History · Historical Method and Historiography
UGC NET June 2012 History
Which one of the following works was not authored by Leopold von Ranke?
AHistory of Rome ✓ Correct
BHistory of France
CHistory of the Popes
DGerman History at the time of the Reformation
Correct answer: (A) History of Rome — The History of Rome was not written by Leopold von Ranke, so the answer is the History of Rome.
Explanation
★The History of Rome was not written by Leopold von Ranke, so the answer is the History of Rome.
★The multivolume History of Rome was written by the German scholar Theodor Mommsen.
★Ranke was the great German historian who stressed writing history as it actually happened.
★He wrote the History of the Popes, a famous study of the papacy.
★He also wrote a History of France and a German History at the time of the Reformation.
★Ranke is regarded as a founder of modern source-based scientific history.
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