The Ecclesiastical and Political History of the Popes of Rome : During the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (Cambridge Library Collection: History) 〈1〉 （Reissue）

Von Ranke, Leopold/ Austin, Sarah (TRN)

Cambridge Univ Pr（2011/05発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 528 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781108027113
• DDC分類 940

Full Description

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 social 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 1 traces the impact and history of the popes from their 'epochs' to the sixteenth century. These volumes will be of interest to early modern historians and historiographers alike.

Contents

Translator's preface; Author's preface; Book I2. The church and the ecclesiastical states in the beginning of the sixteenth century; 3. Political state of Europe, its connection with the Reformation; Book II. Beginning of the Regeneration of Catholicism; Book III. The Popes about the Middle of the Sixteenth Century; Book IV. State and Court: The Times of Gregory XIII and Sixtus V.