Historiography

Contents
Preface ix
Introduction xi
Bibliographical Note xlvi
PART I The Idealistic Theory of Historiography 1
1 The Young Ranke’s Vision of History and God (Excerpts from a letter to his brother Heinrich from Frankfurt/Oder, end of March 1820) 4
2 On the Relations of History and Philosophy (A manuscript of the 1830s) 5
3 On the Character of Historical Science (A manuscript of the 1830s) 8
4 The Pitfalls of a Philosophy of History (Introduction to a lecture on universal history; a manuscript of the 1840s) 17
5 On Progress in History (From the fi rst lecture to King Maximilian II of Bavaria “On the Epochs of
Modern History”, 1854) 20
6 The Role of the Particular and the General in the Study of Universal History (A manuscript of the 1860s) 24
PART II The Idealistic Theory of the State 27
7 The Great Powers (1833) 29
8 A Dialogue on Politics (1836) 54
9 On the Relation of and Distinction between History and Politics (1836) 75
PART III The Prefaces 83
10 Preface to the First Edition of Histories of the Latin and Germanic Peoples (October 1824) 85
11 Preface to History of the Popes (1834) 88
12 Preface to History of France (1852) 93
13 Preface to History of England (1859) 96
14 Preface to Universal History (1880) 102
PART IV History of the Popes 105
15 History of the Popes (1834) 107
Index 143