What is one to make of a historian who states, quite bluntly, that “All conflicting evidence is overcome by ignoring it.” Right. Well, that’s one way of disposing of awkward anomalies and other puzzles. Kick them into the long grass. I wonder how many historians adopt this same principle?
Oh, and the architectural historian I am referring to, and to whom the offending sentence belongs, is Anthony Emery. From Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales, Volume III, Southern England, page 544.
He sounds like a lazy teacher. When I was an assistant teacher in Human Development the professor and I wanted students to analyze conflicting theories and evidence. That is what builds critical thinking abilities. We owe it to students to help them navigate evidence, or lack of it, so they can create their own thesis. Never take something at face value.
Just look at the debacle of what is taught versus what is evidence to the contrary about R-III. That is just one example of lazy history.
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