Now, although we don't have statistics for warfare throughout the Middle Ages to modern times, we know just from conventional history that the evidence was under our nose all along that there has been a reduction in socially sanctioned forms of violence.
Aunque no tenemos estadísticas para la guerra durante la Edad Media hasta la era moderna sólo a partir de la historia convencional sabemos - la evidencia ha estado siempre bajo nuestras narices - que ha habido una reducción en las formas de violencia socialmente aceptadas.