Pieter Geyl and Britain Encounters, Controversies, Impact

• Other Authors: van Rossem, Stijn (Editor), Tiedau, Ulrich (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: University of London Press 2022
• Series: IHR Conference Series
• Subjects: Historiography; Biography: historical, political & military; European history; History; Sociology; British Studies; European Studies
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Pieter Geyl (1887-1966) was undoubtedly one of the most internationally renowned Dutch historians of the twentieth century, but also one of the most controversial. Having come to the UK as a journalist, he started his academic career at the University of London in the aftermath of World War I (1919)...