A Short History of the English People
| Author | John Richard Green |
|---|---|
| Country | England |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | The Macmillan Company |
Publication date | 1874 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 872 pp |
A Short History of the English People is a book written by English historian John Richard Green. First printed in 1874, "it is a history, not of English Kings or English Conquests, but of the English People."[1]
The book was started in 1869 when Green was given only six months to live after being hit hard by disease that had plagued him throughout life. Only having around 800 pages to write on, he had to leave out much of the information he wanted to include. Green intentionally left out the battles of England feeling they did not play a big role in the formation of the nation. His new ideas, and omission of information that others felt important, meant Green was criticized by other historians as well as the people close to him.
Others thought highly of the book, including Francis Adams, who used quotations from the book in his poem The Peasants' Revolt.[2]
Notes
- ↑ Green, John Richard (1902). A Short History of the English People I. London: Macmillan. p. xxiv.
- ↑ Adams, Francis (1910). Songs of the Army of the Night. London: A.C. Fifield.
Bibliography
- John Richard Green, A Short History of the English People
External links
- The 1902–3 Macmillan illustrated-edition of the work at the Internet Archive: