Sentence examples for recent historian from inspiring English sources

In the words of another recent historian, Linda Colley: "Protestantism was the foundation that made the invention of Great Britain possible".

Conceiving of them as a single unit and sending his clerics to them all was a momentous move on Gregory's part, causing one recent historian to remark provocatively that "the English owe their existence as a people, or at least the recognition of it, to the papacy".

Still, for all the new interpretations, neither Kennett nor any recent historian has matched B. H. Liddell Hart's brilliant 1929 biography, which rightly saw Sherman as the great strategist of the Civil War, who understood the true connection between the economy of a modern industrial state and its ability to make war.

In the words of a recent historian: "Offa was driven by a lust for power, not a vision of English unity; and what he left was a reputation, not a legacy".

A recent historian of the "struggle to define the safety of chemicals" (Vogel 2013) described the Navigation Guide as a pioneering effort "to provide individuals, policy makers, and clinicians with trusted sources of information to assess different recommendations for reducing risk and improving public health".

Jon Agar's ambitious new book sets out to synthesise the insights of many recent historians of science.

He gallops through the Middle Ages and strolls through the Blair years, relying too much on recent historians at the expense of their often wiser predecessors.

Recent historians, however, give the honors to 197 Amity Street, as do the city's Landmarks Preservation Commission and the A.I.A. Guide to New York City.

Recent historians have suggested, however, that the term Mannerism can more accurately be applied to a very different style initiated in Rome about 1520.

"In the new edition, he has his own entry explaining his role in the politics of the colony, as described by recent historians," Dr. Henry said.

Recent historians have rehabilitated Murrieta, who was beheaded in 1853, as one of many Mexican Californians targeted by a state-sponsored militia.