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The first modern biography of William Robertson, a key figure of the Scottish Enlightenment.

A prominent figure in the Scottish Enlightenment, William Robertson differed from his contemporaries, such as Voltaire, Hume and Gibbon, because he used the critical tools of the Enlightenment to strengthen religion, not to attack it. As an historian, he helped shape 18th-century historiography. As a minister of the Church of Scotland, he sought to make the church fit for a polite age. And, as principal of the University of Edinburgh, he presided over a flourishing of intellectual inquiry in the midst of the Enlightenment. But despite his European fame, he was a controversial figure.

Drawing extensively on his unpublished correspondence, Jeffrey Smitten captures both the man and his work in his own words. By foregrounding Robertson's religious outlook, Smitten gives us a more contextualised and nuanced interpretation of Robertson's motives, intentions and beliefs than we have had before.

• Includes new biographical information drawn from archival sources and from all Robertson's largely unpublished correspondence
• Discusses Robertson's works, published and unpublished
• Assesses Robertson's achievement based on fresh consideration of all facets of his career as minister, historian and principal

Historians --- Historiographers --- Scholars --- Robertson, William, --- Rūbirtsūn, --- Robertson, Will. --- Robertson, Wm. --- Robertson, Villīam, --- روبرتسون، ويلييم --- Clergy --- Clergy members --- Clergymen --- Diocesan clergy --- Ecclesiastics --- Indigenous clergy --- Major orders --- Members of the clergy --- Ministers (Clergy) --- Ministers of the gospel --- Native clergy --- Ordained clergy --- Ordained ministers --- Orders, Major --- Pastors --- Rectors --- Secular clergy --- Religious leaders --- Scotland. --- Caledonia --- Ecosse --- Schotland --- Scotia --- Škotska --- Sŭkʻotʻŭlland --- Great Britain

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Denmark of the twelfth to thirteenth centuries was a place of transitions, and this volume analyzes that period through the lens of the 'Gesta Danorum' of Saxo Grammaticus and other sources. The 'Gesta' defends not only hierocratic conceptions but the Danish hegemonic project in the Baltic - which was grounded in the crusade movements. Such movements are presented through complex language and imagery about a glorious past brought to bear on the projects in the thirteenth century while internal tensions strengthen the monarchic and ecclesiastical institutions.

Saxo, --- Saxo Grammaticus, --- Denmark --- History --- Crusades. --- Hegemony --- Clergy --- Clergy members --- Clergymen --- Diocesan clergy --- Ecclesiastics --- Indigenous clergy --- Major orders --- Members of the clergy --- Ministers (Clergy) --- Ministers of the gospel --- Native clergy --- Ordained clergy --- Ordained ministers --- Orders, Major --- Pastors --- Rectors --- Secular clergy --- Religious leaders --- Hegemonism --- Political science --- Sociology --- Unipolarity (International relations) --- Church history --- Middle Ages --- Chivalry --- Political activity --- Saxon, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Baltic Sea Region --- Church history. --- Kings and rulers --- History. --- Christianity in Scandinavia. --- Denmark. --- Medieval Scandinavia. --- Northern Crusades. --- Dacia (Kingdom) --- Dania --- Daniė --- Danie Korolygʺo --- Danii︠a︡ --- Danii︠a︡lʺul Khanlʺi --- Danimārk --- Danimarka --- Danimarka Krallığı --- Daniyah --- Danmark --- Dannemarc --- Danska --- Danyah --- Denemarke --- Denemarken --- Denemearc --- Denemearc þæt Cynerīce --- Denmaakʻŭ --- Dennemarck --- Dinamarca --- Kingdom of Denmark --- Kongeriget Danmark --- Koninkryk van Denemarke --- Ndinamayka --- Reino de Dinamarca --- Даниэ --- Дания --- Даниялъул Ханлъи --- Дание --- Дание Королыгъо --- دنمارك --- Saxon, le Grammairien, --- Grammaticus, Saxo, --- Sakse, --- Saxe, --- Runemester, Saxe,