Judgments on history and historians / Jacob Burckhardt ; translated by Harry Zohn ; with a foreword by Alberto R. Coll.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burckhardt, Jacob, 1818-1897.

Contributor:

Zohn, Harry.

Standardized Title:

Historische Fragmente. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History--Philosophy.

History.

World history.

Historiography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 p.)

Place of Publication:

Indianapolis : Liberty Fund, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Renowned for his Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy and Reflections on History, Jacob Burckhardt (1818-1897) has well been described as "the most civilized historian of the nineteenth century." Judgments on History and Historians consists of records collected by Emil Dürr from Burckhardt's lecture notes for history courses at the University of Basel from 1865 to 1885. The 149 brief sections span five eras: Antiquity, the Middle Ages, History from 1450 to 1598, the History of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, and the Age of Revolution.

Contents:

""Jacob Burckhardt, Judgments on History and Historians""; ""Front Matter ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Details ""; ""Table of Contents, p. vii ""; ""Foreword, p. xvii ""; ""Translator's Preface, p. xxiii ""; ""I. Antiquity""; ""1. Ancient History and Its Scope, p. 1 ""; ""2. On the Intellectual Indispensability of Studying Ancient History, p. 2 ""; ""3. The Limits of Civilization and Barbarism, p. 4 ""; ""4. Why Today's ""Educated Man"" Can No Longer Understand Antiquity, p. 5 ""; ""5. The Historical Significance of Egypt, p. 7 ""

""6. The Phoenicians as the Earliest Creators of (Polis), p. 8 """"7. On Carthage, p. 9 ""; ""8. Athens, p. 10 ""; ""9. Rome and Its Mission in World History, p. 11 ""; ""10. On the Roman Empire in its First Two Centuries, p. 16 ""; ""II. The Middle Ages""; ""11. On the Middle Ages, p. 26 ""; ""12. On Early Christianity, p. 34 ""; ""13. Christianity as a Martyr Religion, p. 37 ""; ""14. On Asceticism and Its Position, p. 38 ""; ""15. The Spread of Nicene Christianity, p. 40 ""; ""16. The Church, p. 41 ""; ""17. Julian and the Prospect for a Restoration of Paganism, p. 44 ""

""18. Western European Arianism and the Jews, p. 45 """"19. The Breakup of the Western Empire, p. 46 ""; ""20. The Achievement of Clovis I, p. 47 ""; ""21. Mohammed as the Founder of a Religion, and Islam, p. 48 ""; ""22. The Despotism of Islam, p. 52 ""; ""23. Islam and Its Effects, p. 53 ""; ""24. The Two Main Realities for the Papacy of the Eighth Century, p. 54 ""; ""25. Charlemagne, p. 55 ""; ""26. The Normans, p. 57 ""; ""27. The Byzantine Empire and Its Mission, p. 58 ""; ""28. On the Iconoclastic Controversy, p. 59 ""; ""29. On the Crusades, p. 62 ""

""30. The Sorrows and Sacrifices of the Crusades, p. 64 """"31. On the Evaluation of the Later Middle Ages, p. 64 ""; ""III. History from 1450 to 1598 ""; ""32. The Period from 1450 to 1598 and the Nineteenth Century's View of It, p. 66 ""; ""33. England in the Late Middle Ages, p. 79 ""; ""34. On Richard III, p. 80 ""; ""35. On the Wars of the Roses and on Scotland, p. 83 ""; ""36. Burgundy, p. 85 ""; ""37. Charles the Bold of Burgundy, p. 85 ""; ""38. France and the Idea of Unification, p. 86 ""; ""39. Louis XI, p. 87 ""; ""40. The German Imperial Power Under Frederick III, p. 88 ""

""41. The Ottomans, p. 89 """"42. The Republic of Florence, p. 90 ""; ""43. On the War of 1494, p. 91 ""; ""44. On the Power of the Papacy, p. 94 ""; ""45. Italy and the Rest of Europe, p. 95 ""; ""46. Spain and Portugal, p. 99 ""; ""47. The Beginning of the Reformation: General Considerations, p. 101 ""; ""48. On Luther, p. 103 ""; ""49. On the German Reformation: Its Causes and Spiritual Consequences, p. 104 ""; ""50. On the Reformation: Protestantism and Tradition - The Intolerance of the New Doctrine, p. 106 ""

""51. On the Reformation: The Establishment of So-Called Spiritual Freedom, p. 108 ""

Notes:

Originally published: Boston : Beacon Press, 1958. With new foreword.

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-61487-778-5

OCLC:

824698528