The Reformation of Historical Thought

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-90-04-34794-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 542 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1016 g

Reihe: St Andrews Studies in Reformation History

In The Reformation of Historical Thought, Mark Lotito re-examines the development of Western historiography by concentrating on Philipp Melanchthon (1497–1560) and his universal history, Carion’s Chronicle (1532). With the Chronicle, Melanchthon overturned the medieval papal view of history, and he offered a distinctly Wittenberg perspective on the foundations of the “modern” European world. Through its immense popularity, the Chronicle assumed extraordinary significance across the divides of language, geography and confession. Indeed, Melanchthon’s intervention would become the point of departure for theologians, historians and jurists to debate the past, present and future of the Holy Roman Empire. Through the Chronicle, the Wittenberg reformation of historical thought became an integral aspect of European intellectual culture for the centuries that followed.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lotito, Mark A

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Protestantismus, evangelische und protestantische Kirchen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

CHAPTERS

1. INTRODUCTION

2. THE FOURTH MONARCHY AND THE TRANSLATIO IMPERII

3. JOHANN CARION OF BIETIGHEIM: THE BERLIN COURT ASTRONOMER

4. CARION’S CHRONICLE: A WITTENBERG VIEW OF THE PAST

5. THE TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION OF CARION’S CHRONICLE

6. THE LEGACY OF WITTENBERG HISTORIOGRAPHY

7. CONCLUSION

APPENDICES

APPENDIX A: CARION’S CHRONICLE – TEXTUAL TRANSMISSION

APPENDIX B: CARION’S CHRONICLE – MANUSCRIPT NOTES

APPENDIX C: CARION’S CHRONICLE – STEMMA OF EDITIONS

APPENDIX D: CARION’S CHRONICLE – INDICES TO THE EDITIONS

APPENDIX E: CARION’S CHRONICLE – CENSUS OF EDITIONS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Über Autor(innen)

Mark A. Lotito completed his graduate studies at the University of London, Warburg Institute (M.A.) and the University of Michigan (M.A., Ph.D.). After law school at Cornell University (J.D., LL.M.), he entered private legal practice.