Routledge Guides to Using Historical Sources

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1. Understanding Medieval Primary Sources

   Using Historical Sources to Discover Medieval Europe

   Edited by Joel T. Rosenthal

   Series: Routledge Guides to Using Historical Sources

   Medieval society created many kinds of records and written material which differ considerably, giving us such sources as last wills, sermons, manorial accounts, or royal biographies. Primary sources are an exciting way for students to engage with the past and draw their own ideas about life in the...

   Published August 25th 2011 by Routledge
2. History and Material Culture

   A Student's Guide to Approaching Alternative Sources

   Edited by Karen Harvey

   Series: Routledge Guides to Using Historical Sources

   Sources are the raw material of history, but where the written word has traditionally been seen as the principal source, today historians are increasingly recognizing the value of sources beyond text. In History and Material Culture, Karen Harvey embarks upon a discussion about material culture –...

   Published March 9th 2009 by Routledge
3. History Beyond the Text

   A Student’s Guide to Approaching Alternative Sources

   Edited by Sarah Barber, Corinna Peniston-Bird

   Series: Routledge Guides to Using Historical Sources

   Historians are increasingly looking beyond the traditional, and turning to visual, oral, aural, and virtual sources to inform their work. The challenges these sources pose require new skills of interpretation and require historians to consider alternative theoretical and practical approaches. In...

   Published November 25th 2008 by Routledge
4. Reading Primary Sources

   The Interpretation of Texts from Nineteenth and Twentieth Century History

   Edited by Miriam Dobson, Benjamin Ziemann

   Series: Routledge Guides to Using Historical Sources

   How does the historian approach primary sources? How do interpretations differ? How can they be used to write history? Reading Primary Sources goes a long way to providing answers for these questions. In the first part of this unique volume, the chapters give an overview of both traditional and...

   Published July 16th 2008 by Routledge