why is voltaire said to be the founder of modern historiography
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He opinioned that along with objective truth and chronology of historical events considering social traditions, trade, economy, agriculture, etc. was also equally important in historiography ... Thus, it is said that Voltaire was the founder of modern historiography
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Explanation:(i) The tradition of writing a historical narrative
was not prevalent1
in the ancient societies of the
world.
(ii) Ancient people also felt the need of passing on
the stories of the life and valour of their ancestors
to the next generation.
(iii) They used various means like cave paintings,
story telling, singing songs and ballads, etc. for
the purpose.
(iv) So these traditional means are looked upon as the
sources of history in the modern historiography