Etymology & Characteristics of History Flashcards

1
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Define “historia”

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Greek; knowledge from inquiry or observation

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Evolved definition by translation of languages

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Accounts of past events

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What book did Ibn KHALDUN write? What was his definition of history?

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Al MuQaddimah is the title.

Defined history as a study of societal changes.

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How did Jose Rizal portray history?

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As a highlighting of achievements (served to justify Spanish Citizenship)

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What does it mean when you say history is not the same as the past?

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History deals with what is RELEVANT

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What are the 3 elements of history?

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People- make or break
Time
Place

-contextualizes events

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Why isn’t history the same as chronicles?

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Chronicles- record the order of happenings

History-makes CONNECTIONS between things that happened

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What do you mean by “history has no finality”?

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New info/sources- affirm/refute beliefs

Intellectual honesty- requires you go back and adjust accordingly

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9
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Give the 3 traits of history as a discipline/branch of knowledge

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Relevant
Objective- with sources
Subjective- varying interpretations
- (I.e) 1) who lost WWII- US/JAP/PH; 2) Charlotte’s Ville- remove confederate statue?

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10
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Define historiography

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History of history writing

Practice/tradition of writing history

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What are the focuses of traditional historiography?

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Politics
Economics
Diplomacy

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What was the method of traditional historiography?

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POSITIVISM
- need of tangible sources

Auguste COMTE- necessity of tangible sources

Leopolde von RANKE- needs WRITTEN documents

Charles SEIGNOBOS & Charles Victor LANGLOIS- “Introduction to Study of History”; no documents= no history

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What was there problem with traditional historiography?

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It was very ELITE CENTRIC

Examples:
Monumenta Germaniae Historical
Blair & Robertson’s The Philippines Islands (55 volumes)

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14
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Who was the proponent of NOUVELLE HISTORIE?

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Annales School

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What were the 5 focuses of Nouvelle Historie?

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1) Social- tries to be more inclusive
2) Cultural- history of everyday life
3) Historie des Mentalites- why people think so
4) Rural - countryside history, away from centers of power
5) women’s- combat male-centric; role of women

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16
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Examples of Annale’s School books.

C-M by FB
HM- RT by MB; BoP by JLG

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C
The Mediterranean by Fernand BRAUDEL - used Philippe II to contextualize

H
The Royal Touch by Marc BLOCH- explained dependence on royalty

Birth of Purgatory by Jacques LE GOFF- purgatory is a man-made notion

17
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What approach did they try with Nouvelle Historie and why?

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INTER-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH
- positivism was kept to elite, won’t work to include “history from below”

EXPANDING FOCUS

18
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What sources were used during Nouvelle Historie?

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1) oral history- as a pre-step to documentation
2) artifacts- tapped into unwritten documents for other info
3) Folklore- reference for people’s mentalities

19
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Give a book example of history from below

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Pasyon and Revolution by Rey Ileto

- PH was inspired to revolt by passion of Christ