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Historiography Exam 1 Indira Gesink
Baldwin-Wallace University
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History
Undergraduate 4
10/14/2012

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Herodotus
Definition
5th Century BCE

1st Historian
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Thucydides
Definition
5th Century BCE

Multiple Sources
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Polybius
Definition
2nd Century BCE

Primary Sources
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Tacitus
Definition
2nd Century BCE

Sine ira et studio (Impartiality)
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Jeremiah
Definition
7th Century BCE

Salvation History
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Sextus Julius Africanus
Definition
2nd Century BCE

Linear Chronography
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Eusebius
Definition
2-3rd Century AD

Cross Referencing
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Augustine of Hippo
Definition
3-4th Century AD

Moral History
Term
Einhard
Definition
8th Century AD

Annals (list of important events)
Term
Bede
Definition
8th Century AD

Ecclesiastical History of the English People

AD dating System
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Ibn Khaldun
Definition
14th Century

Test of Absurdity - Look for nonsensical elements in an account to determine accuracy.

Rise and Fall of Dynasties, Not cyclical
Term
Machiavelli
Definition
15-16th Century AD

Civic Humanism - Institutions are the product of human will, and prosperity is determined by public virtue.

Necessita - Humans are subject to forces beyond their control. (enviro, human nature)

Patriotic History
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Valla
Definition
15 Century AD
Internal and External criticisms = To debunk Donation of Constantine

Cultural Context - All aspects of human life are interconnected
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Leibniz
Definition
18th Century AD

Monadology - Numerable substancesin the world drive history according to gods plan.

Entelechy - Force that pushes something to realize its potential
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Herder
Definition
18th Century AD

Volk - Unique genius of people that inspires art and sciences

The rise and fall of civ's contributes the the grand potential
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Realism
Definition
We can see the world an record it objectively
Term
Idealism
Definition
Any concept or perception is mental impression of the world
Term
Vico
Definition
18th Century

Age of Gods, Age of Hereos, Age of Men

Potentially-Rational state to Actual-Rational State
Term
Kant
Definition
18th Century AD

Transcendental Realism - Reality is dependent on the mind.

Phenomenon - What we see

Noumenon - The world that may exist independently.

Moralistic and rational use of free will will eventually overcome selfish individualism
Term
Hegel
Definition
19th Century AD

Dialectic - A thesis produces an antithesis and both combine to form a higher state of freedom.

The Idea - Gods potential pushing us in the form the The Spirit

Original History - First hand account
Reflective History - Nonparticipant account
Universal Reflective History - History of a whole people
Pragmatic History - History as explained by a theory or hypothesis.
Critical History - History that tests the accuracy of it sources.
Specialized History - History of certain subject (Art/War/Pottery)
Philosophical History - History organized by philosophy.
Term
Carlyle
Definition
19th Century Ad

Great Man Theory - History is drive by great men, who are agents of Hegel's spirit.
Term
Marx
Definition
19th Century AD

Natural Capital becomes Monetary Capital

Economic and Material relations drive change
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Ranke
Definition
19th Century AD

Scientific History - Exhaustive archival research and primary sources will lead to what actually happened.

Seminar Classes

Holy Hieroglyph - God's plan can be seen in historical events.
Term
Dilthey
Definition
19 - 20th Century AD

Hermeneutics - How we view things as determined by our time/culture (similar to paradigm)

Other Mind problem - Past historians and peoples had different hermeneutics
Term
Spengler
Definition
19th Century AD

Realist

Rise and Fall of civilizations don't contribute to the whole
Term
Croce
Definition
19th - 20th Century

Quest for Liberty - Liberty or the desire for liberty drives history.

Historical Judgment - Aptitude for understanding events by connecting them with their genesis and relationships.
Term
Gramsci
Definition
20th century AD

Intellectuals - Every man, represents the ideals of their class

Professional Intellectuals - Indoctrinated by dominant classes ideals via their education.

Hegemony - How the dominant class imposes is will on society

Spontaneous Consent - Consent given to the direction imposed by the dominant class for want of similar position and function.

Direct Domination - The state and Juridical gov't which enforces the will of the dominant class through law.
Term
Bloch
Definition
20th Century AD

Annales - Total History encompassing social sciences and as many influencing aspects as possible.

As opposed to the event-oriented history of the past.
Term
Braudel
Definition
20th Century AD

Annales

Framework: Everything Changes
Longue Duree (Long duration) events that change slowly. (Geology, Climate, Sea Levels)
Lentement rythmes - The Cyclical (Economics, Demographics, Social Structures)
Histoire evenementielle - Highly Mobile (Politics)
Term
Erikson
Definition
20 Century AD

Psychohistory - Understanding behaviors of subjects in the past via psychanalysis. (Subjective)

Young Man Luther
Term
Rostow
Definition
20th century Ad

Take off mode of economic growth (modernization theory) - Model for development of cultures based on western European experience.

Traditional Society >>> Modern Society
Term
Fogel
Definition
20th Century AD

New Economic History - Using numerical data to explain history

Axiom of indespensiability - The belief that something was crucial to subsequent historical development

Counter Factual Contingent Concept - Imagine as if axiom of indispensability didn't occur to determine how crucial it really was.

People are influenced by media and hype and the axiom continues from then on

Fallacy of Composition - The mistaken belief that what is good for a part is good for the whole.
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Thompson
Definition
20th Century

Marxist - Time converted to Money

Task-Orientation vs Time-Orientation - Imposed by dominant class to increase productivity and labor continuity. Eventually lower classes see time as commodity and seek to increase their work time vs pay and work time vs leisure ratios.
Term
Anderson
Definition
20th Century

Materialist History - Explains historical events and institutions by the how the collectively acquire food, materials, and goods.
Term
Kuhn
Definition
20th Century AD

Post Modernist - Belief in objectivity

Paradigm - Distinct though patterns in any culture, scientific or historical discipline.

Paradigm Shift - When enough significant anomalies accumulate against a paradigm it undergoes a crises where in a new paradigm is formed.
Term
Deductive Reasoning
Definition
Reasoning according to a hypethesis
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Inductive Reasoning
Definition
Reasoning according to facts
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