
Criticism of traditional chronology: How long will Scaliger survive?
Author(s) -
Rajko Bukvić
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
zbornik matice srpske za društvene nauke/zbornik matice srpske za društvene nauke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0836
pISSN - 0352-5732
DOI - 10.2298/zmsdn0519257b
Subject(s) - chronology , criticism , history , state (computer science) , classics , archaeology , literature , art , computer science , algorithm
The paper considers the problems of current state and survival of traditional chronology and history based upon the Scaliger and Petavius books from XVI and XVII centuries. Among many approaches that insist on the need of examination of that chronology, developed at first in Russia, but also in Germany, England, USA and other countries, author focuses to the investigation of Fomenko and his collaborators, but also the Khronotron group. Both these groups, like many others critics of current chronology, as their inspirators and predecessors mark Newton and Morozov, two great scientists who during many decades (!) intensively considered problems of examination of chronology and history