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by pmichaud
986 days ago
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> It's hard to fault modern historians too much if they're simply trusting the old records to be accurate. Basically the entire job of a historian is to determine the credibility of old sources, so they can interpret all the data and come to the most accurate conclusion about what happened. |
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Unsubstantiated conjecture by Victorian historians shouldn't really be treated as a "source" in the first place by actual historians.