Classics of Historical Sociology . The general meaning of the methodology of the great German sociologist Max Weber (1864-1920) in the field of historical knowledge was reduced to this. That one description of historical facts is not enough, History can claim the status of a scientific discipline only in that case. if it uses logical methods, to gather facts and evidence, Find patterns and make generalizations, which makes it possible to reduce the elements of reality to their causes. The model of knowledge of reality, according to Weber, is the "ideal type", which he considers as a purely theoretical structure that allows, in comparison with the phenomena of reality, to assess the nature and degree of completeness. On the practical application of Weber's principles of historical research allow us to judge two of his works included in the proposed book. Weber traces the origin and development of world economy from ancient times to the 18th century. At the same time, he considers the development of the world economy at the level of family development, kind, crafts, trade, individual industries, as well as other types of human economic activity that influenced this development. Analyzing the norms of economic behavior, Weber comes to the conclusion that “rationalism” played an essential role in the formation of capitalist relations, directly related to the formation of thrift, prudence, enterprise, turnover, risk-taking ability. The researcher begins his work with the definition of the concept of the city and its categories. Using historical data not only from the West, but also from the East, he compares different types of cities in the process of their development, highlighting the features inherent in the “ideal type” of a city characteristic of different historical epochs. The presented works are also included in the disc Classics of Sociology?. Recommended additional literature:B. Kenningham . Western civilization from an economic point of view. Kulisher . History of Economic Life in Western Europe . Brodel . Dynamics of Capitalism. Pirenne . Medieval cities and the revival of trade Pirenne . Medieval cities of Belgium. Stam. Economic and social development of the early city (Toulouse XI-XIII centuries), I. Levitsky . The City and Feudalism in England[edit] Levitsky . Cities and urban crafts in England in the X-XII centuries . L. Kotelnikova . Feudalism and the city in Italy in the VIII-XV centuries Rutenburg . Italian city from the Early Middle Ages to the Renaissance. Svanidze. Medieval city and market of Sweden XIII-XV centuries . D. Mithurin . Max Weber in 90 minutes