On the Writing of History

Charles Oman

1. What is History? 2. On Sources and Evidence 3. On the Testing of Authorities: Chronicles and Narrative Histories 4. On the Testing of Authorities: Autobiographies, Biographies, Memoirs, Letters, etc 5. Of Historical Perspective in General 6. Of Historical Perspective – The Pessimists and the Optimists 7. Of Historical Perspective – Concerning Cataclysms, Political and Moral 8. Of Individuals and ‘Processes’ in History 9. A Plea for Military History 10. On History as a Hindrance, and Poisonous History 11. Concerning Researchers and Research 12. History at Oxford 13. Some Humours of History 14. On General Lessons and Morals