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 |
- see:
- HIPPO
Primary source[edit | edit source]
Secondary source[edit | edit source]
Academic sources[edit | edit source]
- when academics write about history, these are not sources so much as interpretations and evaluations of other sources.
- that is what a book on "history" does:
- it evaluates events, people, places, and sources
- it interprets them
- it synthesizes them into a presentable format
- limitations on academic sources
- academics have their own point of view and may process historical information according to it
- academics can pick and choose their own sources in order to confirm their preconceived biases on historical events and actors
- academics may have a specialty that biases or limits their interpretation of history
Macro or "Big View" history[edit | edit source]
Micro history[edit | edit source]
Ancient World Historians
External Links: Ancient historiography from livius.org