Strengths And Weaknesses Of The Three Kingdoms
Some historians have focused on a Three Kingdoms Approach in the 17th century.
Explain how this has contributed to our understanding of the mid 17th century crisis. What are the strengths and weaknesses of this approach?
The Three Kingdoms approach has strengths such as a wide variety of areas that can be used as sources as well as weaknesses such as a possibility to be more focused on Scotland and Ireland. However, it seems that the approach may also not be very useful depending on your focus of study. For example, if you wish to research the overall European state during the 17th century, this method may not be useful as its focus is too narrow. It has contributed to our understanding of the 17th Century by widening our area of study thus a wider spatial perspective, giving us a wider understanding, as well as giving us a viewpoint from different religions rather than one.
The Three Kingdoms approach is an approach used by empirical and revisionist historians such as Conrad Russell and Peter Gaunt. This approach to history focuses on the 17th century crisis from the angle of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland. It attributes the causes for main events during this period, such as the British Civil War as due to events in these three kingdoms. Conrad Russell supports the Three Kingdoms Approach as he states ‘When three Kingdoms …show more content…
If a historian wished to research the effect of an event, such as the growth of the Renaissance Courts over the entire of Europe, the Three Kingdoms approach would be too narrow. A more preferable approach would the European General Crisis developed in the 1960-70’s. This approach has the benefit of a much wider spatial perspective than the Three Kingdoms approach. However, this may also have a downfall, as covered previously, that it could focus on one part of Europe more than another as there is a large area of research to
Explain how this has contributed to our understanding of the mid 17th century crisis. What are the strengths and weaknesses of this approach?
The Three Kingdoms approach has strengths such as a wide variety of areas that can be used as sources as well as weaknesses such as a possibility to be more focused on Scotland and Ireland. However, it seems that the approach may also not be very useful depending on your focus of study. For example, if you wish to research the overall European state during the 17th century, this method may not be useful as its focus is too narrow. It has contributed to our understanding of the 17th Century by widening our area of study thus a wider spatial perspective, giving us a wider understanding, as well as giving us a viewpoint from different religions rather than one.
The Three Kingdoms approach is an approach used by empirical and revisionist historians such as Conrad Russell and Peter Gaunt. This approach to history focuses on the 17th century crisis from the angle of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland. It attributes the causes for main events during this period, such as the British Civil War as due to events in these three kingdoms. Conrad Russell supports the Three Kingdoms Approach as he states ‘When three Kingdoms …show more content…
If a historian wished to research the effect of an event, such as the growth of the Renaissance Courts over the entire of Europe, the Three Kingdoms approach would be too narrow. A more preferable approach would the European General Crisis developed in the 1960-70’s. This approach has the benefit of a much wider spatial perspective than the Three Kingdoms approach. However, this may also have a downfall, as covered previously, that it could focus on one part of Europe more than another as there is a large area of research to