History · Historical Method and Historiography
UGC NET December 2020 History
Who wrote the dictum: 'All history is the history of ideas'?
AG.R. Elton
BR.G. Collingwood
CG.M. Trevelyan
DLeopold von Ranke ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Leopold von Ranke — Leopold von Ranke wrote this dictum, so the answer is Leopold von Ranke.
Explanation
★Leopold von Ranke wrote this dictum, so the answer is Leopold von Ranke.
★Leopold von Ranke was a German historian.
★He is regarded as a founder of modern source-based history.
★His famous works include Civil Wars and Monarchy in France and the History of the Reformation in Germany.
★The dictum that all history is the history of ideas is attributed to him here.
★So the writer of this dictum is taken as Leopold von Ranke.
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