The reformation of historical thought / by Mark A. Lotito

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Intro -- The Reformation of Historical Thought -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Additional Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 1 The Constitution of Europe -- 2 Philipp Melanchthon -- 3 Prior Research -- 4 Reformation of Historical Thought -- 5 Melanchthon's Historical Works -- 6 Carion's Chronicle -- 7 Chapter Summaries -- 2 The Fourth Monarchy and the Translatio Imperii -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Universal History and the Roman Empire -- 3 Christian Historiography -- 4 Late Antiquity and the Fourth Monarchy -- 5 St. Augustine and the Six Ages -- 6 Universal History in the Early Middle Ages -- 7 The Four Monarchies in the High Middle Ages -- 8 Translationes Imperii and the Donation of Constantine -- 9 Papal-Imperial Chronicles -- 10 Challenges to the Curial Theories -- 11 Early Printed Chronicles -- 12 The Germania Illustrata and Nauclerus's Chronicle -- 13 Conclusion -- 3 Johann Carion of Bietigheim: The Berlin Court Astronomer -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Carion's Early Career -- 3 Sintflut of 1524 -- 4 A Second Flood Prediction -- 5 Natural Art of Astrology -- 6 The Dispute with Andreas Perlach -- 7 Carion and Königsberg -- 8 Carion and Melanchthon -- 9 Melanchthon and Annius of Viterbo -- 10 Carion's 1532 Visit to Wittenberg -- 11 Seventy Weeks of Daniel -- 12 Celestial Signs and Portents -- 13 Carion's Career after 1532 -- 14 Conclusion -- 4 Carion's Chronicle: A Wittenberg View of the Past -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Reformation of Form and Structure -- 3 Translationes Imperii -- 4 The Holy Roman Empire -- 5 The Four Monarchies and the Turks -- 6 The Wittenberg World Map -- 7 The Turks in Carion's Chronicle -- 8 Ecclesiastical History -- 9 The Melanchthon-Peucer Chronicle of 1572 -- 10 Melanchthon's Revisions -- 11 Caspar Peucer's Revisions -- 12 The Electoral College.