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Once recalled only for The Whig Interpretation of History (1931) and Christianity and History (1949), Sir Herbert Butterfield's contribution to western culture has undergone an astonishing revaluation over the past twenty years. What has been left out of this reappraisal is the man himself. Yet the force of Butterfield's writings is weakened without some knowledge of the man behind them: his temperament, contexts and personal torments. Previous authors have been unable to supply a rounded portrait for lack of available material, particularly a dearth of sources for the crucial period before the outbreak of war in 1939. Michael Bentley's original, startling biography draws on sources never seen before. They enable him to present a new Butterfield, one deeply troubled by self-doubt, driven by an urgent sexuality and plagued by an unending tension between history, science and God in a mind as hard and cynical as it was loving and charitable.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
1107411424
ISBN-13
9781107411425
eBay Product ID (ePID)
117284973

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Author
Michael Bentley
Publication Name
Life and Thought of Herbert Butterfield : History, Science and God
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
398 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
18.8 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
D15
Reviews
Review of the hardback: 'â€¦ Bentley displays exemplary patience, tact and imagination in reconstructing his subject's personality and thinking, as much from scrappy and inconclusive jottings as from conventional records such as letters and diaries.' Times Literary Supplement, Review of the hardback: 'Butterfield's 'thought' is expertly explored, especially in the unsignposted decade after his Whig Interpretation of History (1931).' Church Times, 'â€¦ an excellent, revealing, entertaining and well-written account of one of the twentieth century's major historians.' Frank A. J. L. James, The British Journal for the History of Science, Review of the hardback: '[Professor] Bentley excels in reconstructing Butterfield's contributions to the history of science, to historiography and to the relationship among belief, analysis and the writing of history by showing how all three influenced one another ... Bentley has done the reputation of Butterfield the man and the writer on history good service and has given us a portrait that is full of understanding.' Contemporary Review, Review of the hardback: '[Professor] Bentley excels in reconstructing Butterfield's contributions to the history of science, to historiography and to the relationship among belief, analysis and the writing of history by showing how all three influenced one another â€¦ Bentley has done the reputation of Butterfield the man and the writer on history good service and has given us a portrait that is full of understanding.' Contemporary Review, Review of the hardback: 'Butterfield was a great figure during his lifetime: Regius Professor of History, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge and Master of Peterhouse â€¦ Bentley provides a sympathetic although not uncritical account of Butterfield's life, a gallant attempt to resurrect a historian most of whose books will never be opened again.' Times Higher Education, Review of the hardback: 'An exceptional book â€¦ This is a very fine work of historical scholarship. If Cambridge University Press books are available in heaven (could it be heaven without them?) then Herbert Butterfield should feel vindicated, and deeply grateful for such a remarkable biographer.' Reform Magazine, Review of the hardback: 'Michael Bentley has written a fascinating study of Herbert Butterfield.' Jonathan Haslam, The Guardian, Review of the hardback: '... Bentley displays exemplary patience, tact and imagination in reconstructing his subject's personality and thinking, as much from scrappy and inconclusive jottings as from conventional records such as letters and diaries.' Times Literary Supplement, Review of the hardback: 'Butterfield was a great figure during his lifetime: Regius Professor of History, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge and Master of Peterhouse ... Bentley provides a sympathetic although not uncritical account of Butterfield's life, a gallant attempt to resurrect a historian most of whose books will never be opened again.' Times Higher Education, Review of the hardback: 'An exceptional book ... This is a very fine work of historical scholarship. If Cambridge University Press books are available in heaven (could it be heaven without them?) then Herbert Butterfield should feel vindicated, and deeply grateful for such a remarkable biographer.' Reform Magazine, Review of the hardback: 'Professor Michael Bentley's book makes [a] significant contribution to the Butterfield legacy â€¦ and has made certain that Butterfield's reputation as a historian and historiographer will be honoured for some time to come.' Ed Standhaft, Methodist Recorder
Table of Content
Part I. Private Intellectual, 1900-45: 1. Bronte country; 2. Peterhouse and Princeton; 3. Love, marriage and 'the sex question'; 4. Thinking man's historian; 5. European civilisation and the Third Reich; 6. Wartime ambiguities; Part II. Contours of an Original Mind: 7. Science; 8. God; 9. History; Part III. Public Intellectual, 1945-79: 10. Height of his powers; 11. From history to historiography; 12. From diplomatic history to international relations; 13. From autumn to winter.
Copyright Date
2012
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Europe / Great Britain / General, Historical
Dewey Decimal
907.2/02 B
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History

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