Not yet 10 mins in and the overthinker needs to interject. Your question was on the reliability of the source. Trained historians are more likely to be informed with the specifics, BUT a General Authority is more readily reliable for being HONEST. They may not know, but they won't lie. Historians, however, can, and have, given deliberately erroneous accounts to further their favored perspective and/or agenda. Important distinction, no?
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Not yet 10 mins in and the overthinker needs to interject.
Your question was on the reliability of the source.
Trained historians are more likely to be informed with the specifics, BUT a General Authority is more readily reliable for being HONEST. They may not know, but they won't lie. Historians, however, can, and have, given deliberately erroneous accounts to further their favored perspective and/or agenda.
Important distinction, no?