Overview of Ranke's historiography

Ranke historiography was founded by Ranke, the most influential historian in Germany in the19th century, hence its name. The basic idea of Ranke's historiography is to attach importance to the utilization and textual research of original materials; Attach importance to political history; Think that history can be understood, but not fully understood; Pay attention to the sources of historical materials and make a profound analysis; The function of historical writings is to restore the original appearance of history; Historical masterpieces are not necessarily reliable; The credibility of history depends on whether there are credible original materials as the basis; General historical content can't be used as data source, so it must go deep into archives; The purpose of writing is to restore history. To achieve this goal, the most important thing is to find the original materials and historical materials that are at the same time or close to this era.