Year: 2009
Type: article
Abstract: This article attempts to discuss some aspects related to the Comparative History -considered here as a specifically historiographical field - as also to discuss the possibilities and limits of a Comparative Method in History. After an initial discussion about the situation of Comparative History nowadays and some considerations about the origins of this historiographical modality, its definition and fundaments, the text examine some types and possibilities of the historical comparativisms, discussing authors as Marc Bloch, Toynbee and Max Weber. The mainly purpose is to reach a delineation of this field of study. KEY WORDS: comparative history, comparative method, history writing.
Source: História Revista
Author: José D'Assunção Barros
Institution: University of Vassouras
Language: Portuguese
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2071062363