medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
From: Shannon McSheffrey <[log in to unmask]>
> My husband, Eric Reiter, curious about this, did a bit of clicking around
and found:
> www.univie.ac.at/alte-geschichte/ranke1.doc -From the foreword to
*Geschichten der romanischen und germanischen Völker von 1494 bis 1535*
(1824):
> ..Man hat der Historie das Amt, die Vergangenheit zu richten, die Mitwelt
zum Nutzen zukünftiger Jahre zu belehren, beigemessen: so hoher Ämter
unterwindet sich gegenwärtiger Versuch nicht: er will bloß sagen, wie es
eigentlich gewesen.
> Shannon
> Dr. Shannon McSheffrey
> Professor and Chair, Department of History
> Concordia University
> 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W.
> Montreal, Quebec CANADA H3G 1M8
goodness, one of the most significant quotes in all of the Historiography of
History, unknown to professional historians in Canada.
yet, known to Chicago Nephrologists.
From: "Gannett, Dulcie" <[log in to unmask]>
> And, as my Old English teacher said, it's ridiculous to think we can do
history "wie es eigentlich gewesen"--and he much preferred someone like Bede
who was up front about his presuppositions....
> Dulcie Gannett
> Division of Nephrology
> 303 E. Chicago Ave.
> Tarry 4-701
> Chicago, IL 60611
well, it's not a Gender and Sexuality issue, i suppose.
c
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