aventinus

aventinus generalia Nr. 22 [30.01.2014] / historia.scribere 1 (2009), S. 181-195 

Ulrike Gärtner  

Dichtung und „Wahrheit“ 

Die Entwicklung einer kritischen Geschichtswissenschaft 

The following seminar paper deals with the formation of legends in the Middle Ages and the development of a critical historical science. Since this is a wide-ranging topic the aim of this paper is limited to answering the following questions: Why were historical occurrences written down in the Middle Ages? Did one use what we nowadays call “scientific resources”? What was the aim of passing on legends? And: Is it possible to compare the medieval writing of history to modern historiography? 

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