History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada. In Ten Volumes. Vol. 4-10

James Anthony Froude

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History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada. In Ten Volumes. Vol. 4-10

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Език:: Английски
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Издателство:: Longmans, Green & Co
Град на издаване:: London
Година:: 1894 г.
Антикварна:: Да
Език:: Английски
Страници:: 4200
Корици:: Твърди
Категория:: История и археология

James Anthony Froude (1818 - 1894) was an English historian, novelist, biographer, and editor of Fraser's Magazine. From his upbringing amidst the Anglo-Catholic Oxford Movement, Froude intended to become a clergyman, but doubts about the doctrines of the Anglican church, published in his scandalous 1849 novel The Nemesis of Faith, drove him to abandon his religious career. Froude turned to writing history, becoming one of the best known historians of his time for his History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada. Froude's historical writing was characterised by its dramatic rather than scientific treatment of history, an approach Froude shared with Carlyle, and also by Froude's intention to defend the English Reformation (which he asserted was "the hinge on which all modern history turned" (Quotes in Paul 1906, p. 72 and the "salvation of England") against the interpretations of Catholic historians. Froude focused on figures such as Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, although he became increasingly unfavourable to Elizabeth over the course of his research. Furthermore, he directly expressed his antipathy towards Rome and his belief that the Church should be subordinated to the state. As a result, when the first volumes of Froude's history were published in 1856 they drew the ire of liberals (who felt that Froude's depiction of Henry VIII celebrated despotism) and Oxford High Churchmen (who opposed his position on the Church); this hostility was expressed in reviews from the Christian Remembrancer and the Edinburgh Review. The work was a popular success, however, and along with Froude's 1858 repudiation of his early novels helped him regain much of the esteem he had lost in 1849.Following the death of Thomas Macaulay in 1859, Froude became the most famous living historian in England.