Historical Writing In England c.1307 to the Early Sixteenth Century

Name: Historical Writing In England c.1307 to the Early Sixteenth Century
ISBN: 9781003060062

doi:10.4324/9781003060062

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ABSTRACT

This book presents a detailed study of a thousand years of historical writing in England. It provides an excellent useful biography and a valuable guide to the principle chronicles for each reign in England.

Historical Writing In England c.1307 to the Early Sixteenth Century

ABSTRACT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|42 pages

Chroniclers of the Reign of Edward II

chapter 2|15 pages

Ranulf Higden

chapter 3|43 pages

Chroniclers of the Reign of Edward III: the 'Seculars' and Laymen

chapter 4|17 pages

Chroniclers of the Reign of Edward III: the 'Religious'

chapter 5|39 pages

Thomas Walsingham

chapter 6|37 pages

Chroniclers of the Reign of Richard II

chapter 7|26 pages

The Biographies of Henry V

chapter 8|29 pages

The Brut Chronicles and the Chronicles of London in the Fifteenth Century

chapter 9|39 pages

Chroniclers of the Wars of the Roses: English

chapter 10|20 pages

Chroniclers of the Wars of the Roses: Foreign

chapter 11|34 pages

The Antiquaries: John Rous and William Worcester

chapter 12|45 pages

The End of the Monastic Tradition of Historiography: Thomas Elmham, Thomas Burton, and John Whethamsted

chapter 13|38 pages

The End of the Monastic Tradition of Historiography: Minor Works

chapter 14|29 pages

The Humanist Historians: Thomas More and Polydore Vergil

chapter |26 pages

Epilogue