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Objectivity and Bias in the Study of History

Read this article to learn about the objectivity and bias in history: Historical knowledge is not purely intuitive because it is derived from a critical examination of source material and is checked by further reference to the source. Historical objectivity is closely related to value-judgment. By objectivity, we mean dispassionate, disinterested and scientific treatment of all events which would be [...]

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Use of Auxiliary Sciences in the Study of History

Read this article to learn about history and its auxiliary sciences! Several other disciplines are there in order to factualize the history and its events. A historian must use the results achieved by the workers in other fields of human knowledge. They are called ancillary disciplines or auxiliary sciences such as- Chronology, palaeography, graphology, sigillography, diplomatic, epigraphy, numismatics and archaeology [...]

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