Joseph Scaliger: A Study in the History of Classical Scholarship. Volume II: Historical Chronology

Published
ISBN
978-0199206018
Publisher
Clarendon Press

This book describes the later life of Joseph Scaliger (1540-1609), the most original scholar of the late Renaissance. It concentrates on his efforts to date the main events of ancient and medieval history, a study that required him to use both astronomical data and philological methods. Volume I of this study was published in 1983, and received wide critical attention.

Area of Interest
Intellectual History
Period
15th & 16th Centuries
17th & 18th Centuries
Region
Europe