Enigmas of HistoryM. Joseph, 1957 - 253 pages |
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... recorded , it cannot , by ' historical method ' be presumed to have happened . The third is that , if a thing is recorded , it is both accurate and unique and must be the factor given precedence in any investigation . The absurdity of ...
... recorded , it cannot , by ' historical method ' be presumed to have happened . The third is that , if a thing is recorded , it is both accurate and unique and must be the factor given precedence in any investigation . The absurdity of ...
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... recorded or so far undiscovered ) occasion . But this , cries the reviewer in alarm , voicing the panic of all academic historians , is ' to adopt a method by which anything may be proved of anything . ' If the overstatement be put in ...
... recorded or so far undiscovered ) occasion . But this , cries the reviewer in alarm , voicing the panic of all academic historians , is ' to adopt a method by which anything may be proved of anything . ' If the overstatement be put in ...
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... recorded in history about the Man in the Iron Mask do exactly correspond to what would have happened if he had been secretly father of the King . No doubt the thesis rests only on theoretical grounds , but those who reject it may be ...
... recorded in history about the Man in the Iron Mask do exactly correspond to what would have happened if he had been secretly father of the King . No doubt the thesis rests only on theoretical grounds , but those who reject it may be ...
Contents
FOREWORD II | 11 |
The Wives of King George IV | 19 |
The Parentage of Queen Elizabeth I | 91 |
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