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Explain Leopold von Ranké’s perspective of history?

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  1.  Leopold von Ranke put emphasis on the utmost importance of information gathered through original documents. 
  2. He also stated that all types of documents associated with a historical event need to be examined with greatest care. 
  3. He believed that with this method it was possible to reach the historical truth. 
  4.  He criticised imaginative narration of history.

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