Historiography

Question 1

Medieval historians said that God caused everything. Post-Enlightenment late 18th C they...

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wanted to use reason to explain things, created new deterministic theories, thought everything happened randomly

Question 2

Historians have different approaches to things because they...

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try to simplify things, use different methods, have different agendas

Question 3

Historiography is...

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the explanations and interpretations of historians, literally the study of historical writing

Question 4

A determinist approach assumes that ...

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events are predetermined by certain forces

Question 5

Structuralists (AKA Functionalists) believe that the main driving forces in history are...

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political and military structures

Question 6

Historians who argue that the intentions and personalities of key figures drive change are

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Intentionalists

Question 7

Marxism argues that at the root of all historical change is the struggle...

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between the social classes

Question 8

Revisionist historians challenge the...

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mainstream views of events, orthodox interpretations

Question 9

Whig history developed in Britain in the 19th C and celebrates...

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the creation of modern institutions, the notion of progress

Question 10

Two examples of deterministic theories of history are...

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Intentionalist and Structuralist

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