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    Re: Challenging published material Archived Message

    Posted by Nellie on March 16, 2015, 2:27 am, in reply to "Challenging published material"


    Beth, I think you have stated the matter very well.

    --Previous Message--
    : A number of authors writing about royal jewels
    : have been proved to have inaccuracies in
    : their work.
    :
    : It would be a rare piece of history (in any
    : field) which did not have some inaccuracies
    : or contentious interpretations.
    :
    : Just because something has been published
    : (and even repeated by other authors) does
    : not mean it is accurate.
    :
    : It is perfectly legitimate to suggest that
    : an author may be mistaken, providing the
    : challenger has a logical, reasoned argument
    : founded on verifiable evidence.
    :
    : Arthur presented such an argument and used
    : photographic evidence to explain his point
    : of view.
    :
    : Although the posters on this board may not
    : have access to primary source documentation,
    : the keen eye of many has resulted in some
    : interesting discoveries. For example -- that
    : there were two fringe tiaras in Queen Mary's
    : collection: the so called Queen Adelaide
    : fringe tiara and a second fringe tiara
    : commissioned by Queen Mary. All of that was
    : based on details observable in photographs
    : and without access to primary source
    : material. When H Roberts published his work,
    : the validity of those observations was
    : proven.
    :
    : As a historian, I have spent my professional
    : life examining, analysing and sometimes
    : challenging published work, so I find any
    : new point of view of interest. As so many
    : observations on this board have proven, new
    : information can be obtained even without
    : access to primary source material.
    :
    : I hope to read many more such interesting
    : discussions in the future.
    :
    :
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