title: The Historian's Craft: Reflections on the Nature and Uses of History and the Techniques and Methods of Those Who Write It.
author:  Marc Bloch 
description: Reflection on the nature and uses of History and the Techniques and Methods of those who write it.
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  AUTHOR’S NOTE
  
    
  
  Writing about history is always a difficult prospect. To begin with historians
  themselves are extremely argumentative on anything that cannot be proven or
  that is not carved in stone … which is the vast majority of human history.
  Years ago, Norman Cantor wrote an amazing book called _Inventing the Middle
  Ages,_ which goes into how a historian’s views and opinions and background
  greatly color their research and conclusions. I spent many years in the
  history field, and in professional groups of historians, and have defended
  enough papers and opinio