Publisher's Synopsis
English summary: There are vast amounts of research and publications on Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 v. Chr.) as an author in antiquity, a statesman, rhetor and philosopher. This is not however the case as far as his impact is concerned, especially in the early modern period. His writings in this time had an immense presence, which has previously not received much attention in research. The articles in this volume, the result of a symposium held by the European Melanchthon Academy in Bretten, document and analyze the traces and the impact of Ciceros writings in this era. Thus this book conducts fundamental research in an area which up to now had been largely unexplored. Using specific examples, the articles show the reception of Cicero in the early modern period from the perspective of historiography, literature, literary criticism and rhetoric and deal particularly with the forms of impact and appropriation which his works took as well as their theological implications. German description: Forschungen und Publikationen zu Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 v. Chr.) als antiken Autor, Staatsmann, Rhetor und Philosoph sind unuberschaubar. Anders sieht dies freilich hinsichtlich seiner Wirkungsperspektive aus, insbesondere in der Fruhen Neuzeit. Dort ist die Prasenz seiner Schriften - von der Forschung bislang kaum beachtet - immens. Die vorliegenden Beitrage, hervorgegangen aus einem Symposium der 'Europaischen Melanchthon-Akademie' in Bretten, dokumentieren und analysieren die Spuren und die Wirkung von Ciceros Schriften in dieser Epoche. Der Band leistet damit auf diesem noch weitgehend unerforschten Feld Grundlagenforschung: Exemplarisch legen die Beitrage die historiographischen, literarischen bzw. literaturkritischen und rhetorischen Perspektiven der Cicero-Rezeption in der Fruhen Neuzeit offen und nehmen besonders die Wirk- und Aneignungsformen der philosophischen Schriften bzw. ihrer theologischen Implikationen in den Blick.
