Readings in Philippine History

It is an original source that contains important historical information. These sources are something that inform us about history at the most basic level, and are used as clues in order to study history.

• primary source

• secondary source

• historical source

• artefacts

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These consist of documents, memoir, accounts and other materials that were produced at the period of the event or subject being studied.

• artefacts

• primary sources

• secondary sources

• fossils

This examines the authenticity of the document or evidence used. It is the practice of verifying the authenticity of evidence by examining its physical characteristics; consistency with the historical characteristics of the time it was produced and the materials used for the evidence.

• external criticism

• internal criticism

• primary criticism

• secondary criticism

This examines the truthfulness and accuracy of the primary source or evidence. It looks into the content of the source and examines its truthfulness and factuality by looking into the author's source, its context, the knowledge which informed it and its intended purpose, among others.

• external criticism

• internal criticism

• intrinsic criticism

• extrinsic criticism