William Dugdale, Historian, 1605-1686: His Life, his Writings and His County

by Christopher Dyer and Catherine Richardson

Christopher Dyer (Editor), Catherine Richardson (Editor), Ann L Hughes, Caroline Archer-Parre, Geoffrey Tyack, Graham Parry, Jan Broadway, Nat Alcock, Prof. Graham Parry, Caroline Archer-Parré, Peter Borsay, Richard P Cust, Steve Hindle, and Vivienne Larminie

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New survey of the work and influence of William Dugdale, the seventeenth-century historian and antiquarian.

William Dugdale (1605-86) was a leading antiquarian, well-known among historians of the period. His Antiquities of Warwickshire is regarded as a pioneering work. Here, leading authorities consider how Dugdale set about hiswork as an antiquary/local historian, and how he interacted with the society and political life of this county at a troubled time.The book also examines Warwickshire life in his day.

CHRISTOPHER DYER, CBE is Professor of Regional and Local History at the University of Leicester; CATHERINE RICHARDSON is Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Kent.
  • ISBN10 184383443X
  • ISBN13 9781843834434
  • Publish Date 21 February 2009
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 6 June 2023
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd
  • Imprint The Boydell Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 264
  • Language English