Thucydides versus von Ranke about the Aim of History
Primary Source Project for Chapter One
Citations
Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Translated by Richard Crawley. New York: E P Dutton & Co, 1910, pp. 13–15. https://archive.org/details/pelocrawleyr00thucuoft/page/12.
von Ranke, Leopold. Geschichten der romanischen und germanischen Völker von 1494 bis 1535. Vol. I. Leipzig and Berlin: G. Reimer, 1824, pp. V-VIII. [Translated by Brian A. Pavlac]. https://archive.org/details/geschichtenderro00rankuoft/page/n11.
[Also online in German here, here, and here].
Further Links and materials for study
Edward Muir. "Leopold von Ranke, His Library, and the Shaping of Historical Evidence". The Courier. https://surface.syr.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1212&context=libassoc.
Warring States Project. "Leopold von Ranke: Methodology." University of Massachusetts. https://www.umass.edu/wsp/history/ranke/index.html.
Colin Campbell. "Ranke's Place in (Writing) History: The Key is 'What Actually Happened." The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/09/us/ranke-s-place-in-writing-history-the-key-is-what-actually-happened.html.
"How did Leopold von Ranke Approach the Writing of History?" Planet Earth Online. https://planetearthonline.wordpress.com/2017/11/10/how-did-leopold-von-ranke-approach-the-writing-of-history/.
Zach Bigalke. "The Evolution of Source Accreditation in Historical Writing from Thucydides to von Ranke." https://bigalke.wordpress.com/2013/05/14/the-evolution-of-source-accreditation-in-historical-writing-from-thucydides-to-von-ranke/.
Mark K. Rutkus. "Thucydides and the Writing of History." http://www.welchco.com/02/14/01/60/99/11/08/0101.HTM.
Mark Gilchrist. "Why Thucydides Still Matters. Real Clear Defense. https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2016/11/30/why_thucydides_still_matters
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