Microhistory and the lost peoples of Europe
By: edited by Edward Muir and Guido Ruggiero ; translated by Eren Branch.
Contributors: Muir, Edward, 1946-; Ruggiero, Guido, 1944-
Series: Selections from Quaderni storici
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
Subjects: Europe -- History -- Miscellanea.
Description: Various authors present case studies of microhistory, an evolving branch of historical research that seeks to focus on writing without anachronism about events and peoples. The microhistorian uses the methodology of strict positivist standards to reconstruct the meanings of artifacts in their original context. They seek to find historical causation on the level of small groups and open history to ideas tainted by the modernity of other methods.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.