See also:

• FRANZ, ROBERT (1815-1892)

FRANZ See also:

• FRANZ STUCK (1863— )

STUCK (1863— )  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German painter, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Tettenweis, in See also:

• BAVARIA (Ger. Bayern)

Bavaria, and received his See also:

• ARTISTIC

artistic training at the See also:

• MUNICH (Ger. Munchen)

Munich See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy . He first made a name with his illustrations for Fliegende Blatter, and See also:

• VIGNETTE (Fr. for " little vine ")

vignette designs for programmes and See also:

• BOOK

book decoration . He did not devote himself to See also:

• PAINTING

painting till after 1889, the See also:

• YEAR

year in which he achieved a marked success with his first picture, " The Warder of See also:

• PARADISE (Gr. lrap6BEwos)

Paradise." His See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style in painting is based on a thorough mastery of See also:

• DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design, and is sculptural rather than pictorial . His favourite subjects are of mythological and allegorical See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, but in his treatment of See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time-worn motifs he is altogether unconventional . A statuette of an See also:

• ATHLETE (Gr. aOX177'7r; Lat. athleta)

athlete, See also:

• BRONZE

bronze casts of which are at the See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin and See also:

• BUDAPEST

Budapest See also:

• CLASSICS

classics and a third in See also:

• MATHEMATICS (Gr. /saBnµar1Kil, Sc. vOcvn or E7rlQTt'µn; from p iN.La, "learning" or "science ")

mathematics . He was elected a See also:

• FELLOW

fellow of Trinity See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, and held the college living of Navestock, See also:

• ESSEX
• ESSEX, ARTHUR CAPEL
• ESSEX, EARLS OF
• ESSEX, KINGDOM OF
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX, 2ND2 EARL OF (1566-1601)
• ESSEX, WALTER DEVEREUX, IST2 EARL OF (1541–1576)

Essex, from 1850 to 1866 . He was librarian at See also:

• LAMBETH

Lambeth, and in 1862 was an unsuccessful See also:

• CANDIDATE

candidate for the Chichele professorship of See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• HISTORY

history at See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford . In 1866 he was appointed regius See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of modern history at Oxford, and held the See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair until 1884 . His lectures were thinly attended, and he found them grievous interruptions to his See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical See also:

• WORK

work . Some of his statutory lectures are published in his Lectures on Mediaeval and Modern History . He was See also:

• RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

rector of Cholderton, See also:

• WILTSHIRE [WILTS]

Wiltshire, from 1875 to 1879, when he was appointed a See also:

• CANON

canon of St See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul's . He served on the ecclesiastical courts See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission of 1881—1883, and wrote the weighty appendices to the See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report .

On the 25th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1884 he was consecrated See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of See also:

• CHESTER
• CHESTER, EARLS OF

Chester, and in 1889 was translated to the see of Oxford . Until Bishop See also:

• STUBBS [STUBBES], PHILIP (c. 1555-c. 161o)
• STUBBS [STUnnE], JOHN
• STUBBS, WILLIAM (1825-1901)

Stubbs found it necessary to devote all his time to his episcopal duties, he pursued historical study with unremitting See also:

• DILIGENCE

diligence . He rejected the theory of the unity and continuity of history so far as it would obliterate distinctions between See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient and modern history, holding that, though work on ancient history is a useful preparation for the study of modern history, either may advantageously be studied apart . He urged that history is not to be treated as an exact See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science, and that the effects of individual character and the operations of the human will necessarily render generalizations vague and consequently useless . While pointing out that history has a utility as a See also:

• MENTAL

mental discipline and a See also:

• PART

part of a liberal See also:

• EDUCATION

education, he recommended its study chiefly for its own See also:

• SAKE

sake, for the truth's sake and for the See also:

• PLEASURE (through Fr. plaisir from Lat. placere, to please; Gr. rlbovii)

pleasure which it brings . It was in this spirit that he worked; and his intellectual character was peculiarly fitted for his work, for he was largely endowed with the See also:

