ALDINETRANSACTION PREFACE, ALDINETRANSACTION INTRODUCTION, PREFACE, I. ORAL TRADITION AND HISTORICAL METHODOLOGY, II. TRADITION AS A CHAIN OF TESTIMONIES, III. UNDERSTANDING THE TESTIMONY, IV. THE TESTIMONY AS A MIRAGE OF REALITY, V. THE EVALUATION OF TESTIMONIES, VI. HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE, VII. THE INTERPRETATION OF HISTORY, NOTES, BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS CITED, INDEX
Robert Loring Allen
-[I]n its special subject, that of the application of historical
methodology to oral traditions, Vansina's study will... become a
seminal and highly valued basic work to be rediscovered by each new
generation of students.- --Katherine Luomala, Ethnohistory
"[I]n its special subject, that of the application of historical
methodology to oral traditions, Vansina's study will... become a
seminal and highly valued basic work to be rediscovered by each new
generation of students." --Katherine Luomala, Ethnohistory
"[I]n its special subject, that of the application of historical
methodology to oral traditions, Vansina's study will... become a
seminal and highly valued basic work to be rediscovered by each new
generation of students." --Katherine Luomala, Ethnohistory
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