Iulius Africanus has rightly been called the 'Father of Christian Chronography'. His world chronicle is one of the few works of Christian literature pioneering a new genre. Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages mainly articulated their reflection on history in the form of the world…
"This book aims to shed new light on asceticism of the heart and imperial Christian aspects in the ascetic life of Melania the Younger, in particular, and of a specific group of Roman aristocratic ascetic women, in general. The author draws on the examination of rhetorical langu…
Continuing the tradition of historiographic studies, this volume provides an update on research in Reformation and early modern Europe. Written by expert scholars in the field, these eighteen essays explore the fundamental points of Reformation and early modern history in religi…
Continuing the tradition of historiographic studies, this volume provides an update on research in Reformation and early modern Europe. Written by expert scholars in the field, these eighteen essays explore the fundamental points of Reformation and early modern history in religi…
This volume provides the first geographically broad, comparative survey of early modern 'sacred history', or writing on the history of the Christian Church, its leaders and saints, and its institutional and doctrinal developments, in the two centuries from c. 1450-1650. With dee…
Das neue Buch von Mary Anne Perkins zeichnet die Geschichte der Vorstellung vom "Christlichen Europa" nach und geht ihrem bis in die Gegenwart reichenden Einfluss auf Gesellschafts- und politische Theorie, Geschichtsschreibung und -deutung, europäisches und nationales Identitäts…
This book critically explores the idea of Europe since the French Revolution from the perspective of intellectual history. It traces the dominant and recurring theme of Europe-as-Christendom in discourse concerning the relation of religion, politics and society, in historiograph…
Writing history, constructing religion
This volume presents an interdisciplinary exploration of the significance of debates among historian, scholars of religion and cultural theorists over the 'nature' of history to the study of religion.