An Epitome of the Histories of the Whole World, from the First Origin of Things to the Year of Christ 1630

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Original title: Johannis Cluveri Historiarum totius mundi epitome: a prima rerum origine usque ad annum Christi MDCXXX A Latin universal chronicle in epitome form, running from Creation — the "first origin of things" — to the year 1630, joining scriptural chronology to classical, imperial, dynastic, ecclesiastical, and regional histories in a single providentially ordered temporal sequence. Its method is compression in the body of the text with authority delegated to the margin: the title advertises more than six hundred sacred and profane authorities cited in the margins, and the volume is set in two columns with printed marginalia, woodcut initials and head- and tail-pieces, and a copious index, so that the abridged narrative could be consulted and verified rather than merely read through. Structurally it belongs to the tradition of Protestant universal chronography descending from Carion's Chronicle as reshaped by Melanchthon and Peucer, with the four-monarchies scheme of Daniel 2 and 7 and the idea of translatio imperii among its inherited frameworks. Later issues expand the title to announce a continuation by Clüver himself to 1633 and a further extension to the peace concluded between England and the Dutch Republic in 1667; the 1668 Amsterdam issue of Johann Ravestein presents itself as the seventh, corrected and emended edition and bears the formula of an imperial privilege. 👉 Read our introductory primer, full report, and finding guide here 📜 View the original source file This text was transcribed and translated as part of the ExLatinis project—an effort by Leo to make English translations of every published text in Latin in early modern Europe (between 1450 and 1750) available to the public for free online.

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