Johann Sleidan and the Protestant Vision of History equipment and methods Written by a collaborative team

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This volume of thirteen new essays definitively establishes the central place of political economy in Hume’s intellectual endeavor

Johann Sleidan and the Protestant Vision of History equipment and methods Written by a collaborative teamOne of the major challenges faced by the emergent Protestant faith was how to establish itself in a hitherto Catholic world. A key way it found to achieve this was to create a common identity through the fashioning of history, emphasising Protestantism's legitimacy and authority. In this study, the life and works of one of the earliest and most influential Protestant historians, Johann Sleidan (1506 1556) are explored to reveal how history could be