Procrustean Feudalism
An Interpretative Dilemma in English Historical Narration, 1700–1725
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8956166 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D W L Earl (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 33-51 |
| Publication date | 1976-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Historical Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-246X • E-ISSN: 1469-5103 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0018246x0001829x |
| OpenAlex | W2098586627 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 4 |
The emergence of a coherent narrative history of England, based upon the critical use of authorities, and written in a connected fashion rather than assembled from reproduced earlier materials, is a much slower process than such a simple statement or its requirements might suggest. The process begins in earnest in the late seventeenth century, after the historian ceases being a principal protagonist in the political pamphlet warfare of the time. The narrator must take account of advances in source criticism, and he must also cope, on the level of interpretation, with national myths that his forbears among the Tudor chroniclers and the seventeenth-century contenders had created. Miss Thompson has remarked that the main purpose of Tudor chroniclers, notably Hall and Holinshed, was to praise ‘the king's illustrious ancestors, reign by reign’
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2025 (33) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |