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Oxford History Of Historical Writing Vol
. Ed(S): Foot, Sarah; Robinson, Chase F.
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Description for Oxford History Of Historical Writing Vol
Hardback. A collection of essays from leading historians which explores the ways in which history was written in Europe and Asian between 400 and 1400. Editor(s): Foot, Sarah; Robinson, Chase F. Series: Oxford History of Historical Writing. Num Pages: 672 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBLC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1138.
How was history written in Europe and Asia between 400-1400? How was the past understood in religious, social and political terms? And in what ways does the diversity of historical writing in this period mask underlying commonalities in narrating the past? The volume, which assembles 28 contributions from leading historians, tackles these and other questions. Part I provides comprehensive overviews of the development of historical writing in societies that range from the Korean Peninsula to north-west Europe, which together highlight regional and cultural distinctiveness. Part II complements the first part by taking a thematic and comparative approach; it includes essays ... Read more
How was history written in Europe and Asia between 400-1400? How was the past understood in religious, social and political terms? And in what ways does the diversity of historical writing in this period mask underlying commonalities in narrating the past? The volume, which assembles 28 contributions from leading historians, tackles these and other questions. Part I provides comprehensive overviews of the development of historical writing in societies that range from the Korean Peninsula to north-west Europe, which together highlight regional and cultural distinctiveness. Part II complements the first part by taking a thematic and comparative approach; it includes essays ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
672
Condition
New
Series
Oxford History of Historical Writing
Number of Pages
672
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199236428
SKU
V9780199236428
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About . Ed(S): Foot, Sarah; Robinson, Chase F.
Sarah Foot is the Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Christ Church, Oxford. She is the author of Æthelstan: the First English Monarch (2011); Monastic Life in Anglo-Saxon England, c. 600-900 (2006) and has written widely on perceptions and uses of the past in the early medieval West. ; Chase F Robinson is Distinguished Professor and Provost of the ... Read more
Reviews for Oxford History Of Historical Writing Vol
The Oxford History of History Writing is a fundamental publication on international historiography traditions, its problems, and key actors.
Zaur Gasimov, Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas
Nobody should venture into a part of world history new to them without consulting it.
History Today
Zaur Gasimov, Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas
Nobody should venture into a part of world history new to them without consulting it.
History Today