Historiography at the Crossroads
Dmitri Starostin
This article suggests that the Carolingian effort in resetting calendar of history at time Charlemagne’s coronation to year 6000 from Creation and 801 Incarnation Christ must be considered as only one period cycle processes realigning, redeploying since times Augustine. During this period, calculations necessary for construction calendars timelines lead concerns regarding end “end times”. The first scholars like Jerome Augustine had address ending universal sacred Christians inherited Old Testament was during 4th 5th centuries. witnessed second “time reckoning” when Eusebius’ date Anno Mundi 5199 prompted reconsider meaning rule around 801, is, 6000.
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