tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9424895.post7012233769943086776..comments2024-03-03T17:50:06.110+00:00Comments on Inner Diablog: The past is a foreign theory...Inner Diabloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00455371690283484250noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9424895.post-58860520946575338532022-06-08T22:03:51.267+00:002022-06-08T22:03:51.267+00:00With history, primary sources serve best. I like m...With history, primary sources serve best. I like maps, tax records, letters to whoever, first person accounts will be distorted as much as any eye witness testimony but still are better than someone's regurgitated account in the second person. Life was precarious in the old days, life was short in many cases even for the wealthy-people saw things differently than today. I try to stay general in relating my understanding of the past, very little of it is anything but hearsay. A dubious form no matter what. normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04651902762232427335noreply@blogger.com