| Page | |
|---|---|
| The scientific conception of the historian's apprenticeship—Palæography—Epigraphy—Philology—Diplomatic | 48 |
| History of Literature—Archæology | 51 |
| Criticism of phrase "auxiliary sciences"—The subjects not all sciences —None of them auxiliary to the whole of History | 52 |
| This scientific conception is of recent growth—The École des Chartes—Modern manuals of Palæography, Epigraphy, &c.—List of the chief of them | 55 |
| BOOK II | |
| ANALYTICAL OPERATIONS | |
| CHAPTER I | |
| GENERAL CONDITIONS OF HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE | |
| Direct and indirect knowledge of facts | 63 |
| History not a science of direct observation—Its data obtained by chains of reasoning | 64 |
| Twofold division of Historical Criticism: External , investigating the transmission and origin of documents and the statements in them; Internal , dealing with the content of the statements and their probability | 66 |
| Complexity of Historical Criticism | 67 |
| Necessity of Criticism—The human mind naturally uncritical | 68 |
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