The life and thought of Herbert Butterfield : history, science, and God

Publication Data

• Title The life and thought of Herbert Butterfield : history, science, and God
• Author Michael Bentley
• Publisher Cambridge University Press
• Publication date 2011
• Publication location Cambridge
• Language English

Contents

pt. 1. Private Intellectual, 1900-1945
Brontë country
Peterhouse and Princeton
Love, marriage, and "the sex question"
Thinking man's historian
European civilization and the Third Reich
Wartime ambiguities
pt. 2. Contours of an original mind
Science
God
History
pt. 3. Public intellectual, 1945-1979
Height of his powers
From history to historiography
From diplomatic history to international relations
From autumn to winter.

Topics

• Butterfield, Herbert, 1900-1979 :: Political and social views
• Butterfield, Herbert, 1900-1979 :: Religion
• Butterfield, Herbert, 1900-1979
• Historians :: Great Britain :: Biography
• Intellectuals :: Great Britain :: Biography
• Historiography :: History :: 20th century
• Science :: Historiography
• International relations :: Philosophy
• History :: Religious aspects :: Christianity
• Europe :: Historiography
• Europe

The life and thought of Herbert Butterfield : history, science, and God by Michael Bentley. ISBN 9781107003972. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.