Lecture 1

Cards (24)

  • Knowledge obtained from inquiry or investigation
    History
  • Claimed that history is the story of societal development
    Ibn Khaldun
  • Said that history is the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind
    Edward Gibbon
  • Claimed that history should highlight the achievements of people
    Jose Rizal
  • Two academic definitions of history
    Narrative and academic discipline about the past
  • Three elements of history
    Time, place and people
  • Lifeline of scholarly texts
    Historical revisionism
  • History is scientific, objective, or empirical due to its reliance on historical sources for information
  • Before the 20th century, history writing was described as traditional historiography
  • Before the 20th century, history was focused on three main topics only - politics, economy, and diplomacy
  • Leopold von Ranke's thinking that claims that history can only be acquired through our senses
    Historical positivism
  • In the 1920s, history was expanded by the Annales School of France which introduced nouvelle histoire
  • Historians rely on historical sources (batis pangkasaysayan) for information that can be used to reconstruct the past
  • The most important and useful sources are usually found in the archives.
  • Process where historical sources are thoroughly evaluated by historians
    historical criticism
  • Sinupan - archives
  • Level of historical criticism that establishes the authenticity of the source
    First level
  • Level of historical criticism that establishes the veracity of the source
    Second level
  • Refers to the ability to compare information from different sources and find similarities between them.
    Corroboration
  • Historical criticism ascertains the reliability of historical sources.
  • Diagrams that illustrate the flow and development of historical events.
    Historical models
  • Three main kinds of historical models – linear, cyclical, and spiral
  • Believes that geography has a strong influence on people and their history
    Geographical determinism
  • Main proponent of geographical determinism
    Charles Louis Montesquieu