http://mercuriuspoliticus.wordpress.com/2008/08/25/commonwealth-to-protectorate/ A blog (mostly) about early modern culture Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:53:56 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://mercuriuspoliticus.wordpress.com/2008/08/25/commonwealth-to-protectorate/#comment-210 Nick Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:00:14 +0000 http://mercuriuspoliticus.wordpress.com/?p=335#comment-210 On reflection I think you are right - "original" is probably a better term. Something for me to watch in my use of language, I think! On reflection I think you are right – “original” is probably a better term. Something for me to watch in my use of language, I think!

]]> http://mercuriuspoliticus.wordpress.com/2008/08/25/commonwealth-to-protectorate/#comment-209 oxoniensis Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:58:46 +0000 http://mercuriuspoliticus.wordpress.com/?p=335#comment-209 This is an interesting, not to say intriguing review. I just wonder, however, if the term 'revisionist' is quite appropriate in this context. Ever since Ted Rabb first used it in c.1980, it has been attached with increasing frequency to new views on old subjects. Would it not be better to deploy wording like 'radically new' or 'original'? This is an interesting, not to say intriguing review. I just wonder, however, if the term ‘revisionist’ is quite appropriate in this context. Ever since Ted Rabb first used it in c.1980, it has been attached with increasing frequency to new views on old subjects. Would it not be better to deploy wording like ‘radically new’ or ‘original’?

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