| The Ecclesiastical and Political History of the Popes of Rome: Volume 2: During the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Contributor(s): Ranke, Leopold Von (Author), Austin, Sarah (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0511910169 ISBN-13: 9780511910166 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $72.25 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: August 2011 |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - General - Religion | Christianity - Catholic |
| Dewey: 282.092 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History |
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| Publisher 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 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. |
