Oral Tradition: A Study in Historical Methodology

ISBN-13: 9781138529366 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 226 str.

Robert Loring Allen; Jan Vansina

Opis

Oral traditions are historical sources of a special nature

Spis treści

ALDINETRANSACTION PREFACE, ALDINETRANSACTION INTRODUCTION, PREFACE, I. ORAL TRADITION AND HISTORICAL METHODOLOGY, II. TRADITION AS A CHAIN OF TESTIMONIES, III. UNDERSTANDING THE TESTIMONY, IV. THE TESTIMONY AS A MIRAGE OF REALITY, V. THE EVALUATION OF TESTIMONIES, VI. HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE, VII. THE INTERPRETATION OF HISTORY, NOTES, BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS CITED, INDEX

O autorze

Robert Loring Allen