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To learn more about how to interpret these photographs, we contacted Danielle Burton—historian, heritage worker, and the voice behind the blog Voyager of History.
"History is about anything that ever happened, but fundamentally, it's very often about people," said the author of Anthony Woodville: Sophisticate or Schemer? in an interview with Bored Panda.
"Societies may have changed, but what makes people people—their emotions, motives, etc.—hasn't."
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History is an incredibly vast subject, so naturally, not every topic gets the same amount of attention in the media. But that means you can still discover plenty of gems you may have missed!
"I think the Tudors are very much overdone," Burton said. "There are so many more interesting things on either side of the Tudor dynasty. My personal favorite period is the Wars of the Roses, without which the Tudors wouldn't have existed. The Stuart period that followed the Tudors is also fascinating."
"All of these periods are full of fractious societal dynamics that impacted the whole of society and revealed people's divided loyalties," the historian added.
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The good thing is that you can satisfy your curiosity, even if you're unable or unwilling to dive into academic literature.
"I would suggest to someone looking to learn more about history, but not quite ready for a more in-depth study, that they try finding blogs or popular history books to see which topics interest them and might inspire them to delve deeper," Burton added.
"These can be well-referenced and serve as a good starting point for beginning your own research journey."
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Luckily, it appears that the Western world understands the gravity of history in the post-truth era. A few years ago, for example, Conner Prairie, a living history museum in Indiana, conducted a national survey in the United States and found that 96 percent of Americans believe it is important to look at history to inform the future.
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