Historiography

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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

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