Historiae Mundi : studies in universal history / edited by Peter Liddel and Andrew Fear

• Pubblicazione: London ; New York, : Bloomsbury, 2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (255 p.)
• Disciplina: 938.0072
• Soggetto topico: World history
• Persona (resp. second.): LiddelPeter P <1977-> (Peter Philip); FearA. T.
• Note generali: "This collection is based on the papers given at an international conference (Universal Historiography in Antiquity and Beyond) which took place at the University of Manchester in June 2007". -- Pref.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction / Tim Cornell, Andrew Fear, Peter Liddel. -- Metabole politeion as universal historiography / Peter Liddel. -- Polybius and the first universal history / François Hartog. -- Diodorus' reading of Polybius' universalism / Brian Sheridan. -- Diodorus' good statesman and state revenue / Errietta Bissa. -- Strabo and the development of ancient Greek universal historiography / Johannes Engels. -- The glory of Italy and Rome's universal destiny in Strabo's Gegraphika / Marta García Morcillo. -- Universal history and the early Roman historians / Tim Cornell. -- Universal and particular in Velleius Paterculus : Carthage versus Rome / Clemence Schultze. -- Focalised universality : contextualising the genre / Liv Mariah Yarrow. -- Ennius as universal historian : the case of the Annales / Jackie Elliott. -- Theology versus genre? the universalism of Christian historiography in late antiquity / Peter Van Nuffelen. -- Orosius and escaping from the dance of doom / Andrew Fear. -- A rose in the desert? Late antiquity and early Byzantine chronicles and the formation of Islamic universal historiography / Marco Di Branco. -- Universal historiography and world history according to Hegel / Allegra de Laurentiis. -- Spengler, the modern west, and Roman decline / John Farrenkopf.
• Sommario/riassunto: "'Universal History' is a type of history that attempts to explain the world beyond the immediate surroundings of the author. It reflects a desire to synthesise the mass of written and oral knowledge about the past and to introduce a systematic interpretation. The purpose of this collection is to re-examine the notion of Universal Historiography with a focus on its appearance in the Greek and Roman world and on the legacy that ancient authors offered to later generations. Fifteen new essays by a diverse set of international scholars tackle questions of definition, and illustrate the diversity of its forms, structures, themes and analyses. The collection explores the historical and intellectual contexts which gave rise to universalist thought, and its reputation and reception in antiquity and beyond. This book will appeal to those interested in Graeco-Roman historiography, and those with an interest in the Arabic, Early Christian and modern reception of ancient historiography."--Bloomsbury Publishing; "Universal History" is a type of history that attempts to explain the world beyond the immediate surroundings of the author. It reflects a desire to synthesise the mass of written and oral knowledge about the past and to introduce a systematic interpretation. The purpose of this collection is to re-examine the notion of Universal Historiography with a focus on its appearance in the Greek and Roman world and on the legacy that ancient authors offered to later generations. Fifteen new essays by a diverse set of international scholars tackle questions of definition, and illustrate the diversity of its forms, structures, themes and analyses. The collection explores the historical and intellectual contexts which gave rise to universalist thought, and its reputation and reception in antiquity and beyond. This book will appeal to those interested in Graeco-Roman historiography, and those with an interest in the Arabic, Early Christian and modern reception of ancient historiography.
• Titolo autorizzato: Historiae mundi
• ISBN: 1-4725-4074-3; 1-4725-1980-9; 1-4725-1979-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822538103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II