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Gafurov, S. O.
At the Service of the Dynasty: the Political Context of the Republishing of Franz Christoph Kevenhüller’s «Annals of Fer dinand», in: Proslogion: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Social History and Culture, 2024. Vol. 7 (2). P. 135–151.

Gafurov Sergey Olegovich, 2). P. 135–151. Gafurov Sergey Olegovich, Bachelor’s degree, Master of the Department of General and Public History, Institute of International Relations, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University (420111, Russia, Kazan, 44 Levo-Bulachnaya str.)

maiasters@mail.ru

Language: Russian

The article is devoted to the analysis of the political functions of the republishing of the multi-volume historical work by Franz Christoph Khevenhüller (1588–1650), «The Annals of Ferdinand», in the second decade of the 18th century. This source can be considered one of the most important for the reconstruction of the politi cal history of the House of Austria in the first half of the 17th century. The novelty of the approach proposed in the article lies in highlighting certain aspects of the creation of the second edition of the Annals, which was published in 1721–1726 and has not been considered as a separate subject of research until now. The author analyzes the political context that had developed by the time of the publication of the work at the Austrian and Saxon courts. The role of the publisher, Moritz Georg Weidmann from Leipzig, is emphasized, who compiled prefaces for each volume, in which he indicated the historical personalities interested in the publication. First of all, the monarchs of Austria and Saxony were mentioned: Emperor Charles VI of Habsburg and Elector Augustus II the Strong. The conclusion is drawn regarding possible historical parallels between the text of the Annals and the activities of the rulers. For the emperor and his entourage, the Annals symbolized the revived spirit of the Counter-Reformation and were also meant to serve as a reminder to the estates of the unity of the Habsburg hereditary lands. At the Saxon court, the publication signified loyalty to the emperor and imperial laws, which was complemented by Augustus II’s religious conversion to Catholicism. The significance of the republish ing during the acute confessional conflict in the Holy Roman Empire in 1719–1723 is also emphasized. In the context of the polemical struggle between the estates of the empire, the Annals provided Catholics with a convenient and «correct» interpreta tion of the events of the Thirty Years’ War, the interest in which was aroused by the approaching new religious war in Germany.

Keywords: Annales Ferdinandei, Franz Christoph Kevenhüller, Ferdinand II
Habsburg, Charles VI Habsburg, Augustus II the Strong, House of Austria, Holy
Roman Empire

URL: http://proslogion.ru/72-gafurov/

10.24412/2500-0926-2024-72-135-151

Maghuga V. I., Prokopiev A. Yu., Introduction. 2024.

Mazhuga Vladimir Ivanovich, PhD of History, St. Petersburg Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences (197110, St. Petersburg, Petrozavodskaya Street, 7)
vladimirmazhuga@gmail.com

Prokopiev Andrey Yur’evich, doctor of History, professor, Saint-Petersburg State University (199034, Rossiya, Sankt-Peterburg, Universitetskaya nab., 7/9)
а.prokopiev@spbu.ru

Language: Russian

Постоянная ссылка: http://proslogion.ru/71-intoduction/

Zmud, L. Ya. M. A. Gukovsky on the way to Leonardo da Vinci: the History of Science and Technology in the 1930s, in: Proslogion: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Social History and Culture, 2023. Vol. 6(2). P. 38–62.

Leonid Yakovlevich Zhmud’, Doctor of Philosophy, Principal Academic Researcher at the Saint Petersburg Branch of the Institute for the History of Science and Technology named after S. I. Vavilov, Russian Academy of Sciences (199034, Russia, Saint Petersburg, Universitetskaya embankment, 5)

l.zhmud@spbu.ru

Language: Russian

The paper covers the early period of M. A. Gukovsky’s scholarly work, the 1930s, when his major study on the history of science, “The Mechanics of Leonardo da Vinci”, was written; in 1939 it was defended as a doctoral dissertation though published only in 1947. Gukovsky had been educated by scholars of the old school, such as L. P. Karsavin, I. M. Grevs, A. I. Khomentovskaya, but did not immediately become a historian. His scholarly and organizational activities in the Commission for the History of Knowledge and the Institute for the History of Science and Technology began after the “great break” that sharply increased the ideological pressure on the humanities. In articles and reviews of this time, Gukovsky appears as a scholar of a new generation, capable both to combine academic scholarship with a Marxist understanding of history in general and the history of science and technology in particular and to form a new methodology for their research, meeting the challenges of the time.

Keywords: M. A. Gukovsky, N. I. Bukharin, history of science and technology, Commission on the History of Knowledge, Institute of the History of Science and Technology, Renaissance, Marxism

URL: http://proslogion.ru/71-zmud/

DOI: 10.24412/2500-0926-2023-71-38-62

Youssim, M.A. Collections of Biographies and Giordano Orsini, in: Proslogion: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Social History and Culture, 2023. Vol. 7(1). P. 123–147.

