Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. ABBREVIATIONS VII
4. PREFACE IX
5. INTRODUCTION 1
6. 1. THE POLYBIAN ANACYCLOSIS OR CYCLE OF GOVERNMENTS 4
7. 2. POLYBIUS AND THE ELEMENTARY MODELS OF HISTORICAL RECURRENCE IN THE CLASSICAL TRADITION 60
8. 3. NOTIONS OF HISTORICAL RECURRENCE IN LUKE AND THE BIBLICAL TRADITION 116
9. 4. FROM LATER ANTIQUITY TO EARLY RENAISSANCE 179
10. 5. MACHIAVELLI, THE RENAISSANCE, AND THE REFORMATION 250
11. Reflections 313
12. Excursus 1. Polybius on the Constitution of Sparta and Its Decline 317
13. Excursus 2. Luke as Hellenistic Historian: Background Comments 321
14. Excursus 3. Exegetical Notes on Luke 325
15. Excursus 4. Age Theory and Periodization from Joachim to the Early Humanists 335
16. Excursus 5. Notes on Machiavelli's II Principe 338
17. Excursus 6. Notes on Sixteenth-Century Metabole Theory and Age Theory 343
18. Select Bibliography 347
19. Index 355