Historie
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Historie is a term uised tae descrieve information aboot the bygane. Whan uised as the name o a field o studie, historie refers tae the study o the written history o fowk . The 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica remerkt that (Caw canny! Wanchancy translation!),
"Historie in the maist braid gumption is aw that haes came tae, no mere aw the phenomena o human wizzen, but thir o the naitural warld forby. Hit includes iveryhott that unnergangs chynge; an as modren science haes shawn that thare is nocht absolutely static, tharefore the hail universe, an ivery pairt o it, haes its historie." Knawledge o historie is aft syed tae encompass baith ken o past hans an historical thinkin skeels.
In modren academia, historie is nou mair acceptit as a social science, in parteecular whan chronologie an the speirin oot o siclike is applee'd.
