Compilation or Tradition?: Some Thoughts on the Methods of Historians and Other Scholars in Antiquity
Historiographical compilations are usually seen as a typical late antique and mediaeval phenomenon. This paper argues that the compilatory method was already wide-spread in earlier centuries and indeed was the normal procedure for ancient authors dealing with the non-contemporary past, as can been s...
| Published in: | Sacris erudiri |
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| Subtitles: | Techniques of compilation in late ancient and medieval historiography |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brepols
[2017]
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| In: |
Sacris erudiri
Year: 2017, Volume: 56, Pages: 395-413 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Kompilation
/ Geschichtsschreibung
/ Griechenland (Altertum)
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| RelBib Classification: | TA History TB Antiquity |
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| Summary: | Historiographical compilations are usually seen as a typical late antique and mediaeval phenomenon. This paper argues that the compilatory method was already wide-spread in earlier centuries and indeed was the normal procedure for ancient authors dealing with the non-contemporary past, as can been seen from their reporting of traditions they did not necessarily believe, from the ubiquitous use of a single main source and the often indirect use of other sources, and from the persistence of old information over many centuries. As remarkable as this may seem to the modern scholar, it is hardly surprising when one considers the authority of tradition in the ancient world. For this reason it may be more productive think about this phenomenon in terms of tradition rather than compilation. |
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| Item Description: | Seite 393-393: Einleitung "Techniques of compilation in late ancient and medieval historiography“ edited by P. Van Nuffelen, E. Delacenserie, P. Manafis in diesem Heft |
| ISSN: | 2295-9025 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sacris erudiri
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1484/J.SE.5.114778 |