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A History of England

Principally in the Seventeenth Century

Leopold Von Ranke author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:18th Nov '10

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

Originally written in German, this staggeringly comprehensive six-volume history of seventeenth-century England was first published in English in 1875. This fourth volume covers the last years of Charles II, the establishment of the Whig and Tory parties, and Glorious Revolution of 1688.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 4 covers the last years of Charles II, the establishment of the Whig and Tory parties, and the Glorious Revolution of 1688.

ISBN: 9781108022125

Dimensions: 216mm x 140mm x 35mm

Weight: 790g

630 pages