简介:Asoneofthemostinfluentialandleadingintellectualhistoriansintheworld,QuentinSkinnerhasofferedaseriesofoutstandingworkscenteringonthehistoryofearlymodernEuropeforthepastfewdecades.HisearlyworksontheFoundationofearlymodernpoliticalthought,andmonographicstudiesonMachiavelliandHobbesshapedthewayagenerationunderstandsthepoliticalthoughttoalargeextent,whilehiscontinuingengagementinmethodologicaldebatesprovidesanewapproachforstudentsandfellowresearcherstoconductthestudyofintellectualhistory.