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<p>Leopold von Ranke (1795-1886), generally recognized as the founder of the school of modern critical historical scholarship, and Jacob Burckhardt (1818-1897), the great Swiss proponent of cultural interpretation, are fathers of modern history--giants of their time who continue to exert an immense influence in our own. They are usually seen as contrasts, Ranke as representative of political history and Burckhardt of cultural history. In five essays, each flowing gracefully into the next, the di
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- Author
- Gilbert, Felix
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Published
- 1990
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780691601229
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Philosophy, Humanities
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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