Vol. 27 No. 1 (2021): Michael Rostovtzeff and the Triunity of Classical Studies: History, Archaeology, Philology
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Des monuments à l’histoire : la raison des ruines et Michel de Montaigne

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  • Alain Schnapp
Alain Schnapp
Université Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne

Published 2021-12-20

Keywords

  • antiquarianism,
  • classical studies,
  • history of archaeology
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How to Cite

Schnapp, A. (2021). Des monuments à l’histoire : la raison des ruines et Michel de Montaigne. Hyperboreus, 27(1), 86-98. https://doi.org/10.36950/hyperboreus.p840-0w24

Abstract

Michael Rostovtzev was among the few scholars of the 20th century to dominate the sometimes conflicting, or feeble at least, connections between history and archaeology. By questioning Michel de Montaigne’s curiosity for Roman antiquities and his critical lecture of the antiquary works, this paper intends to demonstrate how Montaigne has led the foundations of an epistemology of Antiquity that anticipated the research and works of the Russian master.

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