1. The birth of historiography and the historians of the Classical period.
2. Christian historiography
3. From the enlightenment of the eighteenth century to Leopold von Ranke and the Rankean tradition.
4. From Karl Marx to the Annales School
5. Defining history
6. Conclusion: Types of explanation and the value of history
John Warren is Head of History at the Blessed Robert Johnson Catholic College and is an AS/A level examiner.
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