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Assyria in Early Modern Historiography
SARHA, Jennifer
2020In Grogan, Jane (Ed.) Beyond Greece and Rome: Reading the Ancient <near East in Early Modern Europe
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Keywords :
historiography; classical reception; assyria
Abstract :
[en] This article provides a starting point for the understudied pre-nineteenth-century reception of Assyria. In early modern Europe, knowledge about ancient Assyria was mainly derived from a small pool of classical authors; an entirely textual tradition, centred around the figures of Semiramis and Sardanapalus, which was transmitted through strict repetition in late medieval and early modern history writing. The narrow scope and repetitive nature of this tradition raise questions for historiography – what kind of historical knowledge can be produced from such limited sources? And, crucially, what notions about Assyria can emerge here? By examining the treatment of Semiramis and Sardanapalus in three geographically and chronologically diverse case-studies (Giovanni Boccaccio, Johannes Carion and Philip Melanchthon, and Walter Ralegh), this article sheds light on the negotiations between received practices and historiographical trends, the influence of moral imperatives and gendered logic, and establishes the longevity and pan-European spread of the historiographical tradition on Assyria.
Disciplines :
Classical & oriental studies
Author, co-author :
SARHA, Jennifer ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF)
External co-authors :
no
Language :
English
Title :
Assyria in Early Modern Historiography
Publication date :
May 2020
Main work title :
Beyond Greece and Rome: Reading the Ancient <near East in Early Modern Europe
Editor :
Grogan, Jane
Publisher :
Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN/EAN :
978-0-19-876711-4
Pages :
235-255
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
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