Historiography

  • the study of how history is studied and interpreted

Historical evidence

artifacts

remains

Document sources

academic approaches to source documents

  • 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

Secondary source

Macro or "Big View" history

Micro history


Ancient World Historians

External Links: Ancient historiography from livius.org