Constructing History Flashcards
Herodotus
“in the hope of preserving from decay the remembrance of what men have done,”
Bede
“For of all of history records good things of good men, the thoughtful hearer is encouraged to imitate what is good:”
Gibbon
“the vices of the clergy are far less dangerous than their virtues.”
Von Ranke
“Strict presentation of facts, no matter how conditional and unattractive they might be, is undoubtedly the supreme law [of history].”
Annales School - Bloch
“borrowing from our daily experiences and by shading them where necessary, with new tints derive elements which help us restore the past.”
Elton
“History deals in events, not states; it investigates things that happen and not things that are.”
Carr
“it is a continuous process of interaction between the historian and his facts , an unending dialogue between the present and the past.”
Gender History - Joan Scott
“History has often been embodied as a white male, (…) that bury [woman’s] perspective.”
Windshuttle
“if you don’t have the records, you can’t say it.”
Reynolds
“Aborigines were brought back into the national story for which they had been absent for most of the 20th century.”
Curtheys and Decker (Post Modern)
“the historian should openly acknowledge herself or himself as a narrator in the stages world or her or his texts.”
