Joseph Justus Scaliger - Wikipedia Joseph Justus Scaliger ( ˈ s k æ l ɪ dʒ ər ; 5 August 1540 – 21 January 1609) was a Franco-Italian Calvinist religious leader and scholar, known for expanding the notion of classical history from Greek and Ancient Roman history to include Persian, Babylonian, Jewish and Ancient Egyptian history
Joseph Justus Scaliger | Renaissance scholar, Latinist Humanist . . . Joseph Justus Scaliger (born Aug 5, 1540, Agen, Fr —died Jan 21, 1609, Leiden, Holland [now in Neth ]) was a Dutch philologist and historian whose works on chronology were among the greatest contributions of Renaissance scholars to revisions in historical and classical studies
Scaliger, Joseph Justus° - Encyclopedia. com SCALIGER, JOSEPH JUSTUS ° (1540–1609), French scholar and philologist Scaliger was the tenth child of Julius Caesar Scaliger (Giulio Cesare Della Scala, 1484–1558), who was an outstanding humanist, well known for his controversies with Erasmus and Rabelais
JOSEPH SCALIGER AND HISTORICAL CHRONOLOGY: THE RISE Scaliger, whose De en-iendatione temporum of 1583 is usually held to mark a radical change in chronological studies; then I shall try to show how his work stands in relation to those of his predecessors and successors
Joseph Scaliger: A Study in the History of Classical Scholarship This book tells the stories of chronology and of Scaliger himself It describes the scholarly circles in which he moved - above all the University of Leiden, the most innovative in Europe, where he spent the last decade and a half of his life
Scaliger and the Historians Toolbox - Christian History Institute Having mastered languages, law, and mathematics, Scaliger issued revised editions of classical works His revisions did not hold first place for long, because advances in scholarship soon enabled others to issue even better editions His most lasting contribution came in the field of chronology
Joseph Justus Scaliger: The Correspondence | The Warburg Institute Joseph Scaliger was regarded by his contemporaries as the greatest scholar of his day, and the extraordinary range and ambition of his activities is well documented in the correspondence The edition contains many letters which had never been printed before
Scaliger - Wikipedia A powerful league was formed against him in 1337: Florence, Venice, the Visconti, the Este and the Gonzaga all joined, and after a three-year war, the Scaliger dominions were reduced to Verona and Vicenza
Joseph Justus Scaliger | EBSCO Research Starters Scaliger's emphasis on knowledge for intellectual pursuits, rather than practical applications, marks a shift in scholarly ideals, highlighting the interplay between humanism and scientific study during the Renaissance