JUDGMENTS ON HISTORY AND HISTORIANS

Renownedforhis'CivilizationoftheRenaissanceinItaly'and'ReflectionsonHistory',JacobBurckhardt(1818-97)hasbeendescribedas"themostcivilisedhistorianofthenineteenthcentury"."JudgmentsonHistoryandHistorians"consistsofrecordscollectedbyEmilDurrfromBurckhardt'slecturenotesforhistorycoursesattheUniversityofBaselfrom1865to1885.The149briefsectionsspanfiveeras:Antiquity,theMiddleAges,Historyfrom1450to1598,theHistoryoftheSeventeenthandEighteenthCenturies,andtheAgeofRevolution.