R. C. Richardson is Head of History at King Alfred's University College, Winchester. His most recent publications are Images of Oliver Cromwell (1993) and The English Civil War: Local Aspects (1997)

• 1. Introduction: the characteristics of the debate;2. The seventeenth century: the debate begins 3. The eighteenth century: the political uses of history4. The French Revolution and English history 5. The nineteenth century: from party polemics to academic history6. The twentieth century: the nineteenth-century inheritance and its development7. The twentieth century: social interpretations of revolutions8. The twentieth century: social complexities9. The twentieth century: local and regional studies10. The twentieth century: 'history from below' 11. The twentieth century: politics, political culture, revisionism12. The twentieth century: reverberationsFurther readingIndex

R. C. Richardson is Head of History at King Alfred's University College, Winchester. His most recent publications are Images of Oliver Cromwell (1993) and The English Civil War: Local Aspects (1997)

• 1. Introduction: the characteristics of the debate;2. The seventeenth century: the debate begins 3. The eighteenth century: the political uses of history4. The French Revolution and English history 5. The nineteenth century: from party polemics to academic history6. The twentieth century: the nineteenth-century inheritance and its development7. The twentieth century: social interpretations of revolutions8. The twentieth century: social complexities9. The twentieth century: local and regional studies10. The twentieth century: 'history from below' 11. The twentieth century: politics, political culture, revisionism12. The twentieth century: reverberationsFurther readingIndex

R. C. Richardson is Head of History at King Alfred's University College, Winchester. His most recent publications are Images of Oliver Cromwell (1993) and The English Civil War: Local Aspects (1997)

• 1. Introduction: the characteristics of the debate;2. The seventeenth century: the debate begins 3. The eighteenth century: the political uses of history4. The French Revolution and English history 5. The nineteenth century: from party polemics to academic history6. The twentieth century: the nineteenth-century inheritance and its development7. The twentieth century: social interpretations of revolutions8. The twentieth century: social complexities9. The twentieth century: local and regional studies10. The twentieth century: 'history from below' 11. The twentieth century: politics, political culture, revisionism12. The twentieth century: reverberationsFurther readingIndex