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'''History''' is the account of the human past. It also refers to the academic discipline of researching, usually studying written, oral, or archaeological sources, as well as of communicating the results of such research.
 
'''History''' is the account of the human past. It also refers to the academic discipline of researching, usually studying written, oral, or archaeological sources, as well as of communicating the results of such research.
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==Views of history==
 
==Views of history==
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By contrast, medieval and renaissance scholars and chroniclers viewed history as a progression through a sequence of different ages, starting with the creation of the world and ending with the second coming of Christ and the judgment of mankind. It was usually believed that there were seven such ages.
 
By contrast, medieval and renaissance scholars and chroniclers viewed history as a progression through a sequence of different ages, starting with the creation of the world and ending with the second coming of Christ and the judgment of mankind. It was usually believed that there were seven such ages.
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==Academic history==
 
==Academic history==
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*Iggers, Georg I.: ''Historiography in the Twentieth Century. From Scientific Objectivity to the Postmodern Challenge'' (Hannover, 1997)
 
*Iggers, Georg I.: ''Historiography in the Twentieth Century. From Scientific Objectivity to the Postmodern Challenge'' (Hannover, 1997)
 
*Jenkins, Keith: ''Re-Thinking History'' (London, 1991)
 
*Jenkins, Keith: ''Re-Thinking History'' (London, 1991)
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