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• 15 jui 2013

  Reims | Caen

  Call for papers - History

  Tacitus and Tacitism in Europe in the early modern era (16th-18th century)

  The writing of history and the conception of power

  Even if Tacitus was not totally unknown during the medieval period, the publication in Venice of the editio princeps of his works around 1470 and then, in 1515, the first edition of the Annales with the recently rediscovered first six books, marked the beginning of a real fascination for the Roman historian, for his approach to history, his style, and even more so, for his political lessons. All over Europe numerous editions of his books, in Latin or in translation, were published, as well as critical commentaries and political treaties that all claimed, under various forms, to be inspired by the ideas of Tacitus, thus giving birth to “Tacitism”.

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