What were the different problems faced by the historians in the medieval period?
- While using manuscripts, the historians face a number of difficulties. Manuscripts were written with hand and as a result there were small but significant difference between any two copies. The scribes who copied them introduced changes. As a result historians have to read different manuscript versions of the same text to guess what the authors had originally written.
- It is also very important for a historian to study the sources rationally and with an objective approach whiel studying medieval history. Thsi is so because most works were written by aithors who wanted to please the rulers.