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John Lingard and the Pursuit of Historical Truth
This work describes how John Lingard (1771-1851) postulated and applied for the first time in England, the main principles and methodology of modern source criticism in his ""History of England"" (1819-30). His work is compared and contrasted with other English historians,
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Liverpool :
Liverpool University Press,
2002.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on Editions and Text Conventions
- Introduction: The Background to Lingard's Work
- I An Invitation to the Historian's Workshop
- II The Historiography of the Massacre of St. Bartholomew
- III The Collation of Sources and Lingard's Use of Public Records as a Tool of Source Criticism
- IV The Role of Private Sources and Their Use as a Tool of Source Criticism
- V The Great Step Forward: Pursuit of the 'Source of the Source'
- VI A Critical Apparatus for Prioritizing the Authority of Sources
- VII The Use of 'Forensic' Rules of Source Criticism
- VIII The Application of Lingard's Source Criticism to Some Celebrated Historical Problems
- IX Lingard's Place in English Historiography
- Epilogue: 'Hic caestus artemque repono'
- Appendix 1 The Development of Lingard's History through the Various Editions
- Appendix 2 Lingard's System of Reference and Quotation
- Appendix 3 Lingard as Literary Artist and Scientific Historian
- Appendix 4 Lingard on St. Dunstan and the Tenth-Century Reforms
- Notes
- Manuscript Sources
- Index