Historical Evidence
Historical Evidence
Before historian can interpret the past, they must first establish the fact about the event they are studying. Historians look for evidence by researching many document and records,called historical source.
PRIMARY SOURCE:are account written by people involved in the event,and include government and legal papers, will, map,business agreements, letter,and diaries. Historians read a wide range of texts,not just actual account of past events, but also work such as power book,which show the interest and beliefs of people in the past.Historian also look for evidence from government census records and birth,death,and marriage registers.possibly the most famous census ever carried out was the Domesday Book,compile in 1086 by order of William the conqueror,king of England. This was the first thorough servey of part of the British Isles, detailing who owned the land,who lived there and how much it was worth. No survey of the British Isles was conducted again until 1801.
Historians also look for secondary sources_these are studies of primary source made at a later date.secondary sources include such documents as newspaper report,or book of previous historian. Newspaper provide many opinions about ab event ,giving historian a valuable overview of what happened
Before historian can interpret the past, they must first establish the fact about the event they are studying. Historians look for evidence by researching many document and records,called historical source.
PRIMARY SOURCE:are account written by people involved in the event,and include government and legal papers, will, map,business agreements, letter,and diaries. Historians read a wide range of texts,not just actual account of past events, but also work such as power book,which show the interest and beliefs of people in the past.Historian also look for evidence from government census records and birth,death,and marriage registers.possibly the most famous census ever carried out was the Domesday Book,compile in 1086 by order of William the conqueror,king of England. This was the first thorough servey of part of the British Isles, detailing who owned the land,who lived there and how much it was worth. No survey of the British Isles was conducted again until 1801.
Historians also look for secondary sources_these are studies of primary source made at a later date.secondary sources include such documents as newspaper report,or book of previous historian. Newspaper provide many opinions about ab event ,giving historian a valuable overview of what happened
Text are not always written in book or on paper. Over the centuries, people have written on clay,bone, silk,metal,stone,and wood.
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