Historical method facts for kids

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The historical method are the techniques and guidelines by which historians use primary sources and other evidence to research and then to write history.


Following Garraghan (in: A Guide to Historical Method, 168) puts six questions that should be answered as minimal standard for a sound historical method:

  2. Where was it produced (localization)?
  3. By whom was it produced (authorship)?

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