Whig interpretation of history
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
historiographical concept
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:Whig_history
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gptkbp:associatedWith |
British historians
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gptkbp:coinedBy |
gptkb:Herbert_Butterfield
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gptkbp:contrastsWith |
Marxist historiography
revisionist history |
gptkbp:criticizedFor |
gptkb:Herbert_Butterfield
presentism teleology |
gptkbp:emphasizes |
the development of parliamentary democracy
the expansion of civil rights the triumph of constitutional monarchy |
gptkbp:example |
teleological history
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gptkbp:focusesOn |
gptkb:Confederate_States_of_America
progress parliamentary government |
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Whig interpretation of history
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gptkbp:influencedBy |
Whig political ideology
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gptkbp:popularFor |
19th century Britain
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gptkbp:subjectOf |
gptkb:historical_event
gptkb:The_Whig_Interpretation_of_History_(book) |
gptkbp:viewsHistoryAs |
inevitable progress toward enlightenment and democracy
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Thomas_Babington_Macaulay
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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