HIS 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Style Guide
17 Apr 2020
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From roman perspective all religions were tolerated, which allowed judaism to enter and make space for christianity later. What will religion do when linked to political power. Reading for the tone not just the content. Style of writing history is equally important as the content. Roman empire collapsed under its own weight - law worked well for a small territory and not a large one. Ward p erkins wants to write about romans who left no records of their own existence. B ook like a conversation with his dad. U ses experience of living in italy to talk about historiography. Where a historian is from reveals their sympathies. German historians write about rome to make barbarians look good. T aken ancient trope from rome and throw it on historiography. Italians think the same thing about germans, south euro think north euro are still barbarians. How the views changed over time - link the different povs together, pourqoui different.
