Beginning in the 20th century with writers such as Lucien Febvre and Peter Gay, an expanding range of methodological approaches is being applied.
the history of emotions has developed into an increasing productive and intellectually stimulating area of historical research.
The social relevance and potency of emotions is historically and culturally variable.
In the view of many historians, emotion is, therefore, just as fundamental a category of history, as class, race or gender.
however, the methodological spectrum of the history of emotions has expanded to include performative, constructivist and practice theory approaches.