Yesterday, we heard Christian Feichtinger’s excellent talk “Zwischen den Zeiten und über (Denk-)Horizonte hinaus: die translatio imperii als Figur der Übertragung in den Texten Machiavellis”. He analysed Machiavelli’s transformation of the translatio imperii as a model for the transfer of geopolitical power and how Machiavelli drew his temporal concepts from ancient authors such as Livy.
Learn more about Christian’s research here: https://www.grk2571.uni-freiburg.de/people/docs/christian-feichtinger #romancestudies@histodons@empires