A History of England : Principally in the Seventeenth Century Paperback / softback
by Leopold von Ranke
Part of the Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th & 18th Centuries series
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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.
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- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:18/11/2010
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- ISBN:9781108022149
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:510 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:18/11/2010
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- ISBN:9781108022149
