Short about Leopold Von Ranke

1. LEOPOLD VON
RANKE
DR.M.BABY RANI
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
(DEPT OF HISTORY)
V.V.VANNIAPERUMAL COLLEGE
FOR WOMEN

2. VON RANKE
Scientific Historian
Father of Modern historical
scholarship
EARLY LIFE
Born in Germany
Studied Philosophy and Theology at Leipzing
Worked as a professor of Latin and Greek classics
Developed an interest in Historical research

3. WHAT HE EXPOSED IN HIS WORK
Dependent on primary sources
Detailed sources
Emphasis on narrative history
History of the Roman and German People
WORK

4. REWARDS OF THE WORK
The work made his as a historian
He was appointed as Professor of History at the
University of Berlin

5. SECOND WORK
History of Servia
IMPORTANCE OF THE WORK
Noted for the clarity of ideas and cogency of
expression
Greates work
Popes

6. OTHER IMPORTANT WORKS
A History of the World
A History of France in the 16th
and 17th Centuries
History of England

7. CONTRIBUTION TO THIS WORK
Developed the historical method and made
history a scientific study
Emergence of work as an Independent branch of
Study
MONUMENTAL WORK
Berlin Revolution

8. IMPORTANCE OF THIS WORK
He followed the Principle of Unprejudiced research
with “Tranquil objectivity”
Rigorous representation of facts
Wide and detailed analysis of contemporary
documents
Ransacked a wide variety of records for evidences

9. IMPORTANCE OF THIS WORK..
He checked the relative value of the data and
proceeded to write
Gave due importance to a cogent presentation
He pointed out that history should offer pleasure
Avoided insignificant details
Ultimate aim of the historians should be universal
history

10. WHY HIS WORKS ARE PRIZE WORTHY
He gave the needed importance to the identification of the
different people, races and ages
Gave the services of great men to their nations
Contribution to the growth of world civilisation by great
men and nations
His conception historicism became dominant in
historiography for years to come
He endeavoured to establish history as an autonomous
branch of knowledge, separate from religion and
philosophy

11. LIMITATIONS
Neglected some source material like ambassador
reports
He neglected matters on religious, social and cultural
development
Vigorously support some persons (ex) supported the
measures of Frederic William IV for the suppression of
popular demand for liberal constitution