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Cian: add category, warning, sources

2006-10-24T23:51:29Z

add category, warning, sources

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	A '''historian''' is one who studies [[history]].		A '''historian''' is one who studies [[history]]. Historians have existed as long as human history itself. Throughout the ages [[manuscript]]s and [[artwork]] can be found that relate to historical [[event]]s, places and people.

			However, a modern historian must always make sure that anything from a [[period]] historian is actually accurate. Historians all through antiquity have been known to write about things as if they were there, but in fact they may be writing about it 100 years later (cf. writing on the [[Crusade]]s etc.).
⚫	[[category:occupation (modern)]]

			Good [[reenactment]] requires good [[research]].

			''See also:''
			* [[primary source]] - tales from witnesses and actual evidence
			* [[secondary source]] - what someone says about evidence

		⚫	[[category:occupation (modern)]][[category:occupation (medieval)]]

AlexandreDavigne at 18:42, 24 October 2006

2006-10-24T18:42:20Z

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			A '''historian''' is one who studies [[history]].
	A '''historian''' is an [[academic]] who has decided that s/he knows more about what happened in the past than the people who lived there, and spends their life rewriting the past to suit their own predelictions, with selective attention to sources, especially where they seem to disagree with the New Truth

	[[category:occupation (modern)]]		[[category:occupation (modern)]]

User 144: categorising

2006-05-21T10:34:32Z

categorising

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	A '''historian''' is an [[academic]] who has decided that s/he knows more about what happened in the past than the people who lived there, and spends ~~his/r~~ life rewriting the past to suit ~~his/r~~ own predelictions, with selective attention to sources, especially where they seem to disagree with the New Truth		A '''historian''' is an [[academic]] who has decided that s/he knows more about what happened in the past than the people who lived there, and spends their life rewriting the past to suit their own predelictions, with selective attention to sources, especially where they seem to disagree with the New Truth
			[[category:occupation (modern)]]

Simoncursitor at 11:33, 15 February 2006

2006-02-15T11:33:57Z

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	A '''historian''' is an ~~'''~~academic~~'''~~ who has decided that s/he knows more about what happened in the past than the people who lived there, and spends his/r life rewriting the past to suit his/r own predelictions, with selective attention to sources, especially where they seem to disagree with the New Truth		A '''historian''' is an [[academic]] who has decided that s/he knows more about what happened in the past than the people who lived there, and spends his/r life rewriting the past to suit his/r own predelictions, with selective attention to sources, especially where they seem to disagree with the New Truth

Simoncursitor: Definition clause

2006-02-15T11:33:38Z

Definition clause

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A '''historian''' is an '''academic''' who has decided that s/he knows more about what happened in the past than the people who lived there, and spends his/r life rewriting the past to suit his/r own predelictions, with selective attention to sources, especially where they seem to disagree with the New Truth