The Saint and the Count: A Case Study for Reading Like a Historian

by Leah Shopkow

Book Overview

While historians know that history is about interpreting primary sources, students tend to think of history as a set of facts.

In The Saint and the Count, Leah Shopkow opens up the interpretive world of the historian using the biography of St. Vitalis of Savigny (d. 1122) as a case study. This biography was written around 1174 by Stephen of Foug res and provides a rich stage to demonstrate the kinds of questions historians ask...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487525869
• ISBN13: 9781487525866
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"