History Has Many Voices

Summary: This volume presents essays from eight scholars who trained with Robert Kingdon, a vanguard of early modern studies. He required students to go to primary sources, yet they were free to pursue their own curiosity. No matter what their approach to the sources, students were held to a high standard of thoroughness, precision, and attention to detail. This festschrift displays something of the diversity of language, sou...rce materials, methods, and visions that Kingdon encouraged in his students during his forty-year career in graduate education. [read more]