Editorial: Oxford University Press
Colección: Oxford-Warburg Studies
Número de páginas: 256 págs. 21.6 x 13.5 cm
Fecha de edición: 15-02-2024
EAN: 9780198885931
ISBN: 978-0-19-888593-1
Precio (sin IVA): 101,63 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 105,70 €
While humanists agreed on identifying the main requirement of the historical genre with truthfulness, they disagreed on their notions of historical truth. Some authors equated historical truth with verisimilitude, thus harmonizing the quest for truth with other ingredients of their histories, such as their political utility and rhetorical aptness. Others, instead, rejected the notion of verisimilitude, identifying historical truth with factuality. Accordingly, they sought to produce bare and exhaustive accounts of all the things that pertained to their historical explorations, often resorting to innovative disciplines, such as archeology, philology, and the history of institutions.