Inicio > Humanidades > Historia > Historia general y mundial > Critical And Historical Essays
Critical And Historical Essays

Critical And Historical Essays

Thomas Babington Macaulay

23,47 €
IVA incluido
Disponible
Editorial:
Double9 Books LLP
Año de edición:
2025
Materia
Historia general y mundial
ISBN:
9789375555148
23,47 €
IVA incluido
Disponible

Selecciona una librería:

  • Librería Samer Atenea
  • Kálamo Books
  • Librería Elías (Asturias)
  • Librería Kolima (Madrid)
  • Librería Proteo (Málaga)

Critical and historical essays Volume II offers an analytical exploration of England’s past through a series of essays that balance interpretation with reflective critique. The opening emphasizes the author’s ability to merge historical inquiry with literary insight, establishing a tone that values clarity of thought over decorative storytelling. The volume examines turning points shaped by political authority, shifting beliefs, and the moral choices of influential figures, using these moments to illustrate how power and conviction alter national direction. Rather than retelling events, the essays evaluate causes, consequences, and the underlying forces that govern change, presenting history as an evolving dialogue between institutions and individual agency. Early discussions highlight the significance of examining religious tensions, constitutional developments, and the cultural climate that framed public life, showing how ideas and governance interacted to influence collective experience. Through its measured approach, the work encourages readers to consider history not as a sequence of incidents but as a framework for understanding social behavior, intellectual movements, and the ethical currents that shape a nation.

Artículos relacionados

  • The life of Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1608 - 1666
    H C Fanshawe
    Sir Richard Fanshawe (1608-1666), was a diplomat, poet and linguist. As Ambassador to Spain and Portugal he negotiated the marriage of Charles II and Catherine of Braganza. He was also acclaimed for his poetry and his translations of Latin and European works such as the Lusiads by Luis de Camoes and Il Pastor Fido (the Faithful Shepherd) by Giovanni Battista Guarini. Sir Richar...
    Disponible

    17,51 €

  • Uniforms of Russian Army during the years 1825-1855. Vol. 3
    Aleksandr Vasilevich Viskovatov / Mark Conrad
    This volume is related to the Russian Army during the zar Nicolas Ist era, and are about the uniforms cavalry in use from 1825 to 1855. Compiled at Saint Petersburg during the year from 1837 and 1851, the Historical Description of the Clothing and Arms of the Russian Army has had an enormous impact and great importance for the study on the history of Russian costume and uniform...
    Disponible

    52,04 €

  • Archaeology and Entomology in the Eastern Mediterranean
    Eva Panagiotakopulu
    ...
    Disponible

    74,97 €

  • Luoghi e Architetture della Transizione
    Maria Antonietta Breda
    I sistemi difensivi di confine e la protezione antiaerea nelle città. Storia conservazione riuso / Border defense system and air raid protection in the cities. History conservation reuseThis book collects the papers presented at the Second International Congress on Conoscenza e valorizzazione delle opere militari moderne - Knowledge and development of modern military structures...
    Disponible

    139,91 €

  • Le mura di Bergamo e l’esercito veneto fra 500 e 600
    Luca Stefano Cristini
    Correva l'Anno del Signore 1590. Così scriveva un soddisfatto e pago Alvise Grimani, l'allora comandante veneto della piazza di Bergamo, al termine dei lavori di realizzazione degli oltre cinque chilometri di mura porte e bastioni : 'La città è tutta serrata con baluardi e i suoi membri quasi tutti terrapienati, compite le piazze, i parapetti e le traverse per coprirsi ...
    Disponible

    36,31 €

  • Psychology of Revolution
    Gustave Lebon
    The present age is not merely an epoch of discovery; it is also a period of revision of the various elements of knowledge. Having recognised that there are no phenomena of which the first cause is still accessible, science has resumed the examination of her ancient certitudes, and has proved their fragility. To-day she sees her ancient principles vanishing one by one. ...

Otros libros del autor

  • Essay on Johnson, Together With Passages From Boswell’s Johnson, and Selections From Johnson’s Works; Edited With a Life of Macaulay, Notes, Glossary, and Aids to Study
    Thomas Babington Macaulay
    'Essay on Johnson' is a comprehensive scholarly collection that brings together Lord Macaulay’s influential critique of Samuel Johnson with essential excerpts from James Boswell’s definitive biography and a curated selection of Johnson’s own writings. As one of the preeminent historians and essayists of the nineteenth century, Thomas Babington Macaulay provides a rigorous and o...
    Disponible

    25,23 €

  • Macaulay’s Life of Samuel Johnson
    Thomas Babington Macaulay
    'Macaulay’s Life of Samuel Johnson' is a masterful biographical essay by Thomas Babington Macaulay, one of the Victorian era’s most influential historians and prose stylists. In this compelling work, Macaulay examines the life, character, and enduring literary contributions of the legendary Dr. Samuel Johnson. Known primarily for his monumental 'A Dictionary of the English Lang...
    Disponible

    25,29 €

  • Historical Essays
    Thomas Babington Macaulay
    'Historical Essays' by Thomas Babington Macaulay is a definitive collection of writings by one of the nineteenth century’s most influential historians and prose stylists. These essays traverse a wide array of subjects, from the political landscapes of Great Britain and India to the lives of literary and philosophical giants. Macaulay’s work is characterized by its vivid narrati...
    Disponible

    31,91 €

  • Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review
    Thomas Babington Macaulay
    'Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review' (Part II) presents a collection of the most celebrated writings by Thomas Babington Macaulay, one of the 19th century’s most influential historians and thinkers. These essays, which originally appeared in one of the most prestigious periodicals of the Victorian era, represent a cornerstone of intellectual life and exemplif...
    Disponible

    36,34 €

  • Lays of Ancient Rome
    Thomas Babington Macaulay
    'Lays of Ancient Rome With Ivry and the Armada' is a celebrated collection of narrative poems by Thomas Babington Macaulay that breathes life into the legendary history of Rome and significant moments in European conflict. The primary section, 'Lays of Ancient Rome,' consists of stirring ballads that recount heroic episodes from the early days of the Roman Republic, including t...
    Disponible

    21,12 €

  • Literary Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review
    Thomas Babington Macaulay
    'Literary Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review' is an extensive collection of critical works by Thomas Babington Macaulay, one of the most influential Victorian historians and prose stylists. These essays, which originally reached the public through the prestigious pages of the Edinburgh Review, showcase Macaulay’s immense erudition, sharp wit, and distinctive rhetorical ...
    Disponible

    34,63 €