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The Reformation of Historical Thought
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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, and he offered a distinctly Wittenberg perspective on the foundations of the “modern” European world. Through its immense popularity, the Chronicle assumed extraordinary significance across the divides of language, geography and confession. Indeed, Melanchthon’s intervention would become the point of departure for theologians, historians and jurists to debate the past, present and future of the Holy Roman Empire. Through the Chronicle, the Wittenberg reformation of historical thought became an integral aspect of European intellectual culture for the centuries that followed.
Mark A. Lotito completed his graduate studies at the University of London, Warburg Institute (M.A.) and the University of Michigan (M.A., Ph.D.). After law school at Cornell University (J.D., LL.M.), he entered private legal practice.
“Mark Lotito has written an excellent book. Big in more than a physical sense, this book covers in great detail a wide range of historical actors across swathes of time, all with a view to understanding changes in historical thought.”
David Gehring, University of Nottingham. In: The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Vol. 71, No. 4 (2020), pp. 853–855.
David Gehring, University of Nottingham. In: The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Vol. 71, No. 4 (2020), pp. 853–855.
DEDICATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
CHAPTERS
1. INTRODUCTION
2. THE FOURTH MONARCHY AND THE TRANSLATIO IMPERII
3. JOHANN CARION OF BIETIGHEIM: THE BERLIN COURT ASTRONOMER
4. CARION’S CHRONICLE: A WITTENBERG VIEW OF THE PAST
5. THE TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION OF CARION’S CHRONICLE
6. THE LEGACY OF WITTENBERG HISTORIOGRAPHY
7. CONCLUSION
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A: CARION’S CHRONICLE – TEXTUAL TRANSMISSION
APPENDIX B: CARION’S CHRONICLE – MANUSCRIPT NOTES
APPENDIX C: CARION’S CHRONICLE – STEMMA OF EDITIONS
APPENDIX D: CARION’S CHRONICLE – INDICES TO THE EDITIONS
APPENDIX E: CARION’S CHRONICLE – CENSUS OF EDITIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
CHAPTERS
1. INTRODUCTION
2. THE FOURTH MONARCHY AND THE TRANSLATIO IMPERII
3. JOHANN CARION OF BIETIGHEIM: THE BERLIN COURT ASTRONOMER
4. CARION’S CHRONICLE: A WITTENBERG VIEW OF THE PAST
5. THE TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION OF CARION’S CHRONICLE
6. THE LEGACY OF WITTENBERG HISTORIOGRAPHY
7. CONCLUSION
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A: CARION’S CHRONICLE – TEXTUAL TRANSMISSION
APPENDIX B: CARION’S CHRONICLE – MANUSCRIPT NOTES
APPENDIX C: CARION’S CHRONICLE – STEMMA OF EDITIONS
APPENDIX D: CARION’S CHRONICLE – INDICES TO THE EDITIONS
APPENDIX E: CARION’S CHRONICLE – CENSUS OF EDITIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
All interested in Renaissance and Reformation history, Germany and the Holy Roman Empire, and anyone concerned with historical thought, political science and religious thought in medieval and early modern Europe.