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Historia (Greek)
Knowledge acquired through inquiry of investigation.
Historia (Latin)
Written accounts of nobility
Accomplishments of nobilities
Gottchalk, L. (1969)
Learning
Halili (2004)
Study of the events of the past, how and why they happened as a result.
Constantino
Recorded struggle of the people
Types of history
Factual
Speculative
Who, when, where
Factual history
How and why
Speculative history
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Sources of history
Contemporaneous to the period of the study
Primary source
Combination of primary and secondary sources
Tertiary sources
Secondary sources
Utilised primary sources to provide an interpretation of the past
Manuscripts and archives
Correspondence, diaries and journals
Legal and financial documents
Archival materials as primary source
Las Costumbres de los Tagalogs en Filipinas
Fr. Juan De Plasencia
Fr. Pedro Chirino
Relacion de Las Islas Filipinas
Account of the Philippine islands
Antonio de Morga
Sucesos de Las Islas Filipinas
A lawyer by profession
Antonio De Morga
A conquistador
Miguel De Loarca
Techniques and guidelines by which historians utilise primary sources and other evidences to conduct research and to write history.
Historical method
Aims to check whether the source is real or not
Checks authenticity of documents
External criticism
External criticism
- Check paper and ink of the document. (age of existence)
- Check handwriting.
- Check the style and language of the text.
Internal criticism methods
- When was it written or published?
- How close was the author to the event?
- Who was the recipient of the account?
- Is there bias to be accounted for?
- Does informed common sense make the probable?
- Is the account corroborated by other accounts?
A primary source cannot
Check reliability of source and accuracy of contents of the documents (type of criticism)
Internal criticism
Purpose of a historian
- Lie Detectives
- Gather evidences from different sources
- Search in the internet
- Considered as experts in their fields