ABSTRACT

Originally translated and published in 1906, this volume is a full translation of Langlois and Seignobos' Introduction to the Study of History and contains chapters on the search for documents, textual criticism, critical investigation of authorship, and interpretative criticism. 

part Book I|43 pages

Preliminary Studies

chapter Chapter I|25 pages

The Search for Documents (Heuristic)

chapter Chapter II|19 pages

“Auxiliary Sciences”

part Book II|148 pages

Analytical Operations

chapter Chapter I|8 pages

General Conditions of Historical Knowledge

section Section I|70 pages

External Criticism

chapter Chapter II|16 pages

Textual Criticism

chapter Chapter III|14 pages

Critical Investigation Of Authorship

chapter Chapter IV|11 pages

Critical Classification of Sources

chapter Chapter V|29 pages

Critical Scholarship And Scholars

section Section II|68 pages

Internal Criticism

chapter Chapter VI|14 pages

Interpretative Criticism (Hermeneutic)

chapter Chapter VIII|18 pages

The Determination of Particular Facts

part Book III|107 pages

Synthetic Operations

chapter Chapter I|21 pages

General Conditions of Historical Construction

chapter Chapter II|20 pages

The Grouping of Facts

chapter Chapter III|10 pages

Constructive Reasoning

chapter Chapter IV|34 pages

The Construction of General Formulae

chapter Chapter V|20 pages

Exposition

chapter |7 pages

Conclusion