The Ecclesiastical and Political History of the Popes of Rome: During the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

di Leopold von Ranke (Autore)

Sarah Austin (Traduttore)

Cambridge University Press, 2011

This translation by Sarah Austin (1793-1867) of German historian Leopold von Ranke's work contributed significantly to early modern history and historiography. By some accounts 'the best living translator' of her time, Austin was a member of circles that included Jeremy Bentham and J. S. Mill. Ranke (1795-1886) worked for most of his life at the University of Berlin, writing several histories covering the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries. Austin's translation recognises Ranke's importance to Western historiography: his methodology stressed the centrality of using primary sources and of the historian's objectivity. Ranke's history engages with a much wider area than his title suggests; indeed, his subject is 'the struggle between Catholicism and Protestantism, between authority and innovation', as Austin writes. Volume 2 is almost wholly concerned with the Counter-Reformation (and coins the term), from 1563 to 1630. These volumes will be of interest to early modern historians and historiographers alike.

• Autore: Leopold von Ranke
• Traduttore: Sarah Austin
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Collana: Cambridge Library Collection - European History
• Anno: 2011
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 606 p.
• Dimensioni: 216 x 34 mm
• Peso: 760 gr.
• EAN: 9781108027120

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