History
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library
...diverse sources of history include books...events. Most histories are concerned...orally, and many cultures have produced...myths, described customs, and made speculations...Ecclesiastical History, an early model...the critical history of William of...of a unified culture gave somewhat...Masudi wrote histories of great scope...sociological history to account for...civilizations. In 12th-century Europe secular...in successive centuries. Renaissance...broad accounts of social and cultural...of the nation state became the dominant...France. In the United States, romantic historians...continued in the 20th cent. Anthropology...