The Ecclesiastical and Political History of the Popes of Rome, Volume 1: During the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (Cambridge Library Collection - European History) - Softcover

Von Ranke, Leopold

9781108027113: The Ecclesiastical and Political History of the Popes of Rome, Volume 1: During the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (Cambridge Library Collection - European History)

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ISBN 10: 1108027113 ISBN 13: 9781108027113

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011

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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.

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Drawing on a wealth of manuscript and primary sources from across Europe, Ranke's history narrates and contextualises the fortunes of the papacy in one of its most tumultuous eras. Volume 1 presents the background and events leading up to that tempest and provides important notes from both translator and author.

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