Paul Wynants – “Writing the history of a religious teaching institute: guidelines for research, sources and methods (19th and 20th Centuries)” in “Journal of Salesian Studies”

In the framework of such a short introduction, I would like to recall some basic principles, obvious enough to most specialists. The first half of my presentation will be historiographical: by tracing the way in which a congregation’s past has been perceived over the course of time, I will point out themes for research that seem of interest to me.

The second part will consider sources and their critical use, in the framework of a monograph centered on one or more educational institution. Without pretending to exhaust the subject, I will try to present some of the concrete problems that historians confront regularly in such a field.

INDEX

  • 1. Some Basic Principles
  • 2. Historiographical Perception and Research Themes
    • A. Hagiography
    • B. The Sociology of Religion and “Socio-history”
    • C. The History of Daily Life
  • 3. The Sources
    • A. Congregational Archives
    • B. Chancery Archives
    • C. Parish Archives
    • D. Archives of the Civil Authorities
    • E. Some Other Sources

Reference time period: 1800 – 1995

P. Wynants, “Writing the history of a religious teaching institute: guidelines for research, sources and methods (19th and 20th Centuries)“, in «Journal of Salesian Studies», 8 (1997), 1, 91-142.

Reference institution:
Institute of Salesian Studies
Institute of Salesian Studies

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