... more than just a strict religious code but a standard of living for even the secular political world. If this is so, then a much larger part of history is included in this category. Also, if the historian draws no moral lesson from a part of history, is this to say that none can be drawn from it? It then becomes a contemporary and very much political question. History's purpose therefore, is all a matter of the reader's interpretation. This essay title spans two very important and long periods of history. It extends from the beginning of the renaissance on the 14th century to the end of the enlightenment around the beginning of the 19th century. The renaissance was a time of renewed interest in the Greek and Roman literature and a renewal of rhetorical education that characterised intellectual life and had an effect on historical study. There appeared to be ...

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