Early British Chorography
"Chorography," or county or regional topographical-historical studies of the Early Modern era, is a generally unrecognized or unknown field to both historians and geographers alike. The few studies made of individual contributions to this field consist of short articles that usually focus...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
1986
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 1986, Volume: 17, Issue: 4, Pages: 459-481 |
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| Summary: | "Chorography," or county or regional topographical-historical studies of the Early Modern era, is a generally unrecognized or unknown field to both historians and geographers alike. The few studies made of individual contributions to this field consist of short articles that usually focus on the "greater" figures of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. But little work has been done to establish the precedents followed by these men, who are usually regarded as having developed this type of literature or historical/geographic genre themselves. This article argues that there are good reasons for giving some of this credit to the Medieval and Renaissance figures, concentrating on the work of native Britons. The names and work of these early chorographers are established. Although it is clear that their work may have only had minimal influence on future writers, it is also evident that these men did in fact establish a kind of tradition of chorographical writing. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-0726 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/2541384 |