Early Modern Genres of History (Early Modern Themes)

Bringing together an international group of literary scholars, intellectual historians, and cultural historians, this book discusses history in its various forms, either as texts or images in the early modern period (1500–1800).

Early Modern Genres of History explores different genres and representational modes regarded as history before history became a scientific discipline during the nineteenth century. It does not seek to show how the modern discipline of history as an academic study developed, but rather to examine the ways in which historical texts and images became part of a wider field of early modern knowledge formations. This volume demonstrates how history was connected to the developments in the public sphere, how antiquarian historians used genres in their work, how history evolved and functioned in the visual field, and how historical genres travelled across different contexts. Overall, Early Modern Genres of History reveals how the diversity of historical representations in the early modern period has contributed to the broader foundations of history as it is understood in the twenty-first century.

This volume is of great use to upper-level undergraduates, postgraduates, and scholars interested in early modern Europe and the history of knowledge across both the history and literature disciplines.

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons (CC-BY) 4.0 license.

Emil Nicklas Johnsen, PhD History of Ideas, University of Oslo (UiO), Norway. Johnsen has published extensively in Nordic intellectual history, with particular interest in historiography and the dynamics of the public sphere. In addition, he has long experience as editor in Arr. Idéhistorisk tidsskrift (Journal of the History of Ideas) and is currently writing the textbook Vestens idéhistorie fra 1800 til i dag. (History of Ideas in the Western World from 1800 until today).

Ina Louise Stovner, PhD Cultural History, University of Oslo (UiO), Norway. Stovner’s research interests include topics within cultural history, understanding of history, and memory studies, and she has special expertise in visual sources 1750 to 1840. She has extensive teaching experience in cultural history and museology at UiO and several years of experience as a member of the editorial team in Tidsskrift for kulturforskning (Journal of Cultural Studies).