The nineteenth century has sometimes been dubbed "the age of historical science", taking account of the hegemonic position occupied by historiography vis-;2-wis the natural sciences and also its fellow humanities. The "historical method was widely adopted by all kinds of Kulturwisserischdften. Moreover, public interest focussed on historiography to a quite exceptional degree since it combined scholarly inquiry and the purposes of general education and personal cultivation. Historiography reached the peak of its influence during the two decades leading up to the revolution of 1848. During this period, the ideas of historians on the national state, on the social order and on cultural affairs carried considerable weight. In the second half of the nineteenth century, historiography gradually lost its position of a "pilot discipline". Sciences such as economics and sociology were better equipped to respond to the needs of German society in the age of industrialization.
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