A History of England
Principally in the Seventeenth Century

Meticulously detailed and thoroughly comprehensive, this six-volume history of seventeenth-century England was first published in English in 1875.

Leopold von Ranke (Author)

9781108022149, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 18 November 2010

510 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm, 0.92 kg

German historian Leopold von Ranke (1795–1886) is well known for pioneering the modern historical method which advocates empiricism, rather than a focus on the philosophy of history. Emphasizing the importance of presenting history exactly as it happened, Ranke asserted that different eras need to be understood in their own contexts rather than in relation to each other: history should not be regarded as one long, teleological narrative. These principles of writing history, established in earlier publications, are all evident here. Originally published in eight volumes between 1859 and 1869, Ranke's history, 'principally in the seventeenth century', was first published as a six-volume history in English by the Clarendon Press in 1875, the mammoth task of its translation distributed among eight Oxford dons. Volume 6 consists of appendices, including a discussion of other historians' opinions, and extracts from the correspondence of William III, as well as an index.

Appendix
Section 2. Criticism of the Historians: 1. Clarendon
2. On the autobiographical memoirs of King James II of England
3. Burnet's History of his own times
Section 3. History of the War in Ireland: 1. Reports of the French General, Count Lauzun, on the Campaign of 1690
2. Extracts from the diary of a Jacobite, relating to the war in Ireland, 1689 and 1690
Section 4. Extracts from the reports of Frederick Bonnet to the Court of Brandenburg
Section 5. Extracts from the correspondence of William III
Index.

Subject Areas: British & Irish history [HBJD1]