Historiae Mundi: Studies in Universal History"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. |
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Contents
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2 Polybius and the First Universal History | 30 |
3 Diodorus Reading of Polybius Universalism | 41 |
4 Diodorus Good Statesman and State Revenue | 56 |
5 Strabo and the Development of Ancient Greek Universal Historiography | 71 |
6 The Glory of Italy and Romes Universal Destiny in Strabos Geographika | 87 |
7 Universal History and the Early Roman Historians | 102 |
Contextualising the Genre | 131 |
the Case of the Annales | 148 |
11 Theology versus Genre? The Universalism of Christian Historiography in Late Antiquity | 162 |
12 Orosius and Escaping from the Dance of Doom | 176 |
13 A Rose in the Desert? Late Antique and Early Byzantine Chronicles and the Formation of Islamic Universal Historiography | 189 |
14 Universal Historiography and World History according to Hegel | 207 |
15 Spengler the Modern West and Roman Decline | 221 |
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| Title | Historiae Mundi: Studies in Universal History |
| Author | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Publisher | A&C Black, 2013 |
| ISBN | 1472519809, 9781472519801 |
| Length | 256 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Ancient / General History / General History / Historiography History / World |
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