History, Empire, and Islam: E. A. Freeman and Victorian Public Morality

by Vicky Randall

E. A. Freeman (1823-92) was Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford and an outspoken commentator on current affairs. When Freeman is remembered today, it is as the author of the six-volume History of the Norman Conquest (1867-79), celebrations of English progress, and extreme racial views.

Revisiting Freeman and drawing on previously unpublished materials, this study analyses his historical texts in relationship to the scholarly practices...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526135817
• ISBN13: 9781526135810
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"