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Constantinople
"Where ocean bathes earth's footstool these sea-bowers Bedeck its solid wavelets: wise was he Who blended shore with deep, with seaweed flowers, And Naiads' rivulets with Nereids' sea."Strictly speaking the peninsula on which the city stands is of the form of a trapezium. It juts out into the sea, beating back as it were the fierce waves of the Bosphorus, and forcing them to turn aside from their straight course and widen into the Sea of Marmora, which the ancients called the Propontis, narrowing again as it forces its way between the near banks of the Hellespont, which rise abrupt and arid from the European side, and slope gently away in Asia to the foot of Mount Ida. Northwards there is th...
Constantinople
In his evocative work "Constantinople," William Holden Hutton delves into the multifaceted history and cultural tapestry of one of the world's most significant cities. Employing a lyrical style that marries meticulous historical detail with vivid imagery, Hutton transport readers to the Byzantine past, capturing the city's sensory experiences and cultural dichotomies. Through a reflective narrative, he brings to life the political intrigues, religious transformations, and the interplay of diverse civilizations that shaped Constantinople, all while situating his exploration within the broader context of European history and its geographical significance. William Holden Hutton's rich academic ...
Constantinople
Constantinople: The Story of the Old Capital of the Empire by William Holden Hutton
Reimagining the Historian in Victorian England
What constitutes a historian? What skills and qualities should a historian cultivate? Who is entitled to define historians’ “physiognomy”? Victorians sought to answer these questions as history transformed from a Romantic literary pursuit into a modern discipline during the second half of the nineteenth century. This book offers a novel interpretation of this critical historiographical period by tracing how historians forged themselves a collective scholarly persona that legitimized their new disciplinary status. By combining historiography and book history, Elise Garritzen argues that historians appropriated titles, prefaces, footnotes, and other paratexts as an institutionalized spac...
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