Abstract
The reformer Melanchthon is regarded as the founder of Protestant historiography, particularly with his Chronica Carionis of 1532. This essay surveys Melanchthon's work in this area. At the center stands the author's departure from the common opinion of researchers that Melanchthon already had a consciousness of history which would only become predominant after the European Enlightenment. A close analysis of Melanchthon's pertinent writings shows, however, that his horizons remained entirely in traditional paths but has been misunderstood as a result of the retro-projection of modern perspectives. Melanchthon's historiographic work and his reflection on historiae have to do with historical knowledge in its epistemological and communicative functions and not with the past; they are, thus, still far from modern historical-philosophical ideas.
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