Russell, Conrad Sebastian Robert, Fifth Earl Russell (1937–2004)
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A historian of the 17th century, Russell led the revisionist attack on determinist and teleological views of the Civil War, advocating a more complex and politics-oriented analysis.
- Forenames:
- Conrad Sebastian Robert
- Surname:
- Russell
- Title:
- Earl
- Dates:
- 1937–2004
- Institutions:
- Institute of Historical Research
University of London (University College)
Yale University
- Significant posts:
-
Professor of British History, University of London (University College London)
Professor of British History, University of Yale - Influences:
- Gardiner, Samuel Rawson
Hill, John Edward Christopher - Contemporaries:
- Clark, Jonathan Charles Douglas
Morrill, John
Tyacke, Nicholas - Themes:
- Seventeenth century
Revisionist history
- Biographies:
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Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Proceedings of the British Academy
- Obituaries:
- Guardian
Independent
Times
Bibliography
Significant publications
- The Origins of the English Civil War, ed. Conrad Russell (London, 1973)
- Conrad Russell, Parliaments and English Politics (Oxford, 1979)
- Conrad Russell, 'Parliamentary history in perspective, 1604–1629', History, 61 (1976), 1–27
Other reading
- Cynthia Herrup, 'Revisionism: what's in a name?', The Journal of British Studies, 35, 2 (1996), 135–8
- David Cannadine, 'Historians in "the liberal hour": Lawrence Stone and J. H. Plumb re-visited', Historical Research, 75 (2002), 316–54
