Historiography is the study of, and the practice of, writing history. History is the result, and historiography is the method. History asks, "Why, how, who, when;" Historiography asks, "Why write history, how is history written, who writes histories, when is a history obsolete?"
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The history of the idea that lack of moral censure leads to decline
"The decline of a civilization has long been linked, anecdotally, to less moral censure and a decline in manners (manners being self, usually-moral censorship)." (Brock Adams, commenting an earlier ...
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What do historians do when there are no sources?
Historians rapidly come up against absence sources: the documentary record of the past is by its nature fragmentary, selective, partial and obtuse.
What strategies do historians use when there are ...
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How is history studied?
What are the unique and distinct features of the study of history in terms of:
Epistemology
Purpose
Theory
Method
Methodology
Does the study of history produce unique perceptions?
Does the ...
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Why was record keeping forbidden in Ancient Sparta?
in Ancient Sparta, record keeping and any kind of written history was forbidden by law. (src: http://history.stackexchange.com/a/5966/332 )
What was the rationale for such a law?
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What is the nature of questions that can be answered by historical sources and methods?
What is the nature of questions that can be answered by historical sources and methods?
Pay attention to the qualities of sources that inspire the nature of
valid historical questions.
Pay ...
