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P P Historiography One
Historiography is the study of how historians have analyzed and interpreted events of the past based on available sources. It examines how different historians' narratives, interpretations, use of evidence, and methods of presentation may vary. Studying historiography helps us understand that history involves interpretation and that historians from different eras or with different perspectives analyze the past differently.
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Introduces historiography, defining it as a record of past understanding and analysis of historical narratives.
Highlights significant figures in historiography such as Hegel, Marx, Turner, and Boorstin, foundational to historical thought.
Summarizes key questions about historiography, the limitations of relying solely on facts, and diverse approaches to historical study.
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P P Historiography One
- 1. Introduction to HistoriographyLecture One: Why Study Historiography? Glen O’Hara Senior Lecturer in Modern History
- 2. ‘ Historiography isthe written record of what is known of human lives and societies in the past and how historians have attempted to understand them’.
- 3. ‘ [The] Historyof history. The writing of history based on the critical examination of sources; a narrative that will stand the test of critical methods’.
- 4. ‘ Historiography iswriting about rather than of history. Historiography is a meta-level analysis of descriptions of the past. The analysis usually focuses on the narrative, interpretations, worldview, use of evidence, or method of presentation of other historians’.
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- 10. Conclusions 1. Whatis historiography? 2. Can’t we just look at ‘the facts’? 3. Brookes historians and the ‘many houses of history’ 4. The ‘houses of history’: other types of history to bear in mind