• FACULTY (through the French, from the Lat. facultas, ability to do anything, from facilis, easy, facere, to do; another form of the word in Lat. facilitas, facility, ease, keeps the original meaning)

faculty of See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment and with a See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius for See also:

• MINUTE
• MINUTE (Lat. minutes, small; minuere, to make less)

minute and See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical investigation . He was eminent alike in ecclesiastical history, as an editor of texts and as the historian of the See also:

• ENGLISH

English constitution . His right to be held as an authority on ecclesiastical history was proved in 1858 by his Registrum sacrum anglicanum, which sets forth episcopal See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, by many other later See also:

• WORKS

works, and particularly by his See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in See also:

• COUNCILS

Councils and Ecclesiastical Documents, edited in co-operation with the Rev . A . W . Haddan, for the third See also:

• VOLUME

volume of which he was specially responsible . His See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place as a See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master in critical scholarship and historical exposition is decided beyond debate by the nineteen volumes which he edited for the Rolls See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of See also:

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

Chronicles and Memorials .

It is, however, by his Constitutional History of England that he is most widely known as a historian . The See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance of this book, which traces the development of the English constitution from the See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic invasions of See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain till 1485, marks a distinct step in the advance of English historical learning . Specialists may here and there improve on a statement or a theory, but it will always remain a See also:

• GREAT

great authority, a See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument of patient and exhaustive See also:

• RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research of intellectual See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power, and of ripe and disciplined judgment . Its See also:

• COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,—cum, with, and panis, bread,—one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district)

companion volume of Select Charters and other Illustrations of English Constitutional History, admirable in itself, has a See also:

• SPECIAL

special importance in that its See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan has been imitated with See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good results both in England and the See also:

• UNITED

United States . Bishop Stubbs belongs to the front See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of historical scholars both as an author and a critic . Among Englishmen at least he excels all others as a master of every See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of the historian's work, from the See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery of materials to the elaboration of well-founded theories and See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production . He was a good palaeographer, and excelled in textual See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism, in examination of authorship, and other such matters, while his vast erudition and retentive memory made him second to none in See also:

• INTERPRETATION (from Lat. interpretari, to expound, explain, inter pres, an agent, go-between, interpreter; inter, between, and the root pret-, possibly connected with that seen either in Greek 4 p4'ew, to speak, or irpa-rrecv, to do)

interpretation and exposition . His carefulness was exemplary, and his references are always exact . His merits as an author are often judged solely by his Constitutional History . The learning and insight which this book displays are unquestionable: it is well planned, and its contents are well arranged; but constitutional history is not a lively subject, and, in spite of the skill with which Stubbs handled it and the genius displayed in his narrative See also:

• NATIONAL

national galleries and the See also:

• HAMBURG

Hamburg Museum, affords convincing See also:

• PROOF (in M. Eng. preove, proeve, preve, &°c., from O. Fr . prueve, proeve, &c., mod. preuve, Late. Lat. proba, probate, to prove, to test the goodness of anything, probus, good)

proof of his See also:

• TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

talent for plastic See also:

• ART

art . Among his paintings the best known are " See also:

• SIN
• SIN (O. Eng. syn: a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zonde, Ger. Siinde)

Sin " and " See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War," at the Munich Pinakothek, " The See also:

• SPHINX (Gr. Q¢lyyea', to draw tight, squeeze)

Sphinx," " The Crucifixion," " The Rivals," Paradise Lost," " See also:

• OEDIPUS (OiSiirovs, O16tir63i7s, Wines, from Gr. ot&eiv swell, and gobs foot, i.e. " the swollen-footed ")

Oedipus," " Temptation," and " See also:

• LUCIFER (d. 370/1)
• LUCIFER (the Latinized form of Gr. 4scwo'4 bpos, " light-bearer ")

Lucifer." Though See also:

• STUCK, FRANZ (1863— )

Stuck was one of the leaders of the Munich Sezession, he enjoyed an See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment of professor at the academy .