Rens Bod is a professor of humanities at the University of Amsterdam. He is the initiator of the conference and book series The Making of the Humanities (2008, 2010, 2012). Among his other books are Beyond Grammar (1998), Probabilistic Linguistics (2003), Data-Oriented Parsing (2003) and the Dutch monograph De Vergeten Wetenschappen (The Forgotten Sciences, 2010) which was translated into four languages.

• Preface ; 1. Introduction: The Quest for Principles and Patterns ; 2. Antiquity: The Dawn of the 'Humanities' ; 3. Middle Ages: The Universal and the Particular ; 4. Early Modern Era: The Unity of the Humanities ; 5. Modern Era: The Humanities Renewed ; 6. Conclusions: Insights from the Humanities that Changed the World ; Appendix A. A Note about Method ; Appendix B. Most Important Chinese Dynasties

A New History of the Humanities amounts to a persuasive plea to give Panini, Valla, Bopp, and countless other often overlooked intellectual giants their rightful place next to the likes of Galileo, Newton, and Einstein.

Rens Bod is a professor of humanities at the University of Amsterdam. He is the initiator of the conference and book series The Making of the Humanities (2008, 2010, 2012). Among his other books are Beyond Grammar (1998), Probabilistic Linguistics (2003), Data-Oriented Parsing (2003) and the Dutch monograph De Vergeten Wetenschappen (The Forgotten Sciences, 2010) which was translated into four languages.

• Preface ; 1. Introduction: The Quest for Principles and Patterns ; 2. Antiquity: The Dawn of the 'Humanities' ; 3. Middle Ages: The Universal and the Particular ; 4. Early Modern Era: The Unity of the Humanities ; 5. Modern Era: The Humanities Renewed ; 6. Conclusions: Insights from the Humanities that Changed the World ; Appendix A. A Note about Method ; Appendix B. Most Important Chinese Dynasties

A New History of the Humanities amounts to a persuasive plea to give Panini, Valla, Bopp, and countless other often overlooked intellectual giants their rightful place next to the likes of Galileo, Newton, and Einstein.

Rens Bod is a professor of humanities at the University of Amsterdam. He is the initiator of the conference and book series The Making of the Humanities (2008, 2010, 2012). Among his other books are Beyond Grammar (1998), Probabilistic Linguistics (2003), Data-Oriented Parsing (2003) and the Dutch monograph De Vergeten Wetenschappen (The Forgotten Sciences, 2010) which was translated into four languages.

• Preface ; 1. Introduction: The Quest for Principles and Patterns ; 2. Antiquity: The Dawn of the 'Humanities' ; 3. Middle Ages: The Universal and the Particular ; 4. Early Modern Era: The Unity of the Humanities ; 5. Modern Era: The Humanities Renewed ; 6. Conclusions: Insights from the Humanities that Changed the World ; Appendix A. A Note about Method ; Appendix B. Most Important Chinese Dynasties

A New History of the Humanities amounts to a persuasive plea to give Panini, Valla, Bopp, and countless other often overlooked intellectual giants their rightful place next to the likes of Galileo, Newton, and Einstein.