Prof Michael Bentley

Emeritus Professor

Researcher profile

Email

mjb6@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Research areas

The political and intellectual history of Britain in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Philosophy of history and historiography.

Selected publications

• Open access

  Henry Hallam revisited

  Bentley, M. J., Jun 2012, In: The Historical Journal. 55, 2, p. 453-473 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• The life and thought of Herbert Butterfield: history, science, and God

  Bentley, M. J., 2012, Cambridge University Press. 381 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

• British Historical Writing

  Bentley, M. J., 2011, The Oxford History of Historical Writing: Historical Writing Since 1945. Schneider, A. & Woolf, D. (eds.). Oxford University Press, Vol. 5. p. 291-310

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Shape and Pattern in British Historical Writing, 1815-1945

  Bentley, M. J., 2011, The Oxford History of Historical Writing: 1800-1945. Macintyre, S., Maiguashca, J. & Pók, A. (eds.). Oxford University Press, Vol. 4. p. 204-224 20 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• The Age of Prothero: British Historiography in the Long Fin de Siècle, 1870-1920 - The Prothero Lecture

  Bentley, M. J., Dec 2010, In: Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. 20, p. 171-193

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Herbert Spencer and the Invention of Modern Life

  Bentley, M., Apr 2008, In: History: The Journal of the Historical Association. 93, 310, p. 293-294 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review

• The forgotten prime minister - The 14th Earl of Derby, vol 1, Ascent: 1799-1851

  Bentley, M., 11 Apr 2008, In: TLS, The Times Literary Supplement. p. 31-31 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Absent minds: Intellectuals in Britain.

  Bentley, M., Apr 2007, In: Journal of British Studies. 46, p. 412-413 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Civil society in British history: Ideas, identities, institutions.

  Bentley, M., Apr 2007, In: English Historical Review. 122, p. 501-503 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Faith, Duty and the Power of Mind: The Cloughs and their Circle.

  Bentley, M., Jul 2007, In: History: The Journal of the Historical Association. 92, 307, p. 415-416 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review

 

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