Leopold von Ranke
Leopold von Ranke was a German historian and a founder of modern source-based history. He was able to implement the seminar teaching method in his classroom and focused on archival research and the analysis of historical documents. Building on the methods of the Göttingen school of history, he was the first to establish a historical seminar. Ranke set the standards for much of later historical writing, introducing such ideas as reliance on primary sources (empiricism), an emphasis on narrative history and especially international politics (Außenpolitik). He was ennobled in 1865, with the addition of a "von" to his name.
A history of England principally in the seventeenth century, Volume 1 (of 6)
Witness England's turbulent journey through religious upheaval and political conflict in a quest to record its past.
By Leopold von Ranke
A history of England principally in the seventeenth century, Volume 2 (of 6)
Witness a king's quest for power, foreign entanglements, and a brewing conflict at home that threatens to tear the realm apart.
By Leopold von Ranke