'To the great aid of our memory': Georg Calixtus on the Study of History This chapter uses Georg Calixtus' 1629 speech on the study of histories as a case study to begin exploring his contributions to early modern scholarship beyond the boundaries of modern theological...

I undertook a close reading of Georg Calixtus' 1629 speech on the study of histories, showing that he was not "just" a theologian as per our modern understanding of the term, but was also interested in things like chronology and historical criticism.

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Reading and Writing History from Bruni to Windschuttle: Essays in Honour of Gary Ianziti Featuring work by researchers in the fields of early modern studies, Italian studies, ecclesiastical history and historiography, this volume of essays adds to a rich corpus of literature on Renaissanc...

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