sources can themselves be direct or indirect.
direct = first-hand evidence. indirect = evidence through materials.
sources can themselves be direct or indirect.
direct = first-hand evidence. indirect = evidence through materials.
artifacts ~hat have ,~een~eft,~Ythe past. T~ey e~ist eitheras rehcs, what we might call remams,oras the testlmomes of wit-nesses to the past.
These are different sources that help historians understand past cultures and events.
Collini turns to the OxfordEnglish Dictionary, which defines the humanitiesas ‘the branch of learning concerned with humanculture; the academic subjects collectively compris-ing this branch of learning, as history, literature,ancient and modern languages, law, philosophy, artand music’ (Collini 2021: 63
This part explains the definition of Humanities according to the Oxford English Dictionary.