历史学专业英语02-WhatisHistory.ppt

* What is History? Dr Mark J Crowley E-MAIL: MJC83@LIVE.CO.UK Objectives Study the different interpretations of history Understand different research methods Examine debates in historiography (Marc Bloch and E H Carr) Understand the role of interdisciplinary history Edward Gibbon (1700s) “History is, indeed, a little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind” Napoleon “History is a myth we all agree to believe” Henry Ford “History is more or less bunk” Winston Churchill “History is written by the victors” “History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it” M