Sentences with phrase «modern historians say»
Modern historians say El Cid really existed, but he was a much more mercenary and self - interested character than the hero immortalized in epic poetry, ballads and film.What on earth does that have to do...
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It's a mistake to say that our modern Christmas traditions come directly from pre-Christian paganism, said Ronald Hutton, a historian at Bristol University in the United Kingdom.
-- forgetting that ancient religious writers, unlike scholarly historians, did not as a rule feel it incumbent upon them to give, in a footnote or otherwise, their source for every anecdote or event, or to anticipate the modern reader's constant query, «How can we know that what you say is true, in every detail?»
This is not to say that he was always reliably informed, or that — any more than modern historians — he always presented a severely factual account of events.
It should also be said that all the materials which the historian uses are modern — that is to say, they exist now.
«They are really early baby blogs,» says Janet Golden, a historian at Rutgers - Camden, who read the baby book of Charlie Flood and those of countless other babies in her research on the history of babies in modern America.
One famous botanical historian, Maud Grieve, quoted Mohammed as saying that «black cumin cures every disease but death itself,» in her 1930s classic, A Modern Herbal.
Most modern college presidents adhere to the school of thought that says institutions should only take a stance on public issues that could impact the core mission of the university, says Julie Reuben, a historian at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
House historian Melanie Backe - Hansen, who was involved in compiling the report, said: «It is fascinating to see modern life taking its toll on how we use our homes.