Historiographer Royal

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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.

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References

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