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Hume Brown was concerned with Scotland's nationhood, and saw the [[Scottish Reformation|Reformation]] as a key period in the development of a national consciousness,<ref name="robertson" /> when "Scotland was entering on a new phase of her national life".<ref>''Renascence and Reformation'' in ''The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes'' (1907–21), Volume III</ref> He lectured his students on the ''Making of Scotland'', while conceding that no historian could ever give a fully adequate account of the "making" of a nation.<ref>''Scotsman'' 15 October 1902</ref> He was interested in studying Scotland in a European context more than in the context of the [[British Empire]],<ref name="robertson" /> and stressed that one country's history could only be understood by "reference to the histories of other countries".<ref name="scotsman1901"/> Though his writing style is considered restrained, he was more outgoing in conversation, entertaining friends and making an impression on the younger people around him.<ref name="davis">Davis</ref>
At first his lectures only covered the years up to 1500, but when a second specialist on the history of Scotland, Henry Meikle, joined him in 1909, he added a course taking students up to 1800. He was invited to give prestigious lecture series at other universities, including the [[Rhind lectures]] for 1903 on "Scotland in the Time of Queen Mary" and the [[Ford Lectures]] for 1913/14.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-194050|title=Brown, Peter Hume, (17 Dec. 1850-30 Nov. 1918), member British Academy; Historiographer-Royal for Scotland since 1908; Professor of Ancient (Scottish) History and Paleography, Edinburgh (Sir William Fraser Chair) since 1901; Ford Lecturer, 1913-14; author
==The Haldanes and Goethe==
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