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Jan 10, 2014 · Until the revival of interest in Tudor rebellions, the majority of historians preferred to portray the century as an era of law and order in which a strong but popular monarchy ruled over grateful and largely obedient subjects.
- Barrett L. Beer
- 1988
Until the revival of interest in Tudor rebel-lions, the majority of historians preferred to portray the century as an era of law and order in which a strong but popular monarchy ruled over grateful and largely obedient subjects.
John Stow (1525-1605) was a prolific Tudor writer, historian and antiquarian whose many books and chronicles are invaluable sources of information in the study of Tudor England.
Kingsford, who prepared the standard scholarly edition of the Survey of London, recognized Stow's technical skill and objectiv-ity when he wrote that his chronicles are "singularly free from prejudice and justify always his own maxim: 'In histories the chief thing that is to be desired is truth."'3 In addition to the chronicles published under h...
Oct 16, 2024 · The Annales were but a part of what Stow intended, for his laborious collection had by then grown into a large volume, which he would have published as 'The History of this Island', had he not been compelled to condescend to the wishes of his printer, who preferred a less ambitious undertaking.
Apr 1, 2007 · With the possible exception of the ubiquitous martyrologist John Foxe (volumes and essays on whom appear to be turning up at a dizzying rate), no Tudor historian or antiquary is currently hotter than John Stow.
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Until the revival of interest in Tudor rebellions, the majority of historians preferred to portray the century as an era of law and order in which a strong but popular monarchy ruled over grateful and largely obedient subjects.
