Leopold Von Ranke
Leopold Von Ranke
Leopold von Rankewas a German historian and a founder of modern source-based history. According to Caroline Hoefferle, "Ranke was probably the most important historian to shape historical profession as it emerged in Europe and the United States in the late 19th century." He was able to implement the seminar teaching method in his classroom and focused on archival research and analysis of historical documents. Building on the methods of the Göttingen School of History, Ranke set the standards for...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionHistorian
Date of Birth21 December 1795
CountryGermany
History is no criminal court
Most humans recognize their ruin, but they carry on regardless.
Calvin was virtually the founder of America.
He who overcomes himself is divine. Most see their ruin before their eyes; but they go on into it.
In schoolbooks and in literature we can separate ecclesiastical and political history; in the life of mankind they are intertwined.
It is striking how history, when resting on the memory of men, always touches the bounds of mythology.
All ages are equidistant from eternity, and just as immediately accessible to God's presence.
Every generation is equidistant from God.
You have reckoned that history ought to judge the past and to instruct the contemporary world as to the future. The present attempt does not yield to that high office. It will merely tell how it really was.
To history has been assigned the office of judging the past, of instructing the present for the benefit of future ages. To such high offices this work does not aspire. It wants only to show what actually [essentially?] happened (wie es eigentlich gewesen).