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Comparative Literature

Brigham Young University

2016

Mid-Tudor chronicles

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Small Mid-Tudor Chronicles And Popular History: 1540-1560, Barrett L. Beer Jan 2016

Small Mid-Tudor Chronicles And Popular History: 1540-1560, Barrett L. Beer

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This essay examines twenty-two editions of little-studied small Mid-Tudor chronicles that were published by printers at Canterbury and London. They demonstrate the important role of printers in historical scholarship and offer a significantly different perspective on English history than the better-known, larger contemporary works of Robert Fabyan, Edward Hall, and Thomas Cooper. The chronicles also shed light on the readership of historical works by non-elite readers who presumably could not afford larger and more expensive chronicles. The short chronicles present a simplified view of the past, avoid propagating the well-known Tudor myths including the tyranny of Richard III, and demonstrate …