French Historians and Romanticism

• 1. Introduction: History and the Post-revolutionary Context 2. Augustin Thierry (1795-1856) and the Project of National History 3. Francois Guizot (1787-1874) and the Liberal History: The Concept of Civilisation 4. The Historical Vision of Saint Simon (1760-1825) and the Saint-Simonians (1825-1832) 5. Edgar Quinet (1803-1875): History, Nature and Religion 6. Jules Michelet (1798-1874): History as Resurrection 7. Conclusion

` ... important and illuminating book ...' - Douglas Johnson, Times Literary Supplement`French Historians and Romanticism is a subtle and revealing study of ideas about History shared and contested by leading liberal historians. ... There are major strengths in Crossley's book which make it a required text for University and State libraries and a valuable source for readers interested in French historiography, Romanticism and liberalism.' - John Hooper, Journal of European Studies