The Experience of History [Paperback]

The Experience of History is a lively and passionate introduction to the field that encourages students to seek and appreciate history inside the classroom and beyond. This work:

• Defines history as a discipline and the role of historians within it
• Addresses the analytical and critical thinking skills needed to engage with the past
• Discusses a variety of important topics in the study of history, such as historical evidence, primary documents, divisions of history, forms of historical writing, historiographical traditions, and recent categories of historical research

Written by a renowned scholar of European history, this work helps students to become discerning examiners of history and historical evidence in a variety of modern settings like art, architecture, film, television, politics, current events, and more.

Learn more about the author and his passion for history in this interview with popular blog Five Books: http://fivebooks.com/interview/ken-bartlett-renaissance-books/.

Preface viii

1 Introduction 1

We are All Part of the Evidence 4

A Personal Example 6

2 The Historian not the History 12

Ideological History 14

Ethnic or National History 17

Distant Voices 18

Historical Style or Genre 20

The Older Historian 21

History by Non?]Historians 23

Historical Jargon 25

History in Translation 26

3 If not the Historian, then Certainly the Evidence 28

The Nature of Evidence 28

Taxation Records 30

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