Historiography & Methods
18 entries in the Historiography & Methods compendium.
GenealogyStudy of families, lineages, and kinship through records and genetics.Great man theoryHistory as the biography of great menHistorianScholar who studies and writes about the past.Historical figureA real person from the past with notable impact on humanity.Historical methodThe collection of techniques and guidelines historians use to research and write histories of the past.Historical negationismIllegitimate revision of history through deceptive techniques.Historical revisionismReinterpreting history through new evidence and perspectives.Historical sourceEvidence of past human activities used in historical study.Historicity of the BibleScholars assess the Bible's historical accuracy amid ongoing debate.HistoriographyThe study of how history is written and interpreted.Historiography of scienceStudy of how science's history is written and debated.Oral historyPreserving memories, voices, and perspectives from the past through planned interviews.PalaeographyThe study of historical writing systems, from deciphering manuscripts to dating documents.PeriodizationCategorizing the past into named blocks for analysis.Primary sourceOriginal source created at the time under study.Public historyPublic history is a movement, methodology, and approach that promotes the collaborative study and practice of…Secondary sourceA source that discusses or analyzes information from primary sources.Tertiary sourceA consolidation of sources without additional interpretation or analysis.
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