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1.1- Historiography
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Essential Questions
What does the term historiography mean?
Why is it important to know about the historiography of a topic/subject?
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What have been some of the broad changes in historiography over time?
Historiography
graphy- study of
How we do history
Methodology
Definition
Why we do history
Topical Historiography
Conversation of ideas
Ancient Greece and History
Ancient Greece
Herodotus
484-425 BCE
Greek and Persian War
Traveled
Observed
Listened
Recorded all accounts
Thucydides
460-400 BCE
Studied events within his life
Peloponnesian War
Required vetting of sources
Historical Method
Cross reference
1000-1300 CE
Europe- Roman Empire collapsed
Middle East & North Africa
The Dark Ages
Gathered, collected and stored ancient texts
The Renaissance (Europe)
Approxx 1300 ce
Humanism
Arts
Renaissance
Literacy
Scientific Method
Age of Exploration
History as Academic Discipline
Leopold von Ranke- 1795-1886
Reliance on primary sources
Debate interpretations
Academic Discipline
Stressed international politics
History as tool for nationalism
Conflict Theory
Karl Marx
Product of his time
Base Superstructure
Conflict
Theory
Conflict is the main vehcle for change
Critical Theories
Race, Class, Gender as social constructs
As economy/society changes so does construt
Goal- challenge constructs