The Historical Revolution : English Historical Writing and Thought 1580-1640 / F. Smith Fussner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fussner, F. Smith, author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1962]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Looks at the way in which English historians of the early 17th century wrote history and their ideas about their work. Also traces the origins of problems of historical inquiry.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

1.INTRODUCTION

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 RALEGH 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

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-89440-6

OCLC:

1100445115