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'ROLE OF HISTORY"

To tell the past as it really was; to be a ‘neutral’ arbiter of
the ‘facts’ especially in politics, diplomacy and war but

within national boundaries!) – Ranke School

To tell the everyday story of ordinary people, events and

things, economic history, history of human attitudes, and

history that went beyond national boundaries Annales

School