Peter Burke And Peter Burke’s Image

Since the 1970 s, in the development of the new cultural history. Peter burke, is an important representative figure to promote the development of the new cultural history. The development of the new cultural history has new internal factors and external factors, Peter Burke’s historiography thought’s formation and its background has closely related researching experience, His new culture historiography thought is a Marxist historiography, the annals school, anthropology, traditional culture, as well as the results of postmodernism under the action of multiple factors. His thoughts are both consistent with other historians, also presented the characteristics of different from other new cultural historians, his contribution, in short, the new cultural history in the field of historical development, for the construction of the new cultural history theory, and promote the influence of the new cultural history, especially in China. And Peter burke for new cultural history is outstanding contributions which different from other new cultural historians-to the attention of the image, His emphasis on the image can be divided into three stages:The use of unconscious phase、Consciously use phase、Theoretical summary stage, From using to the theory summary. From 《the Italian Renaissance culture and the society》 to 《Eyes witnessing:The uses of Images as Historical Evidence》, Peter burke for the use of images and the theory summary is his unique contribution to the new cultural history development, His thoughts will also promote the constant advance of history.