For
Evidence and documents define real history.
Against
History is interpreted through perspectives and narratives.
Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.
“Historians generally agree on the importance of preserving the details of evidence to ensure that the narrative at least does not contradict the evidence.”
“An important part of a historian's job is to judge how reliable a source is.”
“the goal of history isn't just finding said "facts," it is selecting the salient ones and stringing them into a narrative”
“Historians are a type of storyteller, for sure”