1st Edition

The Historical Revolution (Routledge Revivals) English Historical Writing and Thought 1580-1640

By Frank Smith Fussner Copyright 2011
    372 Pages
    by Routledge

    372 Pages
    by Routledge

    First published in 1962, Frank Smith Fussner's introduction to the revolution in English historical writing and thought during the period of the renaissance and reformation (1580-1640) is an influential and thoroughly-researched work. It offers an introduction not only to the context of the period and the important English historians of the era, but also provides a thorough historiographical approach which deals with the purpose, method, content, style and significance of these historians within the framework of this 'historical revolution'. 

    1. The European Background  2. The Historical Context  3. The Institutional Framework  4. The Antiquarian Movement and Historical Research  5. Politics, Patronage, and Scholarship: The Influence of Sir Robert Cotton  6. The Varieties of History  7. Sir Walter Raleigh and Universal History  8. John Stow and Local History  9. William Camden and Territorial History  10. Sir Francis Bacon and the Idea of History  11. John Selden and Problematic History  12. The Historical Revolution: Conclusions and Conjectures

    Biography

    Frank Smith Fussner