Mark Arkadjevich Youssim, doctor of history, chief researcher, Institute of World History, Russian Acedemy of sciences, Department of Western Middle Ages and Early Modern times (Leninskiy prosp., 32A, Moscow, Russia, 119334)

youssimm@mail.ru

Language: Russian

The Renaissance was characterized by an interest for biographies of great personalities, which was reflected in collections of life histories and galleries of portraits that adorned the palaces of antiquity admirers. Francesco Petrarca was one of the first to turn to this genre, compiling his collection exclusively of antique heroes. A collection of more than 300 figures of historical figures of all times decorated the palace of Montegiordano in Rome, where under the auspices of Cardinal Giordano Orsini gathered a circle of humanists. The frescoes have not survived and are known from copies; their composition reflects the ideas about history and great men typical of Renaissance culture.

Keywords: historical painting, Montegiordano, Cardinal Giordano Orsini, vitae, history in persons.

URL: http://proslogion.ru/71-youssim/

DOI: 10.24412/2500-0926-2023-71-123-147

Skvortsov, A. M. On the training medievalist-scholars at Leningrad University in the 1930s, in: Proslogion: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Social History and Culture, 2023. Vol. 7(1). P. 84–100.

Artyom Mikhailovich Skvortsov, PhD in History, Assistant Professor, Research fellow, S. I. Vavilov Institute for the History of Science and Technology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg Branch, Saint Petersburg (199034, Russia, St. Petersburg, Universitetskaya emb., 5)

artyom-skvorcov@yandex.ru

Language: Russian

The year 1934 was a turning point for medieval studies in Soviet Russia. The postgraduate legislation of the 1930s outlined only in the most general terms the process of training scholars, which encouraged professors to freely fill in the content of the training. The old-school specialists involved in this important state undertaking sought to realise the ideas of traditional science and their usual approaches to teaching. I. M. Grevs and O. A. Dobiash-Rozhdestvenskaya insisted on the seminar form of classes as optimal in training researchers, contributing to the formation of research skills in young medievalists. The historical-philological approach implemented in Grevs’s seminars not only developed the skills of reading a medieval source in its original language and analysing it, but also made it possible to embed the findings in a broad historical context. O. A. Dobiash-Rozhdestvenskaya’s seminars were held in parallel with I. M. Grevs’s classes: during the first year and a half postgraduates listened to lectures, were engaged in laboratory work on Western historiography, diplomatics, historical chronology and geography under the direct supervision of the seminar leader. Afterwards the students were offered to independently study documents from the collection of the Public Library, which were not directly related to the chosen thesis topic. This is how the restoration of the criteria corresponding to world science took place for the preparation of the young generation for the occupations of science, the most important of which were the skills of working with sources, including those that have arrived in their original form, and historiography.

Keywords: Graves, Dobiaš-Roždestvenskaja, Leningrad State University, Medieval History Department, historiography, seminar, the Soviet Medievalstudies

URL: http://proslogion.ru/71-skvortsov/

DOI: 10.24412/2500-0926-2023-71-84-100

Sergeev, M. L. Conrad Gessner as a scholar of Greek (some observations), in: Proslogion: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Social History and Culture, 2023. Vol. 7(1). P. 148–162.

Mikhail L’vovich Sergeev, candidate of sciences (in philology), research fellow, S. I. Vavilov Institute for the History of Science and Technology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg Branch (199034, Russia, Saint Petersburg, Universitetskaya emb., 5)

librorumcustos@gmail.com

Language: Russian

This article is devoted to the Swiss philologist and naturalist Konrad Gessner’s studies in Greek language and literature. It offers some general information about Gessner’s interest in Greek and his reputation as a Hellenist among humanists, and considers a sample of Gessner’s Greek poems from the manuscript collection «Thrinodiae» (1532), his correspondence in Greek and main achievements in Greek philology (as editor and translator). The influence of Greek studies on Gessner’s research activities in various fields of science and his ideas about the tasks of a scientist is then shown on the example of three cases — the history of the first edition of Marcus Aurelius’ «Meditations» (1559), the citation from «De venatione» (a poem on hunting) by Oppian in the first volume of «Historia animalium» (1551), and the treatment of German linguistic material in «Mithridates» (1555) according to the model applied to Greek dialects. It is concluded that the Greek literary heritage was perceived by Gessner both as an indispensable source of factual information about nature and culture, to be inventoried and criticized by means of philology and bibliography, and as a model of scientific discourse applicable to the description of new European realities.

Keywords: Humanism, 16th century, Switzerland, Greek, Neo-Greek literature, history of science, philology, bibliography

URL: http://proslogion.ru/71-sergeev/

DOI: 10.24412/2500-0926-2023-71-148-162