Before revision: Geistesgeschichte ( f. German Geist, "spirit" [here connoting the metaphysical realm, in contradistinction to the material], and Geschichte, "history", "science") , a concept in the history of ideas denoting the branch of study concerned with the undercurrents of cultural manifestations, within the history of a people, that are peculiar to a specific timeframe.
After revision: Geistesgeschichte ( from German Geistis "spirit" [here connoting the metaphysical realm, in contradistinction to the material], and Geschichte, "history", "science") , a concept in the history of ideas denoting the branch of study concerned with the undercurrents of cultural manifestations, within the history of a people, that are peculiar to a specific timeframe.