The Reformation of Historical Thought /
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, an...
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| Language: | English |
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Boston :
BRILL,
2019.
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| Series: | St Andrews Studies in Reformation History Ser ;
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Table of Contents:
- Intro; The Reformation of Historical Thought; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Additional Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 1 The Constitution of Europe; 2 Philipp Melanchthon; 3 Prior Research; 4 Reformation of Historical Thought; 5 Melanchthon's Historical Works; 6 Carion's Chronicle; 7 Chapter Summaries; 2 The Fourth Monarchy and the Translatio Imperii; 1 Introduction; 2 Universal History and the Roman Empire; 3 Christian Historiography; 4 Late Antiquity and the Fourth Monarchy; 5 St. Augustine and the Six Ages
- 6 Universal History in the Early Middle Ages7 The Four Monarchies in the High Middle Ages; 8 Translationes Imperii and the Donation of Constantine; 9 Papal-Imperial Chronicles; 10 Challenges to the Curial Theories; 11 Early Printed Chronicles; 12 The Germania Illustrata and Nauclerus's Chronicle; 13 Conclusion; 3 Johann Carion of Bietigheim: The Berlin Court Astronomer; 1 Introduction; 2 Carion's Early Career; 3 Sintflut of 1524; 4 A Second Flood Prediction; 5 Natural Art of Astrology; 6 The Dispute with Andreas Perlach; 7 Carion and Königsberg; 8 Carion and Melanchthon
- 9 Melanchthon and Annius of Viterbo10 Carion's 1532 Visit to Wittenberg; 11 Seventy Weeks of Daniel; 12 Celestial Signs and Portents; 13 Carion's Career after 1532; 14 Conclusion; 4 Carion's Chronicle: A Wittenberg View of the Past; 1 Introduction; 2 The Reformation of Form and Structure; 3 Translationes Imperii; 4 The Holy Roman Empire; 5 The Four Monarchies and the Turks; 6 The Wittenberg World Map; 7 The Turks in Carion's Chronicle; 8 Ecclesiastical History; 9 The Melanchthon-Peucer Chronicle of 1572; 10 Melanchthon's Revisions; 11 Caspar Peucer's Revisions; 12 The Electoral College
- 13 The Medieval Papacy14 Ecclesiastical History and Periodization; 15 Conclusion; 5 The Transmission and Reception of Carion's Chronicle; 1 Introduction; 2 The Early Transmission of Carion's Chronicle; 3 The Latin Transmission of the Carion-Melanchthon Chronicle; 4 Translations; 5 Carion's Chronicle in the Catholic Context; 6 Johann Funck and the 1542 Turkish Campaign; 7 The 1546 Wittenberg Edition; 8 The Schmalkaldic War; 9 Unauthorized Editions of the Chronicle; 10 Melanchthon's Revised Chronicle; 11 Caspar Peucer; 12 Peucer and the Chronicle; 13 Wittenberg and Frankfurt
- 14 Wittenberg Chronicle15 The Fall of the Philippists; 16 Conclusion; 6 The Legacy of Wittenberg Historiography; 1 Introduction; 2 Jean Bodin's Attack on German Political Thought; 3 The Initial German Response to Bodin; 4 The Fourth Monarchy and the Theologians; 5 The Fourth Monarchy and the Imperial Publicists; 6 The Fourth Monarchy and the Historians; 7 The Four Monarchies in the Graphic Arts; 8 The Last Days of the Fourth Monarchy; 7 Conclusion; Appendix A Carion's Chronicle
- Textual Transmission; Appendix B Carion's Chronicle
- Manuscript Notes
- Appendix C Carion's Chronicle
- Stemma of Editions