John Michael L.

Manila EDE 1B

Instructor: Mr. Renato Valdez History 11

Activity 1.4 - Explain and discuss the following items below.

1.      What is historical criticism?

 Historical criticism, literary criticism based on historical evidence or the context in which a
work was written, including facts about the author's life and historical and social
circumstances of the time.

2.      Discuss the importance of historical criticism.

 The basic purpose of historical criticism is to determine the text's primitive or original
meaning in its original historical context, as well as its literal sense or sensus literalis
historicus. The secondary purpose is to create a reconstruction of the author's and receivers'
historical circumstances

3.     Do you believe that writing history is subjective? Why? Explain.

 Yes, as historical events and situations were researched and investigated by researchers and
writers in order to learn more about them and to complete some incidents that had not been
completed. This had story writing because it was based on historical events that occurred a
long time ago. Writing history, according to the question, is a subjective affair because it
entails good character construction, terrible character creation, event analyzing, event
relating, looking for incomplete events, and so on.

4.     How can the writing of history objective? Explain

 Writings of history is more or less objective since the historian correctly recalls the volitional
links that define past behavior, according to the evidence. In the past, there is only one tale,
the story defined by action. However, resources in writing history vary and clarity is
expected.

5.      What criteria do historical researcher use to validate their sources of data? Discuss.

 It is critical to evaluate each source as you examine it to determine the quality of the
information contained within it. The following are some common evaluation criteria that a
researcher must use to validate their sources of data: purpose and intended audience, authority
and credibility, accuracy and reliability, currency and timeliness, and objectivity or bias.
 Purpose and intended audience explain what is the purpose of the source? and who is the
intended audience.
 Authority and Credibility talks about who is the author of your reference, what are the
qualifications of the author, and who is the publisher.
 Accuracy and reliability are all about the licit information of your source or the validity of your
reference.
 Currency and timeliness talk about when was the information published.
 And the objectivity or bias shows if there are any biases in the data and what the data's
objective is.