Politics, scholarship and dynastic history : the debate between Thomas Ruddiman and George Logan
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Date
2007Publisher
Bilkent University
Language
English
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Abstract
In the first half of the eighteenth century, the debate between Thomas
Ruddiman (1674-1757), a Jacobite classical scholar, historian, political writer and
publisher, and the Rev. George Logan (1678-1755), had political characteristics.
These two people produced refutations of each other’s treatises.
The major distinction in the political environment in the first half of the
eighteenth century, which inevitably determined the course of the debate between
Ruddiman and Logan, was that of Whigs and Tories. The purpose of this thesis is to
go beyond this and evaluate the scholarship by contemporary standards. Also, in the
study of these contemporary authors, we see the conflicts of eighteenth-century
Scotland, which take centre stage in political narrative. Besides, we also inevitably
note the similarities of their thought in response to the world around them.
Keywords
Eighteenth-Century ScotlandGeorge Logan
Thomas Ruddiman
Scottish Dynastic History
Scottish Intellectual History
Historiography
Political History