The life of William Robertson : minister, historian and principal /

The life of William Robertson : minister, historian and principal /

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Author / Creator:	Smitten, Jeffrey R., author.
Imprint:	Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2017] ©2017
Description:	viii, 268 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Robertson, William, -- 1721-1793. Robertson, William, -- 1721-1793. Historians -- Scotland -- Biography. Clergy -- Scotland -- Biography. Clergy. Historians. Scotland. Biographies. Biography.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11004487

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ISBN:	9780748646104 0748646108 9780748646111 9781474404853
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-259) and index.
Summary:	A prominent figure in the Scottish Enlightenment, William Robertson differed from his better-known contemporaries, such as Voltaire, Hume and Gibbon, because he used the critical tools of the Enlightenment not to attack religion but to strengthen it. As a historian, he helped shape 18th-century historiography. As a minister of the Church of Scotland, he sought to make the church fit for a polite age. And, as principal of the University of Edinburgh, he presided over a flourishing of intellectual inquiry in the midst of the Enlightenment. But despite his European fame, he was a controversial figure. Drawing extensively on his unpublished correspondence, Jeffrey Smitten captures both the man and his work in his own words. By foregrounding Robertson's religious outlook, he offers a more contextualized and nuanced interpretation of his motives, intentions, as well as his beliefs than we have had before.

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