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Leopold von Ranke was a pioneering 19th-century historian, widely regarded as the father of modern historical scholarship. His approach emphasized the importance of primary sources and objective analysis, moving away from the interpretive, moralistic histories of earlier times. Ranke's works, particularly on European political and religious history, introduced rigorous methodologies that transformed the study of history into a scientific discipline. His multi-volume studies on the Papacy, the Reformation, and various European states continue to be influential for their factual depth and methodological precision.

This is volume one of a three-volume set.Essential to any study of the rise of Brandenburg-Prussia, the work was based on Ranke's indefatigable research into the original documents of the Prussian archives, and presents the basic starting point for the history of the two Fredericks. This is a reprint of the English translation of 1849 by Sir Alexander and Lady Duff Gordon.This title is cited and recommended by: Books for College Libraries.

'No apology can be needed for introducing to English readers the latest work of Leopold von Ranke', states the editor's preface to this English translation, first published in 1884. Ranke (1795-1886) is well known for pioneering the modern historical method which advocates empiricism, rather than a focus on the philosophy of history. Emphasising the importance of presenting history exactly as the surviving evidence, both documentary and archaeological, reveals it to have happened, Ranke asserted that different eras need to be understood in their own contexts rather than in relation to each other. Though it is limited to the Mediterranean and the Middle East, this work takes a broad overview of 'the oldest historical group of nations and the Greeks', beginning with ancient Egypt and concluding with Alexander the Great and his immediate successors. Other works by Ranke in English translation are also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection.

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'.