Antiquarians collected countless documentary sources, and started to develop the tools for their analysis. After the Renaissance, Pyrrhonists saw history as biased and useless a view opposed by religion. This is a book that will appeal to all students and general readers with an interest in history or historiography. ‘‘How it really was’: truth, archives, and the love of old things’ examines historys development through the Enlightenment. The aim throughout History: A Very Short Introduction is to discuss theories of history in a general, pithy, and accessible manner, rather than delve into specific periods. Such key concepts as causation, interpretation, and periodization are introduced by way of concrete examples of how historians work, thus giving the reader a sense of the excitement implicit in discovering the past-and ourselves. The book begins by inviting us to think about various questions provoked by our investigation of history, and then explores the ways in which these questions have been answered in the past.

John Arnolds Very Short Introduction is a stimulating essay about how we study and understand history.

John Arnold's addition to Oxford's popular Very Short Introductions series is a stimulating essay about how people study and understand history. There are many stories we can tell about the past, and we are not, perhaps, as free as we might imagine in our choice of which stories to tell, or where those stories end. This is a book that will appeal to all students and general readers with an interest in history or historiography.There are many stories we can tell about the past, and we are not, perhaps, as free as we might imagine in our choice of which stories to tell, or where those stories end. Concepts such as causation, interpretation, and periodization, are. The book begins by inviting us to think about various questions provoked by our investigation of history, and explores the ways these questions have been answered in the past. The aim throughout History: A Very Short Introduction is to discuss theories of history in a general, pithy, and accessible manner, rather than delve into specific periods. John Arnolds Very Short Introduction is a stimulating essay about how we study and understand history. John Arnold's addition to Oxford's popular Very Short Introductions series is a stimulating essay about how people study and understand history. There are many stories we can tell about the past, and we are not, perhaps, as free as we might imagine in our choice of which stories to tell, or where those stories end.

John h arnold a very short introduction