What was History?: The Art of History in Early Modern Europe
- ISBN-10
- 0521874351
- ISBN-13
- 9780521874359
- Series
- What Was History?
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 319
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-03-01
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Author
- Anthony Grafton
Description
One of the world's leading cultural historians on writing about history in early modern Europe.
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- 2012-03-29
- 330 pages
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- 2012-03-29
- 330 pages
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- 2007-03-01
- 330 pages
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