There's History in All Men's Lives
It was famously quipped that “when everyone is special, no one really is”. Is therefore biography, the academic discipline that is supposed to establish an individual’s degree of accomplishment and their consequent place in history, still worth the painstaking work invested into the research of a person’s life? Or is it a thing of the past?
This book seeks to answer several questions related to this dilemma. Admittedly, the criteria by which the viri illustres – men of merit – once earned their place in a biographical hall of fame have, indeed, become outdated and replaced. What then? If biography is to be advocated as history, does its worth still lie in the establishing of individual merit and value in historical context? Or does it lie in the narrative vehicle itself, the tools it brings, and the techniques it applies? Perhaps its appeal lies in its capacity to “jump-start” entirely new areas of historical research. Isn’t that what makes biography worth trying – even when there's every good reason not to?
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Front and Introduction / Back
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INTRODUCTION
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In Leu of Prologue
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PART I: BIOGRAPHY
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Is Biography an Appropriate Tool for Studying the History of Political Ideas?
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Between Private and Public. Biographies about and by the Elite
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Literary Traditions, Genre Conventions and Author Authorities in Early Modern Artists’ Biographies – The Case of Albrecht Dürer
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Biography and the History of Knowledge: The Formation of Knowledge Communities through the Life and Work of Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (1812–1885)
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The Biographical Phenomenon of St Maximus the Greek (ca. 1469–1555/6)
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PART II: LEXICOGRAPHY
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Biographical Research and Presentation in the Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography: Achievements and Challenges
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The Path to The New Slovenian Biographical Lexicon: The Slovenian Biographical/Lexicographical Tradition
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PART III: IN/TANGIBLE EUROPEAN HERITAGE –DIGITISATION AND VISUALISATION OF BIOGRAPHIES
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Project InTaVia – Or How to Digitally and Visually Reframe the History of All (Wo)Men’s Life and Work
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