Pseudohistory
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| - | {{Template}}'''Pseudohistory''' is a pejorative term applied to texts which purport to be [[history|historical]] in nature but which depart from standard [[Historical method|historiographical conventions]] in a way which undermines their conclusions. | + | {{Template}} |
| + | '''Pseudohistory''' is a pejorative term applied to texts which purport to be [[history|historical]] in nature but which depart from standard [[Historical method|historiographical conventions]] in a way which undermines their conclusions. | ||
| Works which draw controversial conclusions from new, speculative or disputed historical evidence, particularly in the fields of national, political, military and religious affairs, are often rejected as pseudohistory. | Works which draw controversial conclusions from new, speculative or disputed historical evidence, particularly in the fields of national, political, military and religious affairs, are often rejected as pseudohistory. | ||
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Pseudohistory is a pejorative term applied to texts which purport to be historical in nature but which depart from standard historiographical conventions in a way which undermines their conclusions.
Works which draw controversial conclusions from new, speculative or disputed historical evidence, particularly in the fields of national, political, military and religious affairs, are often rejected as pseudohistory.
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