History is people

The Characteristics of Slovenian Biographies

Abstract

In her article, the author attempts to define the essence of Biographies and presents a summary of the most important works of Slovene authors who have also published their findings and practical experiences in the fields of Ethnology, Historiography and Applied Muscology. The author finds that Slovenian Biographies has a long-standing tradition, in particular in the study of Slovenian public figures and famous persons. However, the scientific approach in Biographies, with its new methodologies of studying the lives of the so-called "little person" throughout history, only developed in the various social sciences fields and the humanities over the last few decades.