Bøger af Leopold Von Ranke

Attempts to give some sense of author's literary skill, by including examples of his historical portraiture from his History of the Popes, History of France, and History of the Reformation.

Leopold von Ranke (1795-1886), German historian and founder of primary-source-based history, published this work in German in 1829. Relying on eye-witness accounts of events in 1804, it is one of the first modern works on Serbians and their history. It was translated into English in 1847.

Originally written in German, this staggeringly comprehensive six-volume history of seventeenth-century England was first published in English in 1875. This first volume prefigures the events of the seventeenth century: starting with the early Britons, Ranke summarises English history up to the early years of Charles I's reign.

Drawing on a wealth of manuscript and primary sources from across Europe, Ranke's history narrates and contextualises the fortunes of the papacy in one of its most tumultuous eras. Volume 1 presents the background and events leading up to that tempest and provides important notes from both translator and author.

Leopold von Ranke, who was born in 1795, is considered to be one of the founders of the modern practice of writing history. This collection focuses on the relationship between history and religion together with his inaugural lecture of 1836 'On the Relation and Difference between History and Politics'.