The Ecclesiastical and Political History of the Popes of Rome... - 9781108027120

The Ecclesiastical and Political History of the Popes of RomeDuring the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries\nAuthor(s): Leopold von Ranke, Sarah Austin\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108027120, 978-1108027120\nSynopsis\nThis translation by Sarah Austin [tel] of German historian Leopold von Ranke's work contributed significantly to early modern history and historiography. By some accounts 'the best living translator' of her time, Austin was a member of circles that included Jeremy Bentham and J. S. Mill. Ranke [tel] worked for most of his life at the University of Berlin, writing several histories covering the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries. Austin's translation recognises Ranke's importance to Western historiography: his methodology stressed the centrality of using primary sources and of the historian's objectivity. Ranke's history engages with a much wider area than his title suggests; .