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There is no such thing as revisionist history: re-evaluating the sources and controlling for bias is simply what writing history is.

Drawn from what Eleanor Janega said

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  1. Eleanor Janega

    Medieval historian and author

    There is no such thing as revisionist history. Writing history is a constant process of re-evaluation of sources and attempts to control for the biases of the past as well as our own.

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