Historiography at the court of Christian IV (1588-1648) : studies in the Latin histories of Denmark by Johannes Pontanus and Johannes Meursius / / Karen Skovgaard-Petersen

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910797127903321
• Autore: Skovgaard-Petersen Karen
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Copenhagen : , : Museum Tusculanum Press : , : University of Copenhagen, , 2002
• ISBN: 87-635-0614-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (454 p.)
• Collana: Renaessancestudier, , 0902-9907 ; ; 11
• Disciplina: 948.9/0072/0489
• Soggetti: Literature and state - Denmark; Denmark Historiography
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Originally preesnted as the author's thesis (doctoral--University of Bergen, 1998).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-437) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front cover ; Title page ; Colophone ; Contents; I Introduction; The Scope of the Present Book; Editions; II The Promotion of a New History of Denmark in the Reign of Christian IV; III The Authors; Johannes Pontanus; 1. Pontanus's Career before his Appointment as Danish Historiographer; 2. Preparations for the 1631 Edition; 3. Pontanus's Activities as Danish Historiographer in the 1630s; Johannes Meursius; 1. Meursius in Leiden; 2. Meursius in Sorø. The Publication of the First Volume of his History of Denmark; 3. The Publication of the Second Volume; 4. The Personal Relationship between Meursius and PontanusA Note on Stephanus Johannis Stephanius; IV Pontanus's and Meursius's Predecessors. Danish Historiography after the Lutheran Reformation; 1. Introduction; 2. Johannes Magnus's Historia de omnibus Gothorum Sveonumque regibus; 3. Hans Svaning; 4. Anders Sørensen Vedel ; 5. Niels Krag; 6. Arild Huitfeldt; 7. Jon Jacobsen Venusin; 8. Claus Christoffersen Lyschander; 9. Poetical History; 10. Swedish Historiography after Johannes Magnus; V Opening the Books; 1. The Title Pages; 2. Size; 3. The Dedicatory Prefaces; 4. Dates; VI Pontanus's Rerum Danicarum historiaThe Chorographica Regni Daniæ Descriptio; 1. Survey of Contents; 2. The Antiquarian Tradition; ; 3. Etymology and the Classics; 4. Written Sources; 5. The Influence of Tacitus's Germania; 6. Gothicism Dismissed; The Chronological Narrative of Pontanus's; Rerum Danicarum historia; 1. The Introduction; 2. Books I-III (The early history, up to c. AD 750); An Alternative to Saxo; The Abbreviation of Saxo's Earliest History; 3. Book IV; Sources; The Reign of Ericus Barn; The Origin of the Normans; 4. Book V; Sources; The reign of Canutus Magnus; 5. Books VI-X and the Oldenburg History (up to 1588)Sources; Danish Influence Abroad; 6. Selected Themes; The Royal Family; The Monarchy; Norway; Sweden; Cultural Affairs; VII Meursius's Historia Danica; I. Introduction; 2. Meursius's Sources; 3. Survey of Subject-matter; 4. Reflections on Power and Morals; The Influence of Justus Lipsius; The Realistic Trend; The Moralistic Trend; 5. The Christian Foundation; 6. The Christian Element in Meursius's Sources; 7. The Protestant Outlook; Meursius's Censure of the Worldly Bishops; Other Protestant Themes; Protestantism and Monarchy; 8. The Hereditary Monarchy9. The Danish Empire; The Continued Rule over Neighbouring Countries in the Legendary Past; Svaning and the Danish Empire in the Legendary Past; 10. Sweden and the Union of Kalmar; 11. Christianus II, the Tyrant King; 12. Denmark and Germany in the Twelfth Century; 13. The Anonymous Nobleman's Commentary on Meursius's Historia Danica; VIII Style; Introduction; 1. Contemporary and Later Evaluations; 2. Words and Syntax; Meursius; 1. Meursius's Adaptation of Pontanus; 2. Meursius's Adaptation of Svaning; 3. Meursius's Adaptations of Saxo and Krantz; 4. Meursius's Adaptation of Niels Krag