Writing history in the archives. Early modern courts, universities, the republic of letters and histori-ography.

在档案中书写历史。

• 批准号: 240282762
• 负责人: Professor Dr. Markus Friedrich
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Arbeitsbereich Europäische Geschichte
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2012-12-31 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/240282762?language=en
• 关键词: Writing; history; archives.; Early; modern

This project investigates how knowledge about the past was produced, substantiated, and used by early modern erudites. It is interested more in the research activities of historians previous to publication than in analyzing published works as such. Two 17th century historians, Friedrich Hortleder and Caspar Sagittarius, will serve as case studies. Their rich papers and voluminous publications will allow us exemplary glimpses into the processes of historiographical knowledge production. The cases of Hortleder and Sagittarius will illuminate especially how archives were (or were not) used by early modern historians. By incorporating such practical aspects of historiography, this project provides new ideas for the history of historiography in general. It promotes the view that our study of past historiographies should focus strongly on aspects of knowledge production. Without doing so, the form and function of historical knowledge cannot be fully understood. In order to implement this research agenda, the project integrates three areas of research that have so far coexisted in largely parallel worlds: the history of archives, the history of historiography, the history of knowledge and science. Generally, much stress will be laid on daily erudite practices in all three areas. Why Hortleder and Sagittarius? Several reasons suggested this choice. Both were extremely influential through their publications, both left huge amounts of papers and notes, both shifted back and forth between several social and erudite milieus (courts, universities, republic of letters). Relying on the rich manuscript and printed materials available, the project, in following the methodological guidelines sketched above, will study in detail the daily routines and procedures of Hortleder and Sagittarius when working to create historical knowledge. It will address, among other things, the possibilities and limits of archival research, the communication of findings and the pleas for help and support. It will also study how and to which degree archive-based historical research actually was a collective enterprise. Epistolary networks organized around archival issues, teams assembled to investigate certain repositories, professors relied on their students for support. These and similar practical issues of early modern historiography are studied here in much detail because the project relies on one basic assumption: the history of historiography is to be broadened into a history of the production of historical knowledge. By studying Hortleder and Sagittarius, this project attempts to show how and why this can and should be done.

这个项目调查了关于过去的知识是如何被早期现代学者产生、证实和使用的。它更感兴趣的是历史学家在出版之前的研究活动，而不是分析出版的作品。两位17世纪的历史学家Friedrich Hortleder和Caspar Sagittarius将作为案例研究。他们丰富的论文和大量的出版物将使我们得以一瞥史学知识生产的过程。Hortleder和Sagittarius的案例将特别说明早期现代历史学家是如何（或没有）使用档案的。通过结合史学的这些实践方面，本项目为一般的史学提供了新的思路。它促进了这样一种观点，即我们对过去史学的研究应该强烈关注知识生产的各个方面。不这样做，就不能充分认识历史知识的形式和功能。为了实施这一研究议程，该项目整合了迄今为止在很大程度上平行世界中共存的三个研究领域：档案史、史学史、知识和科学史。一般来说，这三个领域的日常实践将会受到很大的重视。为什么是霍特莱德和射手座？有几个原因促使了这一选择。两人的出版物都极具影响力，两人都留下了大量的论文和笔记，两人都在几个社会和学术环境（法院、大学、文学界）之间来回穿梭。该项目依靠丰富的手稿和印刷材料，在遵循上述方法指导方针的情况下，将详细研究霍特莱德和射手座在创造历史知识时的日常生活和程序。除其他事项外，它将讨论档案研究的可能性和局限性、调查结果的交流以及请求帮助和支持的请求。它还将研究基于档案的历史研究如何以及在多大程度上实际上是一项集体事业。书信体网络围绕着档案问题组织起来，团队聚集起来调查某些资料库，教授们依靠学生的支持。这些和类似的早期现代史学的实际问题在这里进行了详细的研究，因为这个项目依赖于一个基本假设：史学的历史将被扩展为历史知识生产的历史。通过研究霍特莱德和射手座，这个项目试图展示如何以及为什么可以和应该做到这一点。