HISTORIOGRAPHY:Development in the
west
HISTORICAL RESEARCH METHOD
(Writing of historical narrative)
1.Checking past information
2.Gathering past information,figuring out how & why things
changed,&comparing them to see what they mean
3.Studying when & where events happened using specific
analytical tools
4.Ask relevant questions about historical references
5.Making a guess test
6.Taking a careful look at different historical records.
NOTABLE SCHOLARS
1.RENE DESCARTES(1596-1650)
● From his book,(DISCOURSE ON THE METHOD)
“Never to accept anything for true till all grounds of
doubt are excluded”
2.VOLTAIRE(1694-1778)
● Real name:FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET
● Founder of modern historiography
, HISTORIOGRAPHY:Development in the
west
3.GEORG WILHELM FRIEDRICH
HEGEL(1770-1831)
● German Philosopher
● Historical reality should be presented in a logical
order
● Books(Encyclopaedia of philosophical sciences &
Reason in history)
4.LEOPOLD VON RANKE(1795-1886)
● Spoke about critical method of historical research.
● All types of historical documents should be examined
in detailed and with great care.
● Books(‘The Theory and Practice of History’ &’The
Secret of World History’)
5.KARL MARX(1818-1883)
● History was not about abstract ideas but living people.
● Human history is the history of class struggle.
● Book(DAS KAPITAL)
west
HISTORICAL RESEARCH METHOD
(Writing of historical narrative)
1.Checking past information
2.Gathering past information,figuring out how & why things
changed,&comparing them to see what they mean
3.Studying when & where events happened using specific
analytical tools
4.Ask relevant questions about historical references
5.Making a guess test
6.Taking a careful look at different historical records.
NOTABLE SCHOLARS
1.RENE DESCARTES(1596-1650)
● From his book,(DISCOURSE ON THE METHOD)
“Never to accept anything for true till all grounds of
doubt are excluded”
2.VOLTAIRE(1694-1778)
● Real name:FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET
● Founder of modern historiography
, HISTORIOGRAPHY:Development in the
west
3.GEORG WILHELM FRIEDRICH
HEGEL(1770-1831)
● German Philosopher
● Historical reality should be presented in a logical
order
● Books(Encyclopaedia of philosophical sciences &
Reason in history)
4.LEOPOLD VON RANKE(1795-1886)
● Spoke about critical method of historical research.
● All types of historical documents should be examined
in detailed and with great care.
● Books(‘The Theory and Practice of History’ &’The
Secret of World History’)
5.KARL MARX(1818-1883)
● History was not about abstract ideas but living people.
● Human history is the history of class struggle.
● Book(DAS KAPITAL)
