#Research in an imperial setting by Niels Bakhuis

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Research in an imperial setting by Niels Bakhuis

Archival research, which student of history has not done it? Many of us have spent days in brick buildings with artificial lights, staring at ancient documents with unreadable handwritten texts, hoping to find something that is useful. To some, this may sound dreadful, but to us? We love this stuff! I mean, we chose to be historians and what way to better experience and understand the past than by reading material which is actually from the time period you are researching?