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A critical edition of Burckhardt’s collected works, Gesamtausgabe, 14 vol., ed. by E. Durr et al. (1929–34), is now being followed by a critical edition of his letters, Briefe, ed. by Max Burckhardt, 8 of a projected 10 vol. (1949–74). See also Werner Kaegi, Jacob Burckhardt, eine Biographie, 4 vol. (1947–67); Wallace K. Ferguson, The Renaissance in Historical Thought (1948); and Jacob Burckhardt and the Renaissance, 100 Years After (1960), papers read at a meeting of the Central Renaissance Conference.
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| Anniversary information added. | May 21, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Aug 04, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 19, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Dictionary of Art Historians - Biography of Jacob Burckhardt. | Apr 28, 2015 | ||
| Added "Jacob Christopher Burckhardt" as a title variant. | Mar 13, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Biography of Jacob Christoph Burckhardt. | Nov 02, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Pegasos - Biography of Jacob Burckhardt. | Nov 02, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Jacob Christoph Burckhardt. | Nov 02, 2011 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | May 27, 1999 |
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