Summarie of the Chronicles of England, Diligently Collected, Abridged and Continued Unto This Present Yeare of Christ, 1604, by John Stow
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| Title: | Summarie of the Chronicles of England, Diligently Collected, Abridged and Continued Unto This Present Yeare of Christ, 1604, by John Stow |
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| Description: | This book is an annotated edition of John Stow's Summarie of the Chronicles of England (1604). Stow (1524/5-1605) was a citizen historian who offers a concise, narrative history of England from the earliest time to the reign of James I, who succeeded Elizabeth in 1603. This abridged chronicle offered readers of lower social and economic status an accessible national history than was available in his own larger works or those of other writers of his time. |
| Authors: | Beer, Barrett L. |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Categories: | HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General |
| Database: | eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | This book is an annotated edition of John Stow's Summarie of the Chronicles of England (1604). Stow (1524/5-1605) was a citizen historian who offers a concise, narrative history of England from the earliest time to the reign of James I, who succeeded Elizabeth in 1603. This abridged chronicle offered readers of lower social and economic status an accessible national history than was available in his own larger works or those of other writers of his time. |
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| ISBN: | 9780773452671 9780773411753 |
