Why+P+Sources???




 * Why Study History Through Primary Sources **

1. What is the difference between a **Primary Source** and a **Secondary Source**?

2. Give an example of a primary source.

3. Give an example of a secondary source.

4. Discuss the problem of using information from newspaper articles and textbooks?

5. What happened in the nineteenth-century to make primary sources from the Middle Ages more accessible? From the discussion above, scholars from which nations lead the research effort.

6. What is the //Monumenta Germaniae Historica//?

7. What questions should you ask about a modern writer of history in order to determine reliability?

8. Suggest ways in which you might find out if the modern English-language writer has looked at primary and secondary sources in a language other than English?

9. Give examples of types of primary sources that might be available for modern European history since 1945?

10. Give an example of a historical question or issue we could study for modern Europe, but would not have available sources to study for the Middle Ages.