In this chapter Brundage wants his audience to look further into whom is writing the piece of history. He also wants his audience to look into how the historical work is written. Is it one sided? Does the piece cover every aspect of the event? The author of historical works background is very important when looking at a certain point of history. One may ask themselves the question of was this written by royalty? Peasant? These are the type of details that Brundage wants his readers to look for, in fact because they play a vital roll in the work being documented.
Brundage also wants his audience to look into similar works written around the same time to see if they share similar concepts or other details. Brundage talks about two works written about the civil war and speaks about how the titles of the works may make them seem like they are about the same topic. Brundage also informs us that by glancing at a title as a reader you couldn't be more wrong. the two works are completely different and share two vastly different point of view. In doing so and reading both works you will only broaden your knowledge and become more educated about the topic at hand.
Why is reading more then one historical work vital in the study of that event?
How is the knowledge of the background of the author effective in the study of their works?
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