A History of England 6 Volume Set
A History of England 6 Volume Set
£256.00
GBPGerman 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 as 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.
Product details
November 2010Multiple copy pack
9781108022156
3465 pages
324 × 250 × 160 mm
4.9kg
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Table of Contents
- Volume 1: Preface
- Book I. The Chief Crises in the Earlier History of England
- Book II. Attempts to Consolidate the Kingdom Independently in its Temporal and Spiritual Relations
- Book III. Queen Elizabeth. Close Connexion of English and Scottish Affairs
- Book IV. Foundation of the Kingdom of Great Britain. First Disturbances under the Stuarts: Introduction
- Book V. Disputes with Parliament during the Later Years of the Reign of James I and the Earlier Years of the Reign of Charles I. Volume 2: Book VI. Government in England without the Parliament. Troubles in Scotland
- Book VII. Connexion between the Troubles in Scotland and those in England and Elsewhere
- Book VIII. The Long Parliament and the King, down to the Outbreak of the Civil War
- Book IX. The English Civil War, 1642–1646
- Book X. Independents and Presbyterians. Fate of the King. Volume 3: Book XI. The Commonwealth in England, 1649–1653
- Book XII. The Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell, 1653–1658
- Book XIII. Fall of the Protectorate and the Commonwealth. Restoration of the Monarchy, 1658–1660
- Book XIV. The First Five Years under Charles II. The Restoration of the Anglican Church
- Book XV. The Dutch Wars of Charles II. Establishment of the Protestant and Parliamentary Character of the Constitution, 1664–1674. Volume 4: Book XVI. The Later Years of Charles II, 1675–1685. Whigs and Tories
- Book XVII. Reign of James II, February 1685 to September 1688
- Book XVIII. The Fall of James II in its Connexion with the European Conflicts which Marked the Close of 1688
- Book XIX. Completion of the Revolution in the Three Kingdoms, 1688–1691
- Book XX. William III and Parliament During the War with France, 1690–1697
- Book XXI. The Later Years of William III, 1697–1702
- Book XXII
- Appendix
- Section 1. Volume 6: Appendix
- Section 2. Criticism of the Historians
- Section 3. History of the War in Ireland
- Section 4. Extracts from the reports of Frederick Bonnet to the Court of Brandenburg
- Section 5. Extracts from the correspondence of William III.
