Alexandru Papiu-Ilarian in Regard to the Positivist Historiography
Alexandru Papiu-Ilarian in Regard to the Positivist Historiography

Summary/Abstract: Positivism and the critical history, a distinct trend in the historiography at the beginning of the nineteenth century in Europe, enjoyed a great receptivity among the Romanian historians. Particularly the scientific research methodology, as the initiators of positivism recommended, also reflected in the Romanian historians’ writing until the late twentieth century. The interest for the archival documents, the synthetic and analytical perspective in examining these documents, the critical apparatus and the strict bibliography are met to too many of our historians, set until the establishment of the Communism in constant scientific dialogue with the Western historians. This study is just a humble part of this success of positivism, totaling the analyzes that had Alexander Papiu-Ilarian as the main character.

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