'The fire of patriotism': the historiographical success of Lucy Hutchinson's Memoirs in the nineteenth century1

• Published in: The Seventeenth century Vol. 38; no. 3; pp. 515 - 525
• Main Author: Gheeraert-Graffeuille, Claire
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Durham Routledge 04.05.2023; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: 17th century; 19th century; anti-catholicism; Autobiographical literature; Historiography; Hutchinson, Lucy (1620-1681); Julius Hutchinson; Lucy Hutchinson; nineteenth-century; patriotism; puritanism; Readership

When The Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson were published in 1806 by Julius Hutchinson, they met with immediate and enduring success. The Memoirs' instant popularity was indeed all the more paradoxical as neither Puritanism nor republicanism, which are both central to Lucy Hutchinson�...