Rankean method

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historical method historiographical approach

The Rankean method is a 19th-century historical approach, associated with Leopold von Ranke, that emphasizes rigorous use of primary sources and striving to reconstruct the past “as it actually happened.”

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Rankean historicism	1
Rankean school	1
Rankean school of history	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical method ⓘ historiographical approach ⓘ
aimsAt	reconstructing the past as it actually happened ⓘ
associatedWith	objectivity in historical writing ⓘ positivism in history ⓘ professionalization of history ⓘ
contrastedWith	Annales school NERFINISHED ⓘ Marxist historiography ⓘ postmodernist historiography ⓘ
corePrinciple	attention to provenance and reliability of documents ⓘ avoidance of anachronism ⓘ careful comparison of sources ⓘ limiting moral judgment by the historian ⓘ use of primary documents over secondary accounts ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Germany ⓘ
criticizedFor	claim of complete objectivity ⓘ focus on political elites ⓘ neglect of social and cultural history ⓘ underestimating the historian's subjectivity ⓘ
developedBy	Leopold von Ranke NERFINISHED ⓘ
emphasizes	archival research ⓘ critical source analysis ⓘ empirical evidence ⓘ political and diplomatic history ⓘ rigorous use of primary sources ⓘ
fieldOfStudy	historical methodology ⓘ history ⓘ
hasGoal	establish factual foundations for historical narratives ⓘ produce accurate narrative accounts of political events ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	historical seminar model in universities ⓘ standards of citation in historical writing ⓘ
hasNotableProponent	Leopold von Ranke NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century European historiography ⓘ
inception	19th century ⓘ
influenced	modern academic history ⓘ source criticism in historiography ⓘ university-based historical seminars ⓘ
influencedBy	Enlightenment historical scholarship ⓘ philological methods ⓘ
mainSubject	historiography ⓘ
methodologicalTool	archival investigation ⓘ source criticism ⓘ textual comparison ⓘ
motto	to show what actually happened ⓘ
namedAfter	Leopold von Ranke NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedIn	19th-century German historical scholarship ⓘ training of professional historians ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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History of the Reformation in Germany → influencedBy → Rankean method ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rankean historicism

History of England → historicalApproach → Rankean method ⓘ

History of England → historicalSchool → Rankean method ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rankean school of history

Universal History → historiographicalSchool → Rankean method ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rankean school