Long Citation
Daniel Woolf’s major writings have transformed the history of oral, literate and print culture, as well as the history of historical writing. His publications have explored attitudes to the past in Britain from the sixteenth to the early eighteenth centuries, the nature of oral culture, and the social history of the book. Exploiting dozens of archives throughout England, he has developed a rounded picture of popular historical beliefs and established a convincing model for the "social circulation" of knowledge within and between social strata. Finally, he has been a significant force in the "globalization" of historiography through various editorial projects.

Short Citation
Daniel Woolf’s major writings have transformed the history of oral, literate and print culture, as well as the history of historical writing. Exploiting dozens of archives throughout England, he has developed a rounded picture of popular historical beliefs and established a convincing model for the "social circulation" of knowledge within and between social strata.