Randall Vicky
J Hist Ideas. 2023;84(2):287-311. doi: 10.1353/jhi.2023.0013.
This article repositions Thomas Arnold as a major nineteenth-century historian through an analysis of his most important work, the History of Rome (1838-42). While scholars have focused primarily on Arnold's role as headmaster of Rugby School and Liberal Anglican theologian, I examine his historical contribution in the context of the Romantic movement. Building on the work of B. G. Niebuhr and Giambattista Vico, Arnold interpreted the contest between the patricians and plebeians at Rome as emblematic of a universal class struggle, in which failure to find a compromise between the rich and the poor would inevitably lead to disaster.
本文通过分析托马斯·阿诺德最重要的著作《罗马史》（1838-1842），将其重新定位为 19 世纪的一位重要历史学家。虽然学者们主要关注的是阿诺德作为拉格比公学（Rugby School）校长和自由圣公会神学家的角色，但我在浪漫主义运动的背景下考察了他在历史上的贡献。本文借鉴了 B.G.尼布尔和詹巴蒂斯塔·维柯的研究成果，阿诺德将罗马贵族和平民之间的斗争解释为普遍的阶级斗争的象征，在这种斗争中，如果不能在富人和穷人之间找到妥协，灾难将不可避免地发生。
