Thomas Frederick Tout (1855–1929): refashioning history for the twentieth century
Thomas Frederick Tout (1855–1929): refashioning history for the twentieth century
edited by Joel T. Rosenthal and Caroline M. Barron
University of London Press, 2019 eISBN: 978-1-912702-02-2 | Cloth: 978-1-909646-99-5 Library of Congress Classification DA3.T58T46 2019 Dewey Decimal Classification 942.007202
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
Thomas Frederick Tout (1855–1929) was arguably the most prolific English medieval historian of the early twentieth century. The son of an unsuccessful publican, he was described at his Oxford scholarship exam as ‘uncouth and untidy’; however he went on t
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Joel T. Rosenthal is Professor Emeritus in the Dept of History at Stony Brook University, USA. Caroline Barron OBE is a British medieval historian. She is Professor Emerita in the department of history at Royal Holloway, University of London.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction Caroline M. Barron I. Tout as a teacher and university statesman 1. The early years and Wales’s history Ralph A. Griffiths 2. Thomas Frederick Tout at Lampeter: the making of a historian William Gibson 3. The Manchester School of History: Tout’s contribution to the pedagogy of academic history Peter Slee 4. Tout and Manchester University Press Dorothy J. Clayton 5. T. F. Tout and the idea of the university H. S. Jones 6. ‘Dear Professor Tout…’: letters from Tout’s students during the First World War Christopher Godden II. Tout as a political historian 7. Tout and the reign of Edward II Seymour Phillips 8. Tout and the royal favourites of Edward II J. S. Hamilton 9. Tout and the middle party Paul Dryburgh Thomas Frederick Tout (1855–1929): refashioning history for the twentieth century 10. Tout and the higher nobility under the three Edwards Matt Raven III. Tout as an administrative historian 11. Tout and the exchequer Nick Barratt 12. Tout and seals John McEwan 13. Tout’s administrators: the case of William Moulsoe Elizabeth Biggs IV. Tout’s wider influence 14. Institutionalizing history: T. F. Tout’s involvement with the Royal Historical Society and the Historical Association Ian d’Alton 15. T. F. Tout and the Dictionary of National Biography Henry Summerson 16. Tout’s work as a reviewer John D. Milner† and Dorothy J. Clayton 17. T. F. Tout and literature D. Vance Smith 18. The homage volume of 1925 – looking back and looking forward Joel T. Rosenthal V. Tout remembered 19. Reflections on my grandfather, the historian T. F. Tout Tom Sharp
