History and Historians
Selected Papers of R. W. Southern
1st Edition
Published on 17. August 2004
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-1-4051-2387-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book makes a selection of writings by the great medieval historian, Sir Richard Southern, available to the wider audience they deserve.
A collection of writings by the great medieval historian, Sir Richard Southern.
Offers a fascinating insight into the beliefs and ideas that underpinned Southern's work.
Contains the series of reflections on medieval historical writing that Southern produced during his tenure as President of the Royal Historical Society.
Also includes pieces on the nature of academic history, as well as Southern's appreciations of other medievalists.
Brings together texts that would otherwise be difficult to locate.
Makes these writings accessible to the wider audience they deserve.
A collection of writings by the great medieval historian, Sir Richard Southern.
Offers a fascinating insight into the beliefs and ideas that underpinned Southern's work.
Contains the series of reflections on medieval historical writing that Southern produced during his tenure as President of the Royal Historical Society.
Also includes pieces on the nature of academic history, as well as Southern's appreciations of other medievalists.
Brings together texts that would otherwise be difficult to locate.
Makes these writings accessible to the wider audience they deserve.
Reviews / Votes
"This collection of selected papers by one of Britain's finest historians, edited and introduced with distinction by R. J. Bartlett, captures the essence of Southern's meditative insights into the nature of the historical experience and the methodologies of historians of tboth the medieval and modern era." HistoryMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Laminated cover
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
558 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4051-2387-7 (9781405123877)
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Persons
Sir Richard Southern was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1912 and educated at the Royal Grammar School there and at Balliol College, Oxford. He was a Fellow of Balliol from 1937-61, Chichele Professor of History at Oxford from 1961-9, and President of St John's College, Oxford from 1969-81. He was knighted in 1974. He died in Oxford in 2001.
Robert Bartlett is Bishop Wardlaw Professor of Medieval History at the University of St Andrew's in Scotland and a Fellow of the British Academy. He has also taught at the Universities of Edinburgh and Chicago and has held Fellowships at the Universities of Michigan, Princeton and Goettingen. His book, The Making of Europe (1993) won the Wolfson Literary Prize for History.
Robert Bartlett is Bishop Wardlaw Professor of Medieval History at the University of St Andrew's in Scotland and a Fellow of the British Academy. He has also taught at the Universities of Edinburgh and Chicago and has held Fellowships at the Universities of Michigan, Princeton and Goettingen. His book, The Making of Europe (1993) won the Wolfson Literary Prize for History.
Content
Abbreviations vii
Place of First Publication viii
Preface by Janet Nelson x
Introduction 1
Part I Aspects of the European Tradition of Historical Writing
1 The Classical Tradition from Einhard to Geoffrey of Monmouth 11
2 Hugh of St. Victor and the Idea of Historical Development 30
3 History as Prophecy 48
4 The Sense of the Past 66
Part II History
5 The Shape and Substance of Academic History 87
6 The Historical Experience 104
7 The Truth about the Past 120
Part III Historians
8 Review of The Letters of Frederic William Maitland 137
9 Sir Maurice Powicke (1879-1963) 144
10 Vivian Hunter Galbraith (1889-1976) 168
11 Richard William Hunt (1908-1979) 193
12 Marjorie Reeves as a Historian 218
13 Beryl Smalley (1905-1984) 225
Notes 240
Bibliography of the Publications of R. W. Southern 260
Index 271
Place of First Publication viii
Preface by Janet Nelson x
Introduction 1
Part I Aspects of the European Tradition of Historical Writing
1 The Classical Tradition from Einhard to Geoffrey of Monmouth 11
2 Hugh of St. Victor and the Idea of Historical Development 30
3 History as Prophecy 48
4 The Sense of the Past 66
Part II History
5 The Shape and Substance of Academic History 87
6 The Historical Experience 104
7 The Truth about the Past 120
Part III Historians
8 Review of The Letters of Frederic William Maitland 137
9 Sir Maurice Powicke (1879-1963) 144
10 Vivian Hunter Galbraith (1889-1976) 168
11 Richard William Hunt (1908-1979) 193
12 Marjorie Reeves as a Historian 218
13 Beryl Smalley (1905-1984) 225
Notes 240
Bibliography of the Publications of R. W. Southern 260
Index 271