| Description |
xi, 241 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
1. Footnotes: The Origin of a Species -- 2. Ranke: A Footnote about Scientific History -- 3. How the Historian Found His Muse: Ranke's Path to the Footnote -- 4. Footnotes and Philosophie: An Enlightenment Interlude -- 5. Back to the Future, 1: De Thou Documents the Details -- 6. Back to the Future, 2: The Antlike Industry of Ecclesiastical Historians and Antiquaries -- 7. Clarity and Distinctness in the Abysses of Erudition: The Cartesian Origins of the Modern Footnote -- Epilogue: Some Concluding Footnotes |
| Analysis |
Bibliographical citations |
| Notes |
Original English ms. version was translated into German and published under title: Die tragischen Ursprünge der deutschen Fussnote (Berlin, 1995); this is a revision of the original English version |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Bibliographical citations -- History.
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Bibliographical citations.
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Historiography -- Methodology -- History.
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History -- Research.
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| LC no. |
97017732 |
| ISBN |
0674307607 (paperback) |
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0674902157 (alk. paper) |
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