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1、HOWTOWRITEYOURHISTORYESSAY1.Howtothinkaboutyourquestion2.Gettingtoathesis3.Howtoconstructathesis4.Footnotes,Bibliography,andReferences5.Evaluationcriteriaforessays1.HowtothinkaboutyourquestionTheword"history"comesfromtheGreekwordfor"inquiry."Thereforeahistoricalessayisn
2、otabaldchronicleoffactsandevents.Onthecontrary:likeascientificarticle,itidentifiesanissueorproblem,explainshowitwillanalysetheissueorresolvetheproblem,andthenproceedstodoso,basedonsoundreasoningandverifiableevidence.Inplanningyouressay,yourfirsttaskistoidentifyaquestion
3、orissue.Thisisbestdonebyfindingatopicofinteresttoyou,doingsomepreliminaryreadingaroundthetopic,andthendiscussingviableoptionswithyourprofessororTA.Forexample,supposeyouareinterestedinwarfareintheRenaissance/EarlyModernperiodinEurope.Yourtopicis"warfareintheRenaissance".
4、UsingtheLibrarycatalogueandthedatabases(andconsultingyourLiaisonLibrarian,professororTA),youcanfindafewgeneralworksonearlymodernwarfare,andspendacoupleofeveningsgettingacquaintedwithyourtopic.Youthenbegintoformulateanidea,e.g.:notonlywerearmiesinthisperiodgettingbiggera
5、ndmoreprofessional,buttheywerebeginningtobetrainedinanewway,usingdrillmethods.Thisleadstoachainofquestions:whywasmethodical,massdrillbecomingsoimportant?didithaveanythingtodowiththedevelopmentofhandartillery(musketsetc.)?orwasittheemergenceofcitizen(orprofessional)infan
6、tryarmies?Howweredrillmethodsdisseminated(didtheinventionofprintingplayarole?theProtestantemphasisonliteracy?)?Whatwerethecontemporaryexpectationsofandattitudestowardsthesenewmilitarypractices?weretheyresisted?Now,discussthesequestionswithyourprofessororTA.Whichoneseems
7、mostinteresting,andmostfeasible?Yournextstepistoclarifyyourquestion.Insodoing,ithelpstothinkaboutwhatkindofquestionitis(isthisa"why"question,e.g.WhywasdivorcesoreadilyavailableinRome?orisita"what"question,e.g.WeretheVikingstradersorraiders--i.e.whatwerethey?)Youalsoneed
8、tothethinkcarefullyaboutthetermsofthequestion:e.g.ifyourquestionis:"WasAlexandertheGreatacreativemilitaryleade
