historical figures

historical Figures Definition: ________________________________________________ 1. adj Historical people, situations, or things existed in the past and are considered to be a part of history. EX1: ...an important historical figure., ...the historical impact of Western capitalism on the world... EX2: Historically, royal marriages have been cold, calculating affairs. _____________________________________________ 2. adj Historical books, films, or pictures describe or represent people, situations, or things that existed in the past. EX1: He is writing a historical novel about nineteenth-century France. ________________________________________________ 3. adj Historical information, research, and discussion is related to the study of history. EX1:historical records. EX2:modern historical research. ________________________________________________ 4. adj If you look at an event within a historical context, you look at what was happening at that time and what had happened previously, in order to judge the event and its importance. EX1:It was this kind of historical context that Morris brought to his work... ________________________________________________ 5. having once existed or lived in the real world, as opposed to being part of legend or fiction or as distinguished from religious belief. EX1: to doubt that a historical Camelot ever existed a theologian's study of the historical Jesus.