Historiography

Raymond Dawson reflects on 2,000 years of historical composition in China, beginning with Ssu-ma Ch’ien.

Christopher Dawson profiles the historical writing of "the last of the encyclopaedists".

Max Beloff's letter addresses previous articles by Alan Bullock.

Sheldon van Auken on the great English historian of the Reformation.

Christopher Dawson attempts to rebut the arguments previously made by Alan Bullock

Michael Howard introduces the most popular historian in Victorian England.

Alan Bullock ruminates on the role of historians in Western society.

 Michael Grant introduces a nineteenth century historian of Rome whose work is still authoritative and valid.

A leading actor in the civil war, Clarendon in his History offered an interpretation of the causes of the conflict which has been much debated by later historians, as Christopher Hill discusses here.

Gillian Tindall reflects on a recent discovery by a Dickens scholar, which offers new insights into the great writer’s early years.