Comments by "Voryn Rosethorn" (@vorynrosethorn903) on "The BEST and WORST history sources (tier list)" video.

  1. I would contextualize this to WW2, a lot of other periods have much less contemporary histories, and those that exist may be written as a way of shaping the current narrative, or even more often aren't questioning highly dubious sources. Likewise the Victorians especially were fairly reliable about many obscure topics, especially those they had contact with, and that modern writers are bringing a very alien contemporary perspective to (for instance modern authors will often take a very black and white view of social structures and cultural attitudes in certain parts of the world, Victorians also did but their more reliable sources didn't twist reality to fit contemporary moral norms, they condemned what they didn't like rather than denying or omitting it). Likewise centuries of historical research have suffered under the negative effects of mass printing of leaflets, most past sources will have outright wrong information passed down from the propaganda of the past. Within the English language anything about Catholicism, or anti-liberal strains of Christian thought are especially subject to this and even effect many of the period sources from the opposite perspective, with contemporaries trying to excuse actions rather than knowing they are false or exaggerated. It also isn't uncommon for modern historians to simply not have the knowledge base to come to correct conclusions, coming as they do from a very different lineage of thought and cultural/social values. That said some revisionist historians are single handedly bucking that trend, and making breakthroughs in understanding, but this in in some topics more than others, and unfortunately opposition to old narratives outside of this group often amounts to throwing together old sources that break with wider narratives, the trouble is that these sources are often wrong, biased or insane. I am principally referring to late 19th and early 20th century esoterics, who are not any more reliable on history than anything else.
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  2. Hello Tanya.
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