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New and definitive edition of the earliest history of Cumberland.
John Denton's history of Cumberland, compiled in the first decade of the seventeenth century, formed the basis of almost all antiquarian writing on Cumberland for some two hundred years, and continues to be cited. It is the earliest known attempt to write a history of Cumberland and one of the first generation of antiquarian accounts of an English shire. This volume presents a completely new, critical edition of the manuscript history of Cumberland, replacing that published in 1887 by Richard S. Ferguson under the title An Accompt of the most considerable Estates and Families in the County of Cumberland [ hitherto the only published version]. The new edition attempts both toreconstruct as much as possible of the original text from surviving copies and to identify the sources from which it was drawn, enabling the factual accuracy of Denton's work to be assessed.
Angus Winchester is SeniorLecturer in History at Lancaster University and a Past President of Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society.
John Denton's history of Cumberland, compiled in the first decade of the seventeenth century, formed the basis of almost all antiquarian writing on Cumberland for some two hundred years, and continues to be cited. It is the earliest known attempt to write a history of Cumberland and one of the first generation of antiquarian accounts of an English shire. This volume presents a completely new, critical edition of the manuscript history of Cumberland, replacing that published in 1887 by Richard S. Ferguson under the title An Accompt of the most considerable Estates and Families in the County of Cumberland [ hitherto the only published version]. The new edition attempts both toreconstruct as much as possible of the original text from surviving copies and to identify the sources from which it was drawn, enabling the factual accuracy of Denton's work to be assessed.
Angus Winchester is SeniorLecturer in History at Lancaster University and a Past President of Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society.
Price: $75.00
Pages: 236
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc.
Imprint: Surtees Society
Publication Date:
15 April 2010
Trim Size: 8.50 X 5.43 in
ISBN: 9780854440689
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
HISTORY / Modern / General, General and world history
By his analytical yet accessible approach to the manuscripts and background as set out in his excellent introduction, and the publishing of Denton's History of Cumberland in this edition, Angus Winchester has produced as near as possible to a definitive version of Denton's text. The book will be appreciated by scholars and historians and anyone interested in a seventeenth-century view of Cumberland.
Introduction
Editorial Method
John Denton's History of Cumberland Part 1
John Denton's History of Cumberland Part 2
'Four leaves'
Appendix I: Manuscript Copies of John Denton's History
Appendix II: Series A and Series B manuscripts: key variants
Appendix III: Outline of Contents
Editorial Method
John Denton's History of Cumberland Part 1
John Denton's History of Cumberland Part 2
'Four leaves'
Appendix I: Manuscript Copies of John Denton's History
Appendix II: Series A and Series B manuscripts: key variants
Appendix III: Outline of Contents