The view of the historian. How photographs and images create history. Berke P.

What place is the images among other types of historical evidence? Peter Burk considers graphics, painting, photographs, cinema and other visual sources of different eras and countries and explores their practical use in history. Convincingly defending the importance of the visual for history, Berke argues that the images should not be considered simply as a reflection of his time and place, but rather as a continuation of the social contexts in which they were created, that is, a political system, religious situation, cultural and regional characteristics.