Adam Izdebski, of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, and his colleagues have summed up this type of situation well: “During the last four decades, humanities scholars with an interest in the past have become increasingly aware that the goal of their work is to offer possible narratives (“stories”) about the human past rather than arriving at any final truths. While these narratives are limited by the rules that govern their construction, they remain powerful tools that can be used to visualise the past and make it relevant to the society of the present. It is through
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