Historian

For many historians, especially those writing immediately after the Second World War, Hitler's leadership and control of political life in the Third Reich were regarded to be strong and completely absolute. This view is perhaps best emphasized by Norman Rich who commented that ‘the point cannot be stressed too strongly; Hitler was the Master of the Third Reich". 1 Such historians take the view that Hitler devised a plan for the Third Reich, outlined in his book ‘Mein Kampf'. Historians writing…

How should historians handle the concept of truth? When reflecting on how historians have grappled with the concept, it is essential to look at the idea of objectivity and its connection to history. In addition to this, it is essential to recognize the importance of how power can influence the way society views the past. With this recognition, the historian can make the connection of how power controls knowledge, which writes the history of society. This connection of power and history leads to…

Similar to social history, Southern Historians have long focused on military history as another top method to study the South. The history of the Civil War has long interested Southerners across since it has impacted the South as it is known even today. However, similar to how Stewart brought social and environmental history together, military and environmental history can be used in unison to better tell the history of the war. In The Blue, The Gray, and the Green: Toward an Environmental…

biased white historians. In Black Reconstruction Du Bois argues that the reconstruction era was not a failure due to the benefits it brought to the black community. “Rewriting History” analyzes how Black Reconstruction influenced history due to the discrimination during the time it was written and the hardships that came with getting published. Parfait’s use of Black Reconstruction in her dissertation is effective because she shows how because getting published was harder for black historians,…

Boudicca has changed over centuries. Through the ancient Roman historians, Publius Cornelius Tacitus and Dio Cassius, Boudicca is depicted as tyrannical and a dictator whereas modern historians Reid Struan and Richard Hingley, Christina Unwin she is referred to as a heroic figure and a powerful female leader thus reinforcing the idea of the ever-changing nature of the depictions of Boudicca throughout time. Ancient and Modern historians evidently demonstrate the change in representation…

An important question that we would randomly ask ourselves is “How do historians determine what happened in the past?”. Which is actually a great question, which my essay with explain. Historians studied history by putting bits and pieces together to make a whole. Let me explain, you have to have context when making a conclusion. Therefore historians would have to study a primary source first. A primary source is information from a person who was there to experience the event. They analyze…

go into how a historian perceives a text or source. I never really understood how many smaller details a historian needs to know in order to fully comprehend the context or meaning of a text, whether it is an entire paragraph, a sentence, or even a simple word. Historians have come a long way in terms of creating useful concepts that have…

the ideas of Marx have transformed history and historians in the (then) 100 years since the creation of The Communist Manifesto. By analyzing these six points laid out by Hill, one can come to understand Marx’s legacy for historically understanding social class and economy. First and foremost, Hill claims that Marx influenced historians by causing them to recognize the importance of economic history. This recognition of economic history has led historians to better understand the ways in which…

Edward Hallett Carr was a historian, from Britain, hi was also an international relations theorist, and fierce opponent of empiricism within historiography. E. H. Carr is the most famous in present time, because of his examination of historiography, What is History? which was written in 1961. Otherwise, Geoffrey Rudolph Elton was also famous German-born British historian. He is pretty interesting about his role in the Carr–Elton debate when he actually defended the nineteenth century…

Historians use the term “Enlightened Despot,” to describe some of the men and women who ruled European states during part of the eighteenth century. Monarchs, inspired by the ideals of the Enlightenment, pursued reformations described as Enlightened Despotism. Yet by examining the term and the policies of the rulers named by this term, Enlightened Despotism displays more about the prejudices and values of the historians who use it than the rulers of this time. The word “enlightened” expresses…