History and Historians: Selected Papers of R. W. Southern - Hardcover

"This collection of selected papers by one of Britain's finest historians, edited and introduced with distinction by R. J. Bartlett, captures the essence of Southern's meditative insights into the nature of the historical experience and the methodologies of historians of tboth the medieval and modern era." History

This book makes a selection of writings by the great medieval historian, Sir Richard Southern, available to the wider audience they deserve. It is a collection of writings by the great medieval historian, Sir Richard Southern. It offers a fascinating insight into the beliefs and ideas that underpinned Southern's work. It contains a series of reflections on medieval historical writing that Southern produced during his tenure as President of the Royal Historical Society. It also includes pieces on the nature of academic history, as well as Southern's appreciations of other medievalists. It brings together texts that would otherwise be difficult to locate. It makes these writings accessible to the wider audience they deserve.