Project Gutenberg 2004-10-14 Public domain in the USA. 241 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 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.) Reading ease score: 59.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Great Britain -- Biography Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, 1603-1714 DA Text Category: History - British 731932 2025-10-06T06:51:03.566776 text/html 731851 731745 2024-11-06T09:38:05.477746 2023-10-06T10:27:30.715386 text/html text/html 369883 2025-10-06T06:51:14.070753 application/epub+zip 379304 2025-10-06T06:51:07.130811 application/epub+zip 353141 2025-10-06T06:51:05.824812 application/epub+zip 737218 2025-10-06T06:51:19.222743 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 691088 2025-10-06T06:51:13.179739 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 649724 2022-09-07T03:59:32.666487 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 676118 2025-10-06T06:51:03.071849 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 656262 2024-10-28T20:44:11 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17009 2025-10-06T06:51:19.352700 application/rdf+xml 24333 2025-10-06T06:51:06.322766 image/jpeg 4481 2025-10-06T06:51:06.076786 image/jpeg 366635 2025-10-06T06:51:03.621796 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia