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Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper

Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper Books

Baron Dacre

Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper was a renowned British historian and writer, known for his research on British history. He was born on January 15, 1914, and passed away on January 26, 2003. Trevor-Roper is best known for his in-depth studies of the Tudor period and the reign of Elizabeth I, and his works have had a profound impact on historical understanding.

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“Summation of Leviathan: "The axiom, fear; the method, logic; the conclusion, despotism."”

History Logic Method Conclusion Despotism Axioms Leviathan

Author:Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper

“History is not merely what happened. It is what happened in the context of what might have happened.”

Book:History & imagination: essays in honour of H. R. Trevor-Roper

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“"Historians of every generation, I believe, unless they are pure antiquarians, see history against the background - the controlling background - of current events. They call upon it to explain the problems of their own time, to give to those problems a philosophical context, a continuum in which they may be reduced to proportion and perhaps made intelligible."”

Giving Believe May Made Problem I Believe History Generations Events Pure Philosophical Currents Backgrounds Proportion Historian Continuum Current Events

Author:Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper

“The victory of liberalism enables them to sue their victors.”

History Victory Liberalism

Author:Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper

“The function of genius is not to give new answers, but to pose new questions which time and mediocrity can resolve.”

Giving Science Answers Learning Genius Function Programming Resolve Mediocrity

Book:Historical Essays

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“To find agreements in one's minority opinions is one of the great pleasures of reading.”

Reading Pleasure Opinion Argument Minorities Agreement Pleasure Of Reading

Author:Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper

“... the death of the spirit which threatens every man unless he is conscious of the danger and has a real purpose which can keep it alive and enable it to thrust its way through the choking weeds and thorns to the air and to the sun”

Men Way Inspirational Real Spirit Purpose Sun Alive Air Danger Conscious Every Man Weed Thrust Choke Thorns

Author:Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper

About the Author

Born: January 15, 1914
Died: January 26, 2003
Known for: Baron Dacre
Quotes: 7

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