Historiography
Historiography
- the study of how history is studied and interpreted
Historical evidence[edit | edit source]
artifacts[edit | edit source]
remains[edit | edit source]
Document sources[edit | edit source]
academic approaches to source documents[edit | edit source]
- OPVL
- International Baccalaureate (IB) terminology
| O | Origin | primary or secondary source? authentic and reliable? |
| P | Purpose | why was the source created? what was the authors purpose |
| V | Value | how / why this source is used to understand history |
| L | Limit | problems with value, reliability, authenticity of source |
- HIPPO
Primary source[edit | edit source]
Secondary source[edit | edit source]
Macro or "Big View" history[edit | edit source]
Micro history[edit | edit source]
Ancient World Historians[edit | edit source]
External Links: Ancient historiography from livius.org