Hellenism, Hebraism, and Heathenism in Nineteenth-Century England: Connop Thirlwall, George Grote, and the religions of antiquity
Dr Brian Young
Professor of Intellectual History
Christ Church
01865 (2)76156
British intellectual and religious history; the Victorians and the eighteenth century; Historiography
Featured Publication
Co-edited with Richard Whatmore, A Companion to Intellectual History (Chichester, John Wiley & Sons, 2016)
A Companion to Intellectual History provides an in–depth survey of the practice of intellectual history as a discipline. Forty newly–commissioned chapters showcase leading global research with broad coverage of every aspect of intellectual history as it is currently practiced.
- Presents an in–depth survey of recent research and practice of intellectual history
- Written in a clear and accessible manner, designed for an international audience
- Surveys the various methodologies that have arisen and the main historiographical debates that concern intellectual historians
- Pays special attention to contemporary controversies, providing readers with the most current overview of the field
- Demonstrates the ways in which intellectual historians have contributed to the history of science and medicine, literary studies, art history and the history of political thought
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