num_pages: 678
description: The twenty studies collected in this volume focus on the transition from the Middle Ages to the modern world. The method leads from technical investigations on William Durant the Younger (ca. 1266-1330) and Hermann Conring (1606-1681) through reflection on the nature of historical knowledge to a break with historicism an affirmation of anachronism and a broad perspective on the history of Europe. The introduction explains when and why these studies were written and places them in the context of contemporary historical thinking by drawing on Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations. This book will appeal to historians with an interest in historical theory historians of late medieval and early modern Europe and students looking for the meaning of history.
language: English
title: Past Sense: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern European History
publisher: Brill Academic Publishers