It's all fucking bullshit. Pearls, swine, but the gist is that check primary sources and who found those primary sources. For example, Alexiad(apparently written in 1148) was "edited" by Pierre Poussines in 1651. The original manuscript was lost and his work was taken as building block to fake things further. And on and on it goes. Another supreme history, wow - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikephoros_Bryennios_the_Younger Whoopsie, Possinus is right there, 1651. Supremely important guy, but when you read the guy himself, he is like no one. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Poussines)
albatrosv15 1 points 1 day ago
It's all fucking bullshit. Pearls, swine, but the gist is that check primary sources and who found those primary sources. For example, Alexiad(apparently written in 1148) was "edited" by Pierre Poussines in 1651. The original manuscript was lost and his work was taken as building block to fake things further. And on and on it goes.
Another supreme history, wow - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikephoros_Bryennios_the_Younger
Whoopsie, Possinus is right there, 1651.
Supremely important guy, but when you read the guy himself, he is like no one. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Poussines)