Influential Historian: Leopold von Ranke and His Revolutionary Methods
Leopold von Ranke, a pioneering German historian of the 19th century, revolutionized historiography with his critical method and establishment of historical seminars. His extensive works, including on the popes, Reformation, and more, exemplify his dedication to archival research. Ranke's contributions shaped modern historical research, emphasizing the use of documentary sources, archival material, and rigorous methodology.
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Leopold von Ranke, leading German historian of the 19th century. whose scholarly method and way of teaching (he was the first to establish a historical seminar) had a great influence historiography. He was ennobled (with the addition of von to his name) in 1865. In the historical seminars that he made an essential part of the education of a young historian he trained most of the better-known German historians of the nineteenth century He was generally recognized as the greatest historical scholar of the modern world. on Western
His Work 1. History of the Latin and Teutonic Nations Ranke s collected works comprise 54 volumes. Most famous among them are his 2. History of the popes (1834 1836), 3. History of the Reformation in Germany (1839 1847) 4. French history (1852) 5. English history (1859 1869) 6. 12 volumes on Prussian history (1847 1848). 7. Most famous article A Dialogue on Politics published in 1836 in the periodical Historisch Politische Zeitschrift
His Contribution to Historical Research 1. Ranke s most important innovation was the introduction of a critical historical method 2. He established that the materials from which the historian should construct his history ought to be, wherever possible, documentary sources . 3. Serious history ought to be based on archival research and the large-scale publications of documentary source materials that were started in the nineteenth century 4. The methodological innovation sprang from Ranke s general notions about the task of the historian: to show what actually happened 5. History became an academic subject that required specialized training, and archival research and the editing of source materials became a great part of the activity of a historian. 6. his views and methods were a decisive factor in professionalizing history
