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What is Robert Darnton famous for?
The Great Cat Massacre. Follows a group of artisans who thought it was funny to kill all the cats in their neighborhood. Asks the question of why they found it funny, and how can we tell?
Who critiqued “The Return of Martin Guerre”?
Robert Finley
What are Hayden White’s four emplotments?
Romance, comedy, tragedy, satire
When was the American Historical Association founded?
1884
Sphragistics definition
the science of seals and signets dealing especially with their history, age, distinctions of types, manner of use, and legal function
Who laid some of the groundwork for idealism before Kant?
George Berkeley
What philosophical school was Descartes?
rationalism
What does transcendental mean in Kantian philosophy?
Principles or necessary conditions to apprehend knowledge from experience
What philosophical school was Locke?
empiricist
Difference between a priori and a posteriori?
A posteriori is derived from empiricism and a priori is derived from rationalism
Difference between the historical and modern usage of the term eigentlich
It used to have an ambiguity it no longer has. Before it was something akin to “essentially” as opposed to “really.”
What did American historians take away from Ranke?
From: Peter Novick, That Noble Dream
Applying methods used in the study of antiquity to the study of modern history (26)
“Abstention from judgment” (which derived from the idea that whatever came from the past was to be valued) (27)
“Unphilosophical empiricist” (30)
What were the Carlsbad Decrees
Restrictions introduced in the states of the German Confederation to try to repress opposition activities in the form of speech or the press
Andri skoðar fiskinn í frystinum, en hann kaupir engan.
Looks at/examines
Who was Francis Place?
A British radical activist
