That is, how influential was his “historical materialism” and ideas about class struggle to the work of subsequent historians? How dominant was the “great man” theory of history before his time and how common was it to take a material, economic or otherwise structural approach?
I refer you to the answers in this thread about Marxist historigoraphy.
/u/commiespaceinvader is mentioned in the previous thread, but has also written an important Monday Methods post about Great Man Theory especially in the context of this subreddit.
Thanks also to /u/AlviseFalier and /u/jschooltiger...