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Итальянские войны 1494—1559 гг. в лекционном курсе Т. Н. Грановского
Italian wars of 1494—1559 in lecture course by T. N. Granovsky

Author(s): Dmitry V. Mazarchuk
Subject(s): Political history, Social history, Social Theory, 16th Century, Sociology of Politics
Published by: Ивановский государственный университет
Keywords: T N Granovsky; “Russian historical school”; Modern history; Italian wars; historiography;

Summary/Abstract: The problem of the continuity of historical science and higher historical education is important both for the commemoration of the community of historians and for practical purposes of understanding the content and characteristics of the development of social thought in a particular period. In this regard, an appeal to the history of historical science is a necessary element of the professional culture of historians. From the point of view of studying the roots of Russian historical science, the study of the works and activities of historians of the XIX century, including one of the first professionals in the field of world history, T. N. Granovsky, is of particular importance. Italian wars (1494—1559) are an important period in the history of interstate/international relations, the study of which occupies a worthy place in the works of historians of the past and present. The purpose of the article is to study the place and role of the Italian wars as a phenomenon of Western European history in Granovsky’s lecture course. The following main tasks were set: to show the place of the history of the Italian wars in Granovsky’s lecture course on the history of Modern age; to analyze the peculiarities of style, author’s preferences, presentation of lecture material; to evaluate the conclusions made by Granovsky in the context of modern historiography. The main method used in this study is comparative-historical. Based on the study of the peculiarities of considering the history of the Italian wars in Granovsky’s lecture course, a conclusion was made about the state of study of the relevant topic in Russian science in the first half of the XIX century. In particular, the conclusions made by Granovsky about the nature and consequences of the pan-European conflict at the end of the XV — first half of the XVI century correlate with the achievements of modern historiography of the issue. The article concludes that Granovsky made a significant contribution to the Russian historical science. The conclusions made are important in the study of the process of evolution of the dissemination and translation of historical knowledge, as well as the development of ideas about the level and features of the development of Russian historical science in the Nikolay the First’s period.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 53-72
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Russian