Project Gutenberg 2004-10-14 Public domain in the USA. 70 Smith, David Nichol 1875 1962 Smith, Nichol Smith, D. Nichol Characters from the Histories & Memoirs of the Seventeenth Century Characters from the Histories and Memoirs of the 17th Century Reading ease score: 59.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by William Flis and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Characters from the Histories & Memoirs of the Seventeenth Century" by David Nichol Smith is a historical collection written in the early 20th century. The work presents short character studies of notable figures from the 17th century, detailing their personal qualities and historical significance as observed by their contemporaries. This compilation includes perspectives on rulers, politicians, poets, and other influential individuals of the time, shedding light on the narratives that shaped English history during this tumultuous period. The opening of the text establishes the context for the character studies, reflecting on the development of literary portraiture in the 17th century as a means to enhance historical writing. Smith emphasizes that the art of character writing emerged as a response to England's deficiency in historical narratives, gathering a variety of observations from key historical figures like John Milton, Clarendon, and Ben Jonson. The introduction discusses the evolution of character studies, their function in depicting personal traits, and the significant shift in historical recording practices from chronicles to more nuanced representations of human experiences and qualities, setting the stage for the subsequent detailed character sketches. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Great Britain -- Biography Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, 1603-1714 DA Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: History - British Browsing: History - General 731858 731752 2024-10-06T09:37:25.441625 2023-10-06T10:27:30.461362 text/html text/html 731851 731745 2024-10-06T09:37:25.794626 2023-10-06T10:27:30.715386 text/html text/html 369862 2024-10-06T09:37:37.711591 application/epub+zip 379364 2024-10-06T09:37:29.838636 application/epub+zip 353201 2024-10-06T09:37:28.358614 application/epub+zip 737546 2024-10-06T09:37:43.734557 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 690976 2024-10-06T09:37:36.685648 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 649724 2022-09-07T03:59:32.666487 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 676208 676153 2024-10-06T09:37:24.893681 2023-10-06T10:27:30.032358 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 675726 2020-12-18T11:42:49 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 261401 2020-12-18T11:42:49 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 675910 2020-12-18T11:42:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 261206 2020-12-18T11:42:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21244 2024-10-06T09:37:43.876522 application/rdf+xml 24333 2024-10-06T09:37:28.910606 image/jpeg 4481 2024-10-06T09:37:28.636624 image/jpeg 366587 2024-10-06T09:37:25.857630 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog