyãsia --- Phransiya --- Fransa --- Fransa Respublikası --- Franse --- Францыя --- Frantsyi︠a︡ --- Французская Рэспубліка --- Frantsuzskai︠a︡ Rėspublika --- Parancis --- Pransya --- Franis --- Francuska --- Republika Francuska --- Bro-C'hall --- Френска република --- Frenska republika --- França --- República Francesa --- Pransiya --- Republikang Pranses --- Γαλλία --- Gallia --- Γαλλική Δημοκρατία --- Gallikē Dēmokratia --- فرانسه --- Farānsah --- צרפת --- רפובליקה הצרפתית --- Republiḳah ha-Tsarfatit --- פראנקרייך --- 法国 --- 法蘭西共和國 --- Falanxi Gongheguo --- フランス --- Furansu --- フランス共和国 --- Furansu Kyōwakoku --- Francija --- Ranska --- Frankrike --- -Historiography. --- Historiography. --- Literature and history --- Romances --- History and literature --- French literature --- Literature, Medieval --- France (Provisional government, 1944-1946) --- Literature and history. --- French Literature --- Romance Literatures --- Languages & Literatures --- History and criticism. --- Roman influences. --- Prose française --- Roman courtois --- Littérature et histoire --- Historiographie --- Histoire et critique --- Influence romaine --- Histoire --- 프랑스 --- Falanxi --- Fa-lan-hsi --- 法蘭西 --- Frankrijk --- Frant︠s︡ --- Франц --- Frant︠s︡ Uls --- Франц Улс --- French prose literature - To 1500 - History and criticism. --- French prose literature - Roman influences. --- Romances - History and criticism. --- Historiography - France. --- 13th century french history. --- 13th century french literature. --- ancient history. --- aristocracy. --- disengagement. --- economic change. --- european literature. --- france. --- french literature. --- french vernacular. --- heroic. --- historical setting. --- historical texts. --- historiography. --- lucan. --- medieval literary criticism. --- monarchy. --- new historicism. --- pharsalia. --- political threats. --- politics of the past. --- politics. --- poststructuralism. --- prose. --- pseudo turpin. --- reconciliation. --- royal history. --- royalist. --- social change. --- studies in cultural poetics.

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