Historians Summary Revision.

the 5th Century BC

672/3 - 735

1886 - 1944

Ancient Greek Historian

Jewish Historian

Benedictine Monk - Christian

purposed himself to record events to tell a narrative and to preserve the memories of his own social class.

purposed himself to persuade rather than inform, and recorded the deeds of the honorable/good.

purposed himself to be analytical rather than a recount events, as well as incorporate a more 'human' approach to history.

histories are often referencing mythology - he used epic poetry to create history. In accordance, his assessments are often viewed as outdated.

histories provide detailed knowledge of 8th century England; he provided chronological history of England from Roman occupation to the completion of his work.

histories are reflected as work that was to identify the truth, the false and the probable. He also wanted to reform the ways histories were taught and written.

relied on oral sources and mythology, and then applied them through his upper class education to represent history.

included cited names/sources. They also acknowledge his own shortcomings in the way of errors/failings.

analysed the origins of events. However, they failed to be holistic.

Benedictine Monk (Christian)

Jewish Historian

Ancient Greek Historian.

gathered by extensive travel around the known world.

cited and named, but limited to the (rather large) store of resources of the monastery and any visitors.

gathered by perusing any and all past literary sources.

included science despite his fierce Christian devotion.

relied on epic poetry and oral sources.

reflect the idea that history is study of the past, not a study of documents.

included mythology and social views.

analysed events and their origins.

Refers to miracles, evangelised and persuaded.

5th Century BC

Late 19th/Early 20th Centuries

Late 7th/Early 8th Centuries

sought to spread his Christian belief. As such, his works were highly persuasive rather than informative.

believed the role of the historian was to identify the truth, the false and the probable. As such he was highly analytical and avoided recount.

sought to record events to tell as a narrative. As such, his histories are riddled with inconsistencies and errors in fact and judgement.

analytical and statistical and interdisciplinary so as to be holistic.

travelling and gathering oral reports as well as studying documents.

intensive study of documentation and occasional oral sources.

questioned information, and sought other perspectives to challenge or corroborate.

avoided anachronism and showed how perspective affect's one's history.

recorded things that was biased, reinforcing his own beliefs.