Introduction to the Study of History

Language: English. About The Book : It has not been our intention to give, as Mr. W. B. Boyce has done, a summary of universal history for the use of beginners and readers of scanty leisure. Nor has it been our intention to add a new item to the abundant literature of what is ordinarily called the "Philosophy of History." Thinkers, for the most part not professed historians, have made history the subject of their meditations; they have sought for its " analogies " and its " laws." Some have supposed themselves to have discovered " the laws which have governed the development of humanity," and thus to have " raised history to the rank of a positive science." These vast abstract constructions inspire with an invincible a 'priori mistrust, not the general public only, but superior minds as well. The history of the attempts which have been made to understand and explain philosophically the history of humanity has been undertaken, as is well known, by Robert Flint. Mr. Flint has already given the history of the Philosophy of History in French- speaking countries : "Historical Philosophy in France and French Belgium and Switzerland," Edinburgh and London, 1893. About The Author : Charles-Victor Langlois (1863-1929) was a French historian and paleographer, who specialized in the study of the Middle Ages and taught at the Sorbonne. He attended the Ecole Nationale des Chartes and earned a doctorate in history in 1887. He taught at the University of Douai before moving to the Sorbonne. He was director of the National Archives of France from 1913 to 1929. His 1897 work Introduction aux Etudes Historiques (Introduction to the Study of History), written with Charles Seignobos (1854-1942), is considered one of the first comprehensive manuals discussing the use of scientific techniques in historical research. Amongst his other works are: Le Regne de Philippe III le Hardi (1887), Les Archives de l'Histoire de France, in collaboration with Henri Stein (1891), Manuel de Bibliographie Historique (1901), La Connaissance de la Nature et du Monde au Moyen Age (1911), Saint-Louis, Philippe le Bel, les Derniers Capetiens Directs (1911) and La Vie en France au Moyen Age: De la Fin du XIIe au Milieu du XIVe Siecle (1927). The Title 'Introduction to the Study of History written/authored/edited by CH. V. Langlois, CH. Seignobos Translated by G. G. Berry', published in the year 2022. The ISBN 9788121265140 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 382 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is History. Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol: 382.…