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History in Focus: What is History? (Introduction) Introduction This issue of History in Focus marks the 40th anniversary of E.H. Carr's, What is History? This book 'for many today ... is the most influential book on history thinking published in Britain this century' (Reappraisal of What is History? , Professor Alun Munslow). In this issue: articles: four articles on the philosophy and practice of history websites: websites that look at theories of history, reviewed by the In Focus editorial team. book reviews: reviews of major books on the practice of history. Review tasters 'In Defence of History' and Postmodernism Professor Richard Evans mounts a robust defence of his book, In Defence of History (1997), which 'inevitably ... aroused a good deal of controversy'. Professor Evans's critics are represented here by, among others, Professor Anthony Easthope and Dr. Professor Anthony Easthope's review (1999) suggests that 'Though his name is on the cover Richard J.

Dr. Back to top History and its Postmodern Critics The Fundamentals of History Dr. Making History - The changing face of the profession in Britain. Materials for Students: Writing a Thesis.

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History portal. Oxford Bibliographies Online. Results - Brief : Digital Repository : The University of Melbourne. Free History Video Lecture courses. Stuff You Missed in History Class - Download free podcast episodes by HowStuffWorks.com on iTunes. The Library of Congress. EyeWitness to History - history through the eyes of those who lived it.

Medieval Sourcebook. Update Information 2006: In 2006 the Internet Medieval Sourcebooks and associated sourcebooks are undergoing a major overhaul to remove bad links and add more documents. 2. This project is both very large and fairly old in Internet terms. At the time it was instigated (1996), it was not clear that web sites [and the documents made available there] would often turn out to be transient. As a result there is a process called "link rot" - which means that a "broken link" is a result of someone having taken down a web page. 2. 3. Note: This site aims to present medieval sources. Sourcebook Contents The Internet Medieval Sourcebook is organized as three main index pages, with a number of supplementary documents.

Selected Sources This is the main entry to the resources here. Full Text Sources Full texts of medieval sources arranged according to type. Saints' Lives Devoted to Ancient, Medieval and Byzantine hagiographical sources. Supplementary Documents Help! Internet Sourcebook: Multimedia. Internet Sacred Text Archive Home. 38 Vintage Political Posters of World War II.