Alexandru D. Xenopol and the Development of Romanian Historiography

Download or read book Alexandru D. Xenopol and the Development of Romanian Historiography written by Paul A. Hiemstra and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-14 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the criticism of his peers and the inattention of his successors, Alexandru Xenopol provided Romanian nationalistic historiography with a greater measure of respectability, especially with the general public. By the time of WWI a strong sense of national identity had become entrenched as an intellectually respectable mentality among Romania’s literate classes. This book examines Xenopol’s participation in the creation of this mentality in Romania during decades that were crucial to the development of institutionalized intellectual life and and educted behaviour in that country.