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- Title
Small Mid-Tudor Chronicles and Popular History: 1540-1560.
- Authors
Beer, Barrett L.
- Abstract
This essay examines twenty-two editions of little-studied small Mid-Tudor chronicles that were published by printers at Canterbury and London. They demonstrate the important role of printers in historical scholarship and offer a significantly different perspective on English history than the better-known, larger contemporary works of Robert Fabyan, Edward Hall, and Thomas Cooper. The chronicles also shed light on the readership of historical works by non-elite readers who presumably could not afford larger and more expensive chronicles. The short chronicles present a simplified view of the past, avoid propagating the well-known Tudor myths including the tyranny of Richard III, and demonstrate a clear preference for recent history. Although overlooked in most accounts of Early Modern historiography, the small Mid-Tudor chronicles are clearly part of the historical culture of the era.
- Subjects
MEDIEVAL historiography; TUDOR Period, Great Britain, 1485-1603; FABYAN, Robert
- Publication
Quidditas, 2016, Vol 37, p57
- ISSN
1544-9971
- Publication type
Essay