Genre into Artifact: The Decline of the English Chronicle in the Sixteenth Century
Explanations of the changes in historical writing in sixteenth-century England generally focus on the rise of humanist-inspired genres such as the "politic" history and the antiquarian treatise without actually explaining the decline and virtual disappearance of the chronicle, until the la...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
1988
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 1988, Volume: 19, Issue: 3, Pages: 321-354 |
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| Summary: | Explanations of the changes in historical writing in sixteenth-century England generally focus on the rise of humanist-inspired genres such as the "politic" history and the antiquarian treatise without actually explaining the decline and virtual disappearance of the chronicle, until the late sixteenth century the standard form of historical writing. This decline was occasioned not primarily by humanism but by social and technological change, in particular by the impact of print, by a growing cultural stratification among the readers of history, and by inflation. Quantitative evidence derived from book prices and publication trends further illustrates the course of the chronicle's decline from a living genre of historical writing into a historical artifact. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-0726 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/2540467 |