Thomas Frederick Mayer

Daniel R. Woolf

A fascinating survey of biographical genres

Forms of Biography from Cassandra Fedele to Louis XIV

The Rhetorics of Life-writing in Early Modern Europe

Ian Hesketh

Sarah Foot

Grant Hardy

Chase F. Robinson

Andrew Feldherr

A collection of essays from leading historians which explores the ways in which history was written in Europe and Asian between 400 and 1400.

Volume 2: 400-1400

The Oxford History of Historical Writing

Alphabetical entries cover individual historians; surveys of national or regional historiographies; and topical articles on themes, -isms, and periods

A Global Encyclopedia of Historical Writing: A-J

Daniel R. Woolf

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