History of History

Hebrew vs. Greek/Egyptian views of history:

Linear (Hebrew):

Cyclical (Gr/Eg):

GREECE

Herodotus (484 - 420 BC):

Thucydides (470 - 396 BC):

Xenophon (430 - 345 BC):

ROME

Polybius (203 - 120 BC):

Livy (59 BC - 17 AD):

Tacitus (55 - 120 AD):

Early Christian Historians

Eusebius of Caesarea (260 - 340 AD)

Augustine (354 - 430)

Medieval Historians

Gregory of Tours (539 - 594)

Isodore of Seville (570 - 636)

Adam Bede ("The Venerable") (673 - 735)

Court Histories:

Renaissance/Reformation

Lorenzo Valla (1407 - 1457)

Niccolo Machiavelli (1469 - 1540)

Melanchthon/Matthias Flacius & Johann Wigand - "The Magdeburg Centuries"

4 Chief Effects of Renaissance Historiography:

1. New periodizations in history

2. Critical weighing of evidence

3. New philosophy of history

4. Nationalizing & Confessionalizing

The Modern Period

Giambattista Vico (1668-1744)

Induction

Deduction

3 ages:

Gods

Heroes

Man

GFW Hegel

Dialectical materialism

Leopold von Ranke

Seminar method

"Wie es eigentlich gewesen ist"