RPH Flashcards
the study of the past
History
the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about these events which is based on the critical examination of various sources and authentic materials
History
it is a greek word “historia” which means
Knowledge acquire through inquiry or investigation
Give me 5 non-written historical resources
Oral traditions
Artifacts
Architecture
Memory DNA
Film
Give me 5 written historical resources
Books
Diaries
Letter
News paper report
Biographies
Autobiographies
Foreign accounts
Direct resources produced at the same time of the event, period, or that is being studied
Primary sources
Contemporary accounts of an event, personally written or narrated by an individual person who directly experienced or present at the same time of the events
Primary sources
Considered as original sources that directly narrate the details of the event
Primary sources
Example primary sources
Diaries
Photograph
Letters
Speeches
Official records (government)
Paintings
Artifacts
Oral history
Produced by an author who used primary sources to produce the said material
Secondary sources
The testimony of anyone who is not eye witness - that is one was not present at the event of which he fells
Secondary sources
Historical sources which studied a certain historical subject
Secondary sources
Interpretations or readings of primary sources
Secondary sources
Example secondary sources
Textbooks
Artistic rendition on an event
Journal articles (scholarly)
Films
News articles
Verifying authenticity of evidences by examining its physical characteristics
External Criticism
Consistency with the historical
characteristics of the time when it was produced
External Criticism
Materials used for the evidence like ink, paper, language, words used
External Criticism
Examination of the truthfulness of the evidence
Internal Criticism
There is a content, context of the source
Internal Criticism
Circumstances of its production
Internal Criticism
Author of the sources
Internal Criticism
It is a continues process and written in a chronological order of events and it is important to our society.
History
why we need to study history
Looking at the past teaches us to see the world through different eyes, appreciating the diversity ofhuman perceptions, beliefs, and cultures
object of study is history itself (how was a certain historical text written? Who wrote it? What was the context of the publication? What particular historical method was employed? What are the sources used
Historiography
It (history) is a continuous process of interaction between the historian and his facts, an unending dialoguebetween the present and the past
Historical resources
Portuguese Explorer/sailor who organized the Spanish Expeditions to the East Indies from 1519-1522 to search for western route to the Maluku Islands ( the Spice Island) resulting in the first circumnavigation of the Earth,
Ferdinand Magellan
Italian writer/explorer
Antonio Pigafetta
European will explore around world including the asia
1400-1500
Primary goods and first trading network
Silk road
Europe want to bring back their country
Spices
Divided the world into half for Spain and Portugal
Pope Alexander VI