Historiographer Royal

Historiographer Royal is the title of an appointment as official chronicler or historian of a court or monarch. It was initially particularly associated with the French monarchy, where the post existed from at least the mid 15th century,^[1] but in the later 16th and 17th centuries became common throughout Europe.^[2] The Historiographer Royal for Scotland is still an existing appointment.

References

^ Fossier, F. (1985). "A propos du titre d'historiographe sous l'Ancien Régime". Revue d'histoire moderne et contemporaine. 32 (3): 361–417. doi:10.3406/rhmc.1985.1325.
^ Denys Hay, Annalists and Historians: Western Historiography from the Eighth to the Eighteenth Century (London and New York, 2016), p. 141.

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[1] Fossier, F. (1985). "A propos du titre d'historiographe sous l'Ancien Régime". Revue d'histoire moderne et contemporaine. 32 (3): 361–417. doi:10.3406/rhmc.1985.1325.

[2] Denys Hay, Annalists and Historians: Western Historiography from the Eighth to the Eighteenth Century (London and New York, 2016), p. 141.

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