Translations, Histories, Enlightenments

Translations, Histories, Enlightenments
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Total Pages : 512
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ISBN-10 : 9781137371720
ISBN-13 : 1137371722
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Download or read book Translations, Histories, Enlightenments written by L. Kontler and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-06-05 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historian and minister William Robertson was a central Scottish Enlightenment figure whose influence reached well beyond the boundaries of the British Isles. In this reception study of Robertson's work, Laszlo Kontler shows how the reception of Robertson's major histories in Germany tests the limits of intellectual transfer through translation.


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