Description:
Regarded as the father of 'Cultural History', Burckhardt's Judgements on History and Historians is an ambitious work written at a time when Europe was at the height of its power and confidence as a cultural and political force.
Review Quotes:
'Unlike other 'universal historians, ' Burckhardt never closed his mind to new possibilities. He imposed no system on history. He believed, with all the real 'liberals, ' ultimately in the freedom of the human will.' - Hugh Trevor-Roper
'Unlike other universal historians Burckhardt never closed his mind to new possibilities... Some tools for thinking, and the cultivation of an attitude of respect and wonder towards the heroic people who shaped history are what you get from this book.' - Andrew Vass, SATH: History Teaching